A day after one of the most memorable pitching performances in franchise history, Marcus Stroman did not quite live up to the lofty standards that Jacob deGrom had set less than twenty-four hours before. The number two starter struggled early on and the Mets bats were never able to catch fire, and the result was a deflating 7-1 defeat.
Things went wrong from the very beginning for the Amazins, as the very first batter of the day against Stroman hit what should have been a simple single to the opposite field, but Michael Conforto misplayed the bounce in right, and the ball went all the way to the wall.