PHILADELPHIA — Tylor Megill dazzled on opening night, but if he wanted to earn street cred, here was an opportunity to face a big-boy lineup in a bandbox ballpark.
Tuesday night he left the Mets nodding in approval.
Blasting his improved heat, the right-hander stifled the Phillies into the sixth inning, leading a 2-0 victory at Citizens Bank Park that snapped the Mets’ two-game skid.
Megill, in the rotation because Jacob deGrom is sidelined with a stress reaction on his right scapula, ran his scoreless streak to 10 ¹/₃ innings to begin the season. He pitched five scoreless innings on opening night in Washington, followed by another 5 ¹/₃ in this gem.
The right-hander peaked at 98.9 mph with a four-seam fastball in the first inning and overall averaged 96.7 mph with the pitch, muzzling a lineup that included Kyle Schwarber, J.T. Realmuto, Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos. Overall, Megill allowed three hits and struck out five. He still hasn’t walked a batter this season.
After two straight games in which the bullpen squandered leads, the Mets got the relief they needed, as Chasen Shreve, Drew Smith, and Edwin Diaz combined on 3 ²/₃ scoreless innings to protect the lead. Smith was particularly impressive with 1 ²/₃ scoreless innings, with three strikeouts, getting the ball to Diaz for his first save.
Shreve got the final two outs in the sixth, retiring Schwarber and striking out Realmuto after Megill had allowed a leadoff single to Johan Camargo and Simon Muzziotti sacrificed him to second.
Francisco Lindor’s RBI single in the eighth got the Mets an insurance run after Starling Marte stole second base in the inning. The Phillies had failed to turn a double play on Marte’s grounder as Bryson Stott caught the throw to second at an awkward angle.
Brandon Nimmo hammered a 2-1 changeup from Zack Wheeler for a two-out homer in the fifth that produced the game’s first run. Wheeler was removed after the homer, finished after 4 ²/₃ innings in which he allowed two hits, hit two batters and walked one. The right-hander threw only 65 pitches.
Wheeler plunked Marte and Pete Alonso in the first inning, giving the Mets seven hit batters in six games, which leads the major leagues. A walk to Eduardo Escobar loaded the bases, but Robinson Cano struck out to end the threat.PHILADELPHIA — Tylor Megill dazzled on opening night, but if he wanted to earn street cred, here was an opportunity to face a big-boy lineup in a bandbox ballpark.
Tuesday night he left the Mets nodding in approval.
Blasting his improved heat, the right-hander stifled the Phillies into the sixth inning, leading a 2-0 victory at Citizens Bank Park that snapped the Mets’ two-game skid.
Megill, in the rotation because Jacob deGrom is sidelined with a stress reaction on his right scapula, ran his scoreless streak to 10 ¹/₃ innings to begin the season. He pitched five scoreless innings on opening night in Washington, followed by another 5 ¹/₃ in this gem.
The right-hander peaked at 98.9 mph with a four-seam fastball in the first inning and overall averaged 96.7 mph with the pitch, muzzling a lineup that included Kyle Schwarber, J.T. Realmuto, Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos. Overall, Megill allowed three hits and struck out five. He still hasn’t walked a batter this season.
After two straight games in which the bullpen squandered leads, the Mets got the relief they needed, as Chasen Shreve, Drew Smith, and Edwin Diaz combined on 3 ²/₃ scoreless innings to protect the lead. Smith was particularly impressive with 1 ²/₃ scoreless innings, with three strikeouts, getting the ball to Diaz for his first save.
Shreve got the final two outs in the sixth, retiring Schwarber and striking out Realmuto after Megill had allowed a leadoff single to Johan Camargo and Simon Muzziotti sacrificed him to second.
Francisco Lindor’s RBI single in the eighth got the Mets an insurance run after Starling Marte stole second base in the inning. The Phillies had failed to turn a double play on Marte’s grounder as Bryson Stott caught the throw to second at an awkward angle.
Brandon Nimmo hammered a 2-1 changeup from Zack Wheeler for a two-out homer in the fifth that produced the game’s first run. Wheeler was removed after the homer, finished after 4 ²/₃ innings in which he allowed two hits, hit two batters and walked one. The right-hander threw only 65 pitches.
Wheeler plunked Marte and Pete Alonso in the first inning, giving the Mets seven hit batters in six games, which leads the major leagues. A walk to Eduardo Escobar loaded the bases, but Robinson Cano struck out to end the threat.
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