NEW YORK —The most telling thing about Madison Bumgarner’s performance in the National League wild-card game Wednesday was what Mets manager Terry Collins had to say about his own starter, Noah Syndergaard.
“It’s the first game he’s ever pitched where, like the seventh game of the World Series, you lose, you’re out,” Collins said. “That’s a lot to ask of a kid that’s 23 years old, to go out there and have to pitch in that and against Bumgarner. He rose to the occasion. That’s why I think he’s going to be very special, because you can’t be a lot better when you’re challenged in these situations, and he did a great job.