deGrom lowers ERA to 1.71 in 3rd career CG

It would not have been outlandish to think baseball’s gods were conspiring against Jacob deGrom when, as he prepared to emerge from the dugout for the bottom of the fourth inning Saturday, lightning began flashing over Citizens Bank Park. Next came the rain and the tarp and the groans of those who made the trip down the Jersey Turnpike, well aware that the rain could spoil what had thus far been a banner day for the Mets’ ace.