Syndergaard dominates, Mets hit 2 homers to beat Padres 4

Firing his fastball up to 98 miles per hour, Syndergaard (5-5) struck out nine, walked none and allowed only three singles in eight innings.

That’s when Syndergaard buckled down to preserve a 2-0 lead.

While the Mets received a few bad news off the field last night, the on-field result was as good as possible (even if it wasn’t perfect). Noah Syndergaard simply walked off the mound, 107 pitches into another dominant performance. When his homer cleared the wall, Hosmer pointed toward Kansas City’s dugout, which was celebrating wildly. The Padres have scored six runs in their last three games and three or less runs in seven straight games.

Altuve posted run-scoring hits in three consecutive at-bats and finished 3-for-5 with a double and a run.

Shields allowed a pair of runs in the first.

The Royals won four in a row while the Indians lost six in a row and were outscored 37-10 in those games. He is 10-3 against the Reds, including 7-1 at home.

Ken Giles entered in the ninth for Philadelphia because Jonathan Papelbon had been traded to the Washington Nationals earlier in the evening. To make room for RHP Tyler Clippard, whom the Mets acquired Monday, New York optioned RHP Logan Verrett to Triple-A Las Vegas….

Lucas Duda provided Syndergaard all the offense he needed with a two-run homer in the first inning. His streak of unbeaten home starts to start a career is the longest in the majors since 1914.

Martin Prado had three hits while Gordon and Christian Yelich had two each for Miami.

Kang’s blast, which travelled 411 feet into the second deck in left field, came off All-Star closer Glen Perkins, who entered with the game tied in the ninth following a insane eighth inning in which each team scored four runs. That was the 10th multi-homer game of Davis’ career and the third this season.

Leake (9-5) gave up four hits over eight shutout innings, walking one and fanning three.

Freddie Freeman homered for the Braves (46-54), who have lost 12 of 16 to fall a season-high eight games under.500.

The White Sox quickly spoiled Boston’s pregame party for Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez by scoring five runs in the first inning. Betts grabbed the ball on the run and managed to hold on while twisting his body and hitting the wall with his lower back, but dropped it when he landed.

CHICAGO – DJ LeMahieu went 3-for-4 and scored twice, leading Colorado to a victory over Chicago. Shawn Kelley replaced Shields, and the former Yankee surrendered a home run to right by Granderson, the first batter he faced, making it 4-0. He struck out four and walked three.