The Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets on Wednesday night, 10-5, at Citizens Bank Park. In the win, Ranger Suarez moved to 8-0 and made some very impressive team history with another gem.
With the win, the Phillies moved to 31-13 while the loss dropped the Mets to 19-23. The Phillies are currently in first place in the National League East, leading the Atlanta Braves by 3.0 games. The Mets are 11.0 games back and in fourth.Though the final score ended up looking like this was an offensive game, make no mistake that the story was once again the pitching of Phillies' lefty Ranger Suarez. On the early track for the National League Cy Young Award, Suarez went 5.
Ranger Suárez’s 1.37 is the lowest ERA by a Phillies pitcher in his 1st 9 starts of a season, since ER became official in the NL The 28-year-old native of Venezuela made his major league debut in 2018 with the Phillies and has spent all seven years of his career with the organization. He is on pace to shatter his career-high in wins and has emerged as the best statistical pitcher in a rotation that features the highly-paid Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola.
Lifetime, Suarez is 37-21 with a 3.18 ERA. He has struck out 58 batters in 59.0 innings this season thus far.Follow Fastball on FanNation on social mediaBrady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University.
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