Jedd-i night & day: Gyorko opens, closes DH with HRs

NEW YORK — The contrast is obvious. Noah Syndergaard wields some of the best stuff in all of baseball, featuring a four-seam fastball and sinker that routinely sit above 98 mph. On the other end of the spectrum, Bartolo Colon mainly relies on one pitch, a two-seam fastball that averages around 87 mph.

On Tuesday, the Cardinals faced both Syndergaard and Colon in a doubleheader at Citi Field, and Jedd Gyorko had no problems adjusting to either. In the opening game, the infielder got St. Louis going with a two-run homer off the Mets’ young flamethrower in the third inning that traveled 412 feet, according to Statcast™, helping the club pick up a 3-2 victory.

In the second inning of the nightcap, Gyorko kicked things off once again, this time sending an 83-mph two-seamer from Colon 385 feet into the left-field seats, providing the only offense in the Cardinals’ 3-1 loss.

The latter marked the second time in a week that Gyorko has homered in both games of a …

continue reading in source mlb.mlb.com