Between Noah Syndergaard and Drew Gagnon on Friday night, the Mets played “Game of Flush it Down the Throne.”
What could have been a celebratory night, with five home runs blasted by the Mets and resilience on display after Syndergaard buried them in an early hole, turned into disaster against the lowly Tigers.
Gagnon’s implosion in the seventh inning all but doomed the Mets, who had a four-game winning streak snapped in a 9-8 loss at Citi Field, whiffing in their first attempt to reclaim .500 since their horrid last road trip.