SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Noah Syndergaard stopped worrying about his mechanics and focused on making pitches.In doing so
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has plagued him most of the year.Syndergaard pitched a two-hitter for his first
career complete game, striking out 11 as the Mets beat the San Francisco Giants
4-1 on Sunday.“It’s definitely really encouraging, a step in the right
direction,” Syndergaard said. “I didn’t really have to think about it that much
at all. I wasn’t really fighting myself out there. Things just started to click
and I felt more fluid.”Syndergaard (10-3) made his 81st start in the majors and
topped the Giants for the second time in 12 days. He matched his season high for
strikeouts, walked one and retired 20 of the final 22 batters.Mets manager
Mickey Callaway said Syndergaard was more relaxed than in previous starts.“Maybe
the last couple of outings he’s been worried too much about mechanics and
internal things instead of just worrying about where the ball’s going,” Callaway
said. “Today he went out there and the ball went wherever he wanted to, probably
because he was focused a little bit more down at home plate.”Syndergaard allowed
only two runners past first base and set the side down in order five times. He
yielded a one-out triple to Alen Hanson in the third and a single to Evan
Longoria in the fourth.The right-hander overcame a one-out throwing error by
first baseman Jay Bruce in the seventh by striking out Austin Slater and getting
Nick Hundley to ground out.“It was amazing to watch from my point of view,” Mets
catcher Tomas Nido said. “He was just trying to go out there and throw the ball,
not worried about little things that can sometimes get you out of focus. He just
went out there and trusted his stuff.”Syndergaard continued a strong stretch by
New York’s rotation. Over the past 15 games, Mets starters have a 1.61 ERA.“I
kind of worked backwards for the most part a little bit
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that.”Michael Conforto hit his 20th home run, Jeff McNeil had two hits and two
RBIs and Todd Frazier added a pair of hits.The Mets won for the seventh time in
their last eight games at AT&T Park.Hanson tripled and scored for San
Francisco. The Giants have lost three of four.Limited to a total of two runs in
the first two games of the series, the Mets matched that in the second. Frazier
led off with a single and Conforto homered off Chris Stratton (9-8).Hanson
tripled and scored San Francisco’s lone run on Stratton’s sacrifice fly in the
third.“We’re having trouble scoring runs,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “We
have to find a way to score. You can’t sit on one run.”HANSON SHINES AT
SHORTSTOPWith Brandon Crawford still resting his sore left knee, Hanson made his
third consecutive start at shortstop and made a handful of defensive gems. Most
notably was his backhand stop of Conforto’s sharp grounder in the fourth when
Hanson ran to his right and made a strong throw for the out.“The defense behind
me was unbelievable,” Stratton said. “Hanson was great.”ODDS AND
ENDSSyndergaard’s final pitch was a 99 mph sinker. . The Giants were held to one
run for the 23rd time this season and are 4-19 in those games. . Stratton drove
in a run for the second time in his career. . Hunter Pence struck out as a
pinch-hitter and is hitless in his last eight at-bats.TRAINER’S ROOMGiants:
Crawford missed his third consecutive game. … OF Steven Duggar will undergo
surgery Tuesday to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. … INF Kelby
Tomlinson was called up from Triple-A Sacramento.UP NEXTMets: RHP Jacob DeGrom
(8-8, 1.68 ERA) faces the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Monday. DeGrom leads the
majors in ERA.Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner (5-5, 2.68 ERA) pitches against
Colorado on Monday afternoon. He has allowed one run over his previous 15
innings. ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Dee Gordon did a happy dance while sitting on
the warning track, and the display that was at least nine months in the making
inspired an ear-to-ear grin long after it happened.Gordon not only robbed Mike
Trout of extra bases in center field during the fourth inning Friday
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Seattle Mariners‘ 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.Asked if the two-run
single or the catch made his day, Gordon answered “the catch,” as if he
anticipated the question.“That was pretty cool; that was like the first one in
my life,” said Gordon, who insisted his glove was over the wall, robbing Trout
of his 34th home run. “I was happy.”The catch, by a player who has primarily
been a middle infielder, ended up preserving a shutout that was fashioned by six
relief pitchers. The bullpen day was needed to fill in for scheduled starter
James Paxton, who is dealing with a bout of pneumonia.Roenis Elias gave up just
one hit over 3 2/3 innings as the starter. Adam Warren (3-2) got four outs and
Shawn Armstrong, Nick Vincent
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walked two while throwing 58 pitches. In seven previous innings against the
Angels this season, Elias had given up one run on six hits with three
strikeouts, all in relief.Elias said he found out he was starting at around
before noon Friday.“They didn’t give me a lot of time but I was ready because I
knew something could happen,” Elias said through an interpreter.The Mariners
went ahead to stay against Matt Shoemaker in the fourth inning. Robinson Cano
singled in Mitch Haniger for his 13th RBI in 27 games since being reinstated
from an 80-game drug suspension.With two out and runners on second and third,
Ryon Healy made it 3-0 with a ground ball into left field.That early Mariners
momentum was preserved when Gordon made the kind of catch he had been dreading
when he worked on his outfield play in the offseason. Knowing he might play some
outfield this season, Gordon worked briefly on catches against a chain-link
fence, but quickly abandoned the workouts.His dance after making the catch,
then, was a combination of relief and a sense accomplishment.“He likes to
celebrate and he is the king of celebration
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he should. It’s a hard game and when something goes your way, or you make a
great play, you have to have fun with it.”The Mariners have won the first two
games of the series to improve to 10-7 against Angels, clinching the season
series. The Mariners won consecutive games for the first time since Aug.
24-25.ALL GOOD FOR SHOEMAKERIn his third start since coming off the disabled
list after being sidelined by a right forearm strain, Shoemaker (2-1) went 4 2/3
innings. He threw just 77 pitches as the Angels try to limit his usage.The
right-hander was visited by manager Mike Scioscia and a member of the Angels
medical staff in the fifth inning, but remained in the game. In 14 2/3 innings
since returning from the DL, Shoemaker has a 3.68 ERA.“Everything is all good,”
Shoemaker said. “I think probably just in that fourth inning, I haven’t had a
long inning like that in a long time, so I was a little tired going out to the
fifth. After the first hitter
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Andrew Heaney received the Nick Adenhart Award winner for excellence both off
the field and on the mound. Adenhart was an Angels rookie pitcher in 2009 when
he was killed in a car crash following his first start of the season.The Angels
also announced Friday they have surpassed the 3 million mark in tickets sold,
reaching the milestone for the 16th consecutive season.TRAINER’S ROOMMariners:
SS Jean Segura returned to the starting lineup after missing three games with a
virus. … OF Cameron Maybin is with the team but remains out of action with an
unspecified illness. … Paxton is expected to rejoin the team in a few days. …
RHP Felix Hernandez (hamstring) is expected to return to the rotation before the
end of the season.Angels: LHP Tyler Skaggs (left adductor strain) will rejoin
the Angels on Saturday, when he will be evaluated to see if he can return to the
rotation next week.UP NEXTMariners RHP Erasmo Ramirez (2-3, 5.31 ERA) and Heaney
(9-9, 3.98 ERA) pitch on Saturday. Ramirez is 2-1 with a 3.68 ERA in six starts
since coming off the disabled list after being sidelined by a strained right
shoulder. Heaney struck out a career-high 12 in seven scoreless innings in a 1-0
victory against the Chicago White Sox last Sunday.
