Jacob deGrom didn’t shy away from facing Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw in Game 1 of the NLDS, outdueling the three-time Cy Young award winner to give the Mets the early lead in the series.
On Thursday, thanks to Kershaw’s bounce-back performance in the Dodgers’ 3-1 win in Game 4, deGrom will get a chance to go up against the Dodgers’ other Cy Young award winner, Zack Greinke, this time with even more on the line in a decisive Game 5.
“We’ve got our horse going,” Lucas Duda said of deGrom.
Travis d’Arnaud, who will catch deGrom Thursday, sounded extremely confident in the right-hander.