Daily News | Phillies turn to Noah Syndergaard with season seemingly on the line in Game 5
— will turn to Syndergaard on Thursday with their season seemingly on the line. A win and the Phillies fly to Houston with a 3-2 lead. A loss and the Phillies need to win two straight on the road to capture the franchise’s third world championship.
Syndergaard started the division series clincher against Atlanta and the one run he allowed over three innings is a line the Phillies would take on Thursday. Once able to lean on his fastball, Syndergaard has been more reliant this season on breaking pitches as he works his way back from Tommy John surgery he underwent in March of 2020.“I’m just focusing on being who I can be,” Syndergaard said. “I’m not trying to get outside my realm of a pitcher.
The Phillies need Syndergaard to hold his own against Justin Verlander, who underwent Tommy John surgery five months before him and rehabbed alongside the pitcher in Florida. Verlander was the American League’s best pitcher this season but has looked human in each of his three postseason starts, including when the Phillies rallied against him in Game 1 to climb out of a five-run hole.
Syndergaard said he was a naïve rookie when he first tasted the World Series. The 9-3 win against Kansas City in Game 3 was just the 27th start of his career. He was 23 years old and reaching the World Series seemed easy. But Syndergaard had to wait seven years and a difficult injury process to get back.
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