 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna, Darling akadzokera shure nekukunda kunoshamisa kwebasa 17. Akatanga nokukurumidza nokurova kaviri mumitambo yake mina yokutanga. 105 rekodhi yehafu yekutanga ine 3 shutouts uye 2.70 ERA yakanga isina kukwana kuwana nzvimbo yeAll-Star. Mumwaka, akaunganidza basa-rakakwirira 4 shutouts asi akatamburawo imwe yemitambo yake yakaipisisa, achiburitswa muchikamu chekutanga chekurasikirwa ne11 × 2 musi waChikunguru 19. Darlings home-versus-road discrepancy was enormous as he went 141 at Shea and only 38 on the road with a road ERA more than twice as high as his home ERA. Darlings home-versus-road discrepancy was enormous as he went 141 at Shea and only 38 on the road with a road ERA more than twice as high as his home ERA. Akapedza mwaka wacho akasimba, achikunda zvisarudzo zvake zvishanu zvokupedzisira. VaMets vakapinda mumakwikwi ekupedzisa, asi Darling akarova zvisina kunaka mu1988 National League Championship Seriesvachirwa neLos Angeles Dodgers. Nechikamu chakabatanidzwa 11, akawira mugomba rekutanga re30, asi Mets akadzoka kaviri kuti akunde 84. Mumutambo wokugumisa 7, Darling akaenzaniswazve nomuruki akanakisisa wa 1988, Orel Hershiser, uye akaenzana zvikuru. Darling akasiya makundano matanhatu uye akaiswa panze muchikamu chechipiri apo Hershiser akakanda shutout yechishanu-hit, achishamisa Mets uye kuhwina mubairo weMost Valuable Player. Mutambo uyu waiva wokupedzisira weMets kusvika muna 1999. 