BOSTON -- If the Mets are going to close the season with a rotation trending as one of the Majors' best, Noah Syndergaard may as well join the party.
Showing no ill effects from the line drive that knocked him out of his last start, Syndergaard held MLB's top-ranked offense to just three hits in seven innings Friday in the Mets' 8-0 win over the Red Sox. Four Mets homered to back Syndergaard, with Jay Bruce driving in four runs in the club's first game at Fenway Park in nine years.
Exiting his last start against the Phillies after Cesar Hernandez's line drive hit him in the ribs, Syndergaard rebounded to retire the first six Red Sox he faced in succession.