user: Thor hammered: Syndergaard, rocked in Mets 7-2 loss

SAN DIEGO — Noah Syndergaard stumbled through his worst start in the big leagues Tuesday night, giving up career-highs in runs and hits as the Mets fell to the Padres 7-2 at Petco Park.

That snapped a two-game winning streak for the Mets (29-24). They continue to struggle on the road, losing eight of their last nine away from Citi Field and dropping to 8-16 on the road overall this season.

Syndergaard dropped to 0-3 outside of Citi Field in his roughest night in the big leagues.

Now, thanks to the Mets implementing the six-man rotation with the return of Dillon Gee from the disabled list Wednesday and an off day on Monday, Syndergaard will have a whole week before he gets back on the mound and an abundance of time to think about what went wrong.

And there is plenty for him to unpack in Tuesday night’s start.

Syndergaard gave up seven runs on 10 hits. He also struck out a career-high 10 batters and did not walk one in just four innings.

“It was definitely a frustrating start. I felt like I had some of the best stuff I had all year. In the first inning I am pretty sure I set the pace there, but it didn’t happen in the second inning,” Syndergaard said. “A couple of bad breaks... I didn’t get the job done, simple as that. I wasn’t able to make it deep into the ball game. I feel like I had a couple of bad breaks here and there. All I can do is have a short memory and forget about it and learn from it, move to the next day.”

The Padres scored four runs off Syndergaard in the second, two on a play that Syndergaard counted among those bad breaks. With the bases loaded, he deflected Alexi Amarista’s line drive into right field allowing two runs to score.

“Maybe if I don’t try to attempt to catch that ball by Amarista... it was just a natural reflex, potentially an inning-ending double play ball,” Syndergaard said. “Even if I caught it might have been an attempt at a triple play, who knows, if the runners were going at that point.”

Syndergaard gave up two more runs that inning on Will Venable’s one-out triple. He gave up an RBI triple to Cory Spangenberg in the third and a two-run home run to Derek Norris in the fourth, his final inning.

“He didn’t locate like he did before, his secondary pitches were left over the middle of the plate. The home run, he didn’t get the ball down,” Terry Collins said. “As we know at this level, good stuff is great, but you have to put it where you want to.”

While Syndergaard looked obviously upset at the end of the second, the Mets manager said he hoped the 22-year old was not rattled by the bad breaks in that second inning.

"It is all part of the game, there are going to be times when he makes a great pitch and they flip one into right field and there is gonna be times he throws one down the middle and the guy pops it up,” Collins said. “I hope that didn’t get to him, because if it did we got a lot of work ahead of us.”

The Mets offense certainly has some work ahead of it.

Michael Cuddyer went 3-for-4 with an RBI and Wilmer Flores drove in another run, but the Mets were largely ineffective against Ian Kennedy and the Padres’ bullpen. The Mets were back to chasing pitches, striking out 12 times Tuesday and 28 times over the first two games of this series.

“We’ve got to start putting ball in play better,” Collins said.

The Mets will activate Gee off the disabled list before Wednesday night’s game. They optioned utility infielder Danny Muno back to Triple-A Las Vegas to make room on the 25-man roster for him.

Summary: Thor got hammered Tuesday night. The big, young right-hander Noah Syndergaard was hit hard and chased early in a 7-2 loss.


Chad Johnson Strikes Plea Deal in Battery Case -- NO JAIL TIME

Chad Johnson Plea Deal in Battery Case NO JAIL TIME

will likely not serve a single day in jail for allegedly headbutting his ex-wife

during a nuclear argument last month -- because TMZ has learned, he just struck a deal with prosecutors to keep his ass out of the pokey

Sources close to Chad tell TMZ, the unemployed wide receiver agreed to be placed on probation and complete extensive anger management counseling ... in exchange for either a guilty or no contest plea.

Chad also agreed to a no-contact order that would block him from talking to Evelyn. As we first reported, Chad and Evelyn's

Under the deal, Chad will not serve a day behind bars. As we reported, Chad has been charged with misdemeanor battery in connection with the incident.

A hearing has been scheduled for tomorrow, during which a judge is expected to sign off on the deal and make it official.

Summary:

assistant: Chad Johnson will likely not serve a single day in jail for allegedly headbutting his ex-wife Evelyn Lozada during a nuclear argument last month --…