NY Times · Sep 20, 2015
Mets and Yankees Clash With One Eye on October
Photo Dan Warthen, the Mets’ pitching coach, spoke with starter Noah Syndergaard during the sixth inning on Saturday. Credit Elsa/Getty Images Wham! Wham! Whack. Wham! Whack.
The education of Noah Syndergaard, major league pitcher, inhabits a land between exhilarating and profoundly unpredictable, and nowhere was that more clear than in the first inning of Saturday’s game between Mets and the Yankees. His motion was butter-smooth, and his right arm delivered missiles that hit 98, 97, 99 miles per hour. And the Yankees’ lineup of savvy veterans set upon him like wolves on carrion.