Where Does Jacob deGrom Rank in Mets History?

The top mark, shockingly, belongs to Rob Gardner, a somewhat forgettable left-hander who was making the fifth appearance of his career on Oct. 2, 1965, when he threw 15 shutout innings against the Phillies. In the wild performance, Gardner allowed five hits and two walks while striking out seven. Thanks largely to the high number of innings, Gardner got a game score of 112 — tied for the fifth-best mark of the integrated era — but it wasn’t enough to get a win: The game, in which Philadelphia’s Chris Short also threw 15 scoreless innings, was called a 0-0 tie after 18 innings because of a Saturday night curfew in the second game of a doubleheader.

When Gardner was interviewed about the game by Hannah Keyser for Yahoo in 2020, he was notably humble.

“I have to point this out, the guy that pitched against me pitched equally if not better than I did,” Gardner said. “He just didn’t live long enough to be interviewed about it.”

(Santana threw the franchise’s only solo no-hitter on June 1, 2012, but with eight strikeouts and five walks, he had a game score of 90, which is tied for the 49th best start in franchise history.)

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