Without his desired personal catcher, Noah Syndergaard absorbed another personal pounding.
After denying Syndergaard’s request earlier this week for someone other than Wilson Ramos to catch his starts, the Mets suffered a costly 9-2 loss Friday night to the NL-leading Dodgers at Citi Field.
Syndergaard was tagged for all four of the runs he allowed over five innings in a span of four batters in the fourth, culminated by a three-run homer to dead center by rookie Gavin Lux. Clayton Kershaw limited the Mets to two runs on four hits over 6 ¹/u2083 innings to improve to 14-5 this season for the Dodgers (96-53).