Winners of five consecutive games, the Mets have a big test brewing: Jacob deGrom is getting an magnetic resonance imaging exam.
deGrom, the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner, was pulled from his start Sunday after five innings with right side tightness in his return from an injury to a similar area. The bullpen closed out a four-hitter after his departure as the Mets (I6-13) beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-2, at Citi Field.
DeGrom (3-2) was perfect through four innings but labored in the fifth. He called for the trainer, Brian Chicklo, after throwing two warm-up pitches ahead of the sixth inning and exited the game.