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Speed bump: Matz derailed after cruising early
- Updated: June 1, 2016
NEW YORK — Steven Matz works fast — faster than any other starting pitcher in the Major Leagues. The Mets’ coaching staff praises him for it. But in New York’s 6-4 loss to the White Sox on Tuesday night at Citi Field, he might have gotten ahead of himself.
Matz entered on a brilliant stretch, having won seven straight starts while allowing two runs or fewer in each to tie a franchise record set by Tom Seaver. He’d lowered his season ERA to 2.36 even after allowing seven earned runs in 1 2/3 innings in his first start of the year — all while averaging 17.9 seconds between pitches, fastest among starters on FanGraphs’ leaderboard.
Pitching against Chicago two days after his 25th birthday, Matz rolled through five innings. But then he derailed in the sixth, allowing three runs on a walk and four hits, including a two-run homer to Todd Frazier. He allowed Tyler Saladino to steal second and third base without a throw in the same at-bat.
Matz was knocked out of the game after 5 2/3 — his first time since that opening start against the Marlins that he was unable to finish the sixth. When manager …
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