Mets’ Jacob deGrom unlikely to face Dodgers in Game 4 of NLDS

If there was any consolation for the Dodgers about what Jacob deGrom did to them Friday night in their 3-1 defeat to the New York Mets, it was that they forced him to throw 121 pitches.

That could eliminate the possibility of deGrom returning to pitch on three-days’ rest in Game 4 of their National League division series.

“As I sit here at this moment, I think he went too far tonight,” Mets Manager Terry Collins said. “He had to work hard.”

DeGrom pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out 13 to match a franchise record set by Tom Seaver in 1973.

DeGrom’s pitch count was 80 after four innings.

“I mean, he worked really hard early in the game,” Collins said.

Collins said he doesn’t count the four pitches deGrom threw to intentionally walk Joc Pederson in the second inning. Even then, he threw 117 pitches.

“That’s a lot of work for him,” Collins said.

The Dodgers praised deGrom, starting with Kershaw who acknowledged that the All-Star right-hander outpitched him.

DeGrom was routinely clocked in the high-90s.

“He’s got electric stuff,” catcher A.J. Ellis said. “Personally, this is as good of an arm as I’ve seen all year long.”

Based on film of deGrom the Dodgers had seen recently, Carl Crawford said they were expecting his fastball to be 2 to 3 mph slower.

“You see what it does,” Crawford said. “Twelve strikeouts, huh?”

Actually, it was 13.

The Dodgers also entered the series considering pitching Clayton Kershaw on three-days’ rest in Game 4.

Kershaw threw 113 pitches in Game 1.

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