Phillies Advance To NLCS: Pitcher Noah Syndergaard’s Take On It

The Philadelphia Phillies’ president of baseball operations, Dave Dombrowski, acquired starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard and centre fielder Brandon Marsh from the Los Angeles Angels within a few hours of one another on the trade deadline.

In Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Saturday, Marsh hit a three-run home ball off Braves right-hander Charlie Morton into the right-field bleachers to get things started. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves, 8-3, to advance to the National League Championship Series. It was Syndergaard’s first postseason start since 2016. He pitched three solid innings of one-run ball.

The Los Angeles Dodgers or San Diego Padres will be the Phillies’ opponents when the NLCS begins on Tuesday in California. San Diego went into Game 4 on Saturday night with a 2-1 advantage.

Injuries have plagued Syndergaard in recent seasons, which has diminished his once-phenomenal status as the ace of the New York Mets pitching staff and earned him the moniker “Thor.” At the trade deadline, he was acquired by the Phillies from the Los Angeles Angels.

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The three runs provided Noah Syndergaard, who joined the Phillies after starting Zach Eflin was disabled with a right knee injury, with a comfortable cushion. Marsh and Syndergaard are connected by their voyage from Anaheim to Philadelphia and have grown close in silence.

“I feel like we give each other a tiny glance after every round now that we’ve come this far and ask, “How ’bout that?” said Marsh. Now that we’re in the Final Four, we were just both traded over here at the Deadline. It’s a good thing. Currently, no words can adequately convey this.

Noah Syndergaard On The Advancement

Syndergaard, who underwent Tommy John surgery in March 2020, has travelled a long way. Noah Syndergaard has had to change the way he plays because his fastball is no longer averaging 97-98 mph. It was his first postseason start since tossing seven innings against the Giants in the 2016 NL Wild Card Game for the Mets without allowing a run.

In terms of what he discovered about himself this year, Syndergaard remarked, “That I can go out there and pitch without blowing the doors off people.” “I’m quite certain that by this time next year, I’ll be back to throwing 98-100 [mph], but I’ll also have learnt everything from this year,” he said.

After the game, Syndergaard said that his teammates have a never-say-die attitude. “The Phillies have got that dawg in them. We have a lot of grit, and we are pretty lethal,” Noah Syndergaard said. “I was pretty even-keeled when I learned I was starting, and I was glad they had that trust in me to go out there and set the tone.”

The scenario is now set for Noah Syndergaard, Marsh, and Roberston to lead the Phillies to their first World Series since 2008 (Roberston missed the NLDS roster while recovering from a right calf injury but might play in the NLCS).

 

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