The Mets ace, in pursuit of the NL Cy Young award, recorded strikeout number 250 of the season, joining Seaver and Gooden as the only Mets to accomplish that feat. MLB’s stat of the day Twitter account sent a video of his strikeouts against an impressive Boston Red Sox lineup.
.@JdeGrom19 joins Tom Seaver and @DocGooden16 as the only @Mets pitchers with 250+ K in a season. pic.twitter.com/eHTQNHkh4M
— MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) September 16, 2018
And, because of course, the Mets lost the game.