Jacob deGrom threw his second-career complete game Monday leading the Mets to a 6-1 win over the Cubs at Citi Field.
"He mixed his pitches tonight, and that's the guy we know that's in there," manager Terry Collins said after the game. "I'm not saying it happened, but he sat and watched the last two nights, watched [Seth Lugo and Steven Matz] use their off-speed stuff, throw strikes, move the ball around. He might've said, 'I could do that too,' and he did."
DeGrom shut down the defending World Series champions, striking out six batters and recording 17 ground-ball outs as the Mets won their fourth straight game.