Jacob deGrom entered Saturday night’s game with an unbelievably low 0.71 ERA—and proceeded to drive that incredible number even lower over seven scoreless innings, leading the Mets to a 4-0 victory over the Padres in San Diego.
deGrom was excellent over the first three innings, allowing only a broken bat double to Fernando Tatis Jr. in the second. Tatis was stranded at third when deGrom made an excellent play on a Tucupita Marcano roller, taking it to the bag himself to strand Tatis.
Meanwhile, Joe Musgrove did his best to match deGrom, pitching around a leadoff double by Billy McKinney in the first inning and a two out double by Travis Blankenhorn in the second.