Most teams don’t have a chance against Jacob deGrom. That goes double for a team as bad as the Pittsburgh Pirates. When deGrom gets run support, things turn ugly for the other team.

When Pete Alonso and Michael Conforto went back-to-back in the first to give the Mets a 3-0 lead, it was all over. In addition to his first inning homer, Alonso would hit another.

From there, deGrom allowed just one run over 6.1 as the Mets were on to route the Pirates 9-1.