deGrom continues to extend his dominance on the mound

Jacob deGrom he showed off with another pitching gem, to keep the Mets afloat in the fight for the East division of the National League. The Braves won, but with the double triumph of those led by Buck Showalter over the Pirates; the second by a score of 10-0 with deGrom as the flag, they broke the tie for first place in the division, putting a difference of half a game.

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The Metropolitans’ ace pitched seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits, walking one and striking out eight, earning his fifth win of the season and posting an ERA of 1.66 after his first seven outings.

But beyond the spectacular of his final lines, in each start the native of the state of Florida gives everything of himself and gives his spectators a display worthy of a two-time Cy Young Award winner.

And it is that, after starting the commitment allowing consecutive singles from Oneil Cruz and Bryan Reynolds, he retired 12 batters in a row; six of them by guillotine, to become, according to the Stats by STATS statistics compilation, the first pitcher in the last 40 years to shut out at least 12 batters in a row in five starts.

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However, in 43.1 innings of work, the right-hander for the Big Apple team has struck out 63, while only allowing 20 hits and giving eight walks; leaving with it WHIP of 0.55, being that the best in history after seven starts and a minimum of 40 pitched innings. Only six pitchers; including the same one but in 2021, they managed to post WHIP of 0.65 or less in that number of games started. (see next box)