By WFAN.com
Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom broke out of their slumps this week, but then the Mets' bats went cold. What's it going to take to get their hitting and pitching clicking at the same time?
That was a topic of discussion at the start of WFAN's "Boomer and Gio" show Friday morning.
The Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday 1-0, thanks to Syndergaard, who pitched a four-hit shutout and blasted a solo homer to account for the game's lone score. On Wednesday, deGrom allowed just three hits over seven scoreless innings, but the Mets lost 1-0.
"I am troubled by one thing, and that's all of a sudden the Mets can't score a run," Boomer Esiason said. "It's back-to-back games. They're not hitting the ball. They're not scoring runs. This hadn't been a problem until this series really, and hopefully they'll get out of their offensive funk here over the next six games when they go to Milwaukee and San Diego."
Added Gregg Giannotti: "Now's the true test: Was the offense we have seen, this offense that has been so impressive, that has taken us off-guard ... is it sustainable? And this is the first time where we've had multiple games in a row where we're now questioning that."
Giannotti said he thinks the Mets' bats will wake up soon.
"I do the believe the (hitting coach) Chili Davis approach," he said. "I do believe that these young hitters like (Jeff) McNeil and (Pete) Alonso are not flukes. And I think that you're going to have a couple of games in a row every now and then, especially early on in the season with a young Reds staff that showed up and showed out in this series, where you're going to struggle a little bit."
To listen to Friday's show open, in which Boomer and Gio further discuss Syndergaard's gem, the Yankees' injuries and more.
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