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(NEW YORK) — He’s considered by many the best pitcher in baseball, and on Friday night, New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom continued to find new ways to impress, flustering the Washington Nationals in a shutout masterpiece.
The righty struck out 15 batters, allowing just two hits and no walks in nine innings, all in a 6-0 Mets win. It continues an early-season run that has some saying the two-time Cy Young Award winner has somehow gotten even better.
DeGrom has a 2-1 record after his first four starts of the campaign, but that belies his