Mets' Duda, Syndergaard share NL Co-Player Of The Week honors

New York Mets teammates Lucas Duda and rookie right-hander Noah Syndergaard were named National League Co-Players of the Week on Monday after helping spur the team into a share of first place atop the NL East.

Duda earned his share of the honors with a spectacular display of power hitting, swatting seven homers to go with 10 RBIs and a .474 batting average over six games.

Not to be outdone, Syndergaard won both his starts with a pair of masterful efforts. The 22-year-old Syndergaard blanked the San Diego Padres on three hits over eight innings before limiting the Washington Nationals to two runs over eight frames, striking out nine batters in each victory.

Duda's home run binge actually started the previous week. The left-handed hitting first baseman is the third player in the last 10 years to go deep nine times in eight games, boosting his team-high total to 21 homers.

Syndergaard also put himself among some select company, joining Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez and Dwight Gooden as the only Mets pitchers to register consecutive starts of at least eight innings with nine strikeouts and zero walks.