Wham! Wham! Whack. Wham! Whack.
The education of Noah Syndergaard, major league pitcher, inhabits a land between exhilarating and profoundly unpredictable, and nowhere was that more clear than in the first inning of Saturday’s game between Mets and the Yankees. His motion was butter-smooth, and his right arm delivered missiles that hit 98, 97, 99 miles per hour. And the Yankees’ lineup of savvy veterans set upon him like wolves on carrion.
Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner dumped soft singles into center, and Carlos Beltran, an old pro, turned on a fastball and put the Mets in a 3-0 ditch before a lot of fans had taken a sip of their craft beers.