NEW YORK -- Needing a win to enter this coming week's showdown in Washington with some momentum, the Mets on Sunday let their recently minted ace carry them to one.
Quite clearly New York's best pitcher at this juncture of the season, Noah Syndergaard struck out 11 batters en route to a 3-1 win over the Brewers at Citi Field. Allowing nothing more than an unearned run in seven innings, Syndergaard walked nobody and allowed six hits, dominating Milwaukee to win his third straight start. He owns a 0.82 ERA, 27 strikeouts and one walk over that stretch.
Syndergaard's counterpart, Chase Anderson, pitched well enough over five innings for the Brewers, but allowed a Michael Conforto solo homer in the first and an Asdrubal Cabrera two-run single in the fourth. That was all Syndergaard needed to push the Mets into a first-place showdown with the Nationals, who took two of three from them this past week.
Conforto's solo homer
MIL@NYM: Conforto puts Mets on board with a solo shot
Michael Conforto hammers his eighth home run of the season, a solo shot to right-center field which ties the game at 1
The Brewers endured the opposite end of that momentum swing, dropping three straight in Flushing after a buoyant series win over the Cubs this past week.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
The Norse god of strikeouts: For the second straight outing, Syndergaard struck out double-digit batters and walked none. After giving up an unearned run in the first inning, the right-hander fanned eight of the next 11 batters he faced, including seven of eight from the second through fourth innings. Syndergaard's 8.44 K/BB ratio ranks second in the Majors behind only Clayton Kershaw, whose 22.00 rate has been the talk of baseball.
Brewers take advantage: Before Syndergaard kicked his domination into high gear, Jonathan Lucroy's RBI single actually gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead. After David Wright committed a fielding error on Scooter Gennett's ground ball in the first inning, Ryan Braun moved Gennett to second with another grounder. That brought up Lucroy, who laced a single up the middle for the Brewers' lone run.
Anthony DiComo has covered the Mets for MLB.com since 2008. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDiComo and Facebook, and listen to his podcast.
Troy Provost-Heron is a reporter for MLB.com and covered the Brewers on Sunday.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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