It took six walks and five pitchers, but the Mets got the second no-hitter in franchise history when Tylor Megill and four relievers com...
It took six walks and five pitchers, but the Mets got the second no-hitter in franchise history when Tylor Megill and four relievers combined to stop the Philadelphia Phillies in a 3-0 win at the Citi Field Friday night.
The feat is the latest highlight of a stellar season for Megill, who was the team’s unexpected starter on Day 1 and is now 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA in five starts. . On Friday, he had walked three times and gone five to five innings when he was taken out of the game. He had thrown 88 pitches.
Mets 3, Phillies 0 | The score of the box | game by game
Megill was relieved by Drew Smith, who pitched one and a third inning, walking one. Smith gave way to Joely Rodriguez, who walked twice in one run of work. Seth Lugo finished fourth, striking out both batters he faced.
The closest to the team, Edwin DÃaz, had a tough job with Bryce Harper, the defending National League Most Valuable Player award winner, topping the ninth, but DÃaz blew the Phillies away, knocking out the team on 13 shots.
While the Mets’ biggest problem seemed a bit wild, the team’s pitchers were also repeatedly bailed out by tough defensive plays from center back Brandon Nimmo.
The team’s offense kept the drama low on a night that belonged to the pitchers. Second baseman Jeff McNeil gave the Mets the lead late in the second inning with a two-run single and first baseman Pete Alonso gave the bullpen some respite by hitting a circuit at the end of the sixth.
The Mets once endured a rough patch in which the franchise went without a hit from the team’s inception in 1962 until 2012 – even though former Met Nolan Ryan threw a record seven – but eventually had that streak come to an end when Johan Santana threw a hit against the St. Louis Cardinals on June 1, 2012.
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