Mets throw 159 pitches, no-hit Phils
NEW YORK — New York Mets starter Tylor Megill and four relievers combined on the majors’ first no-hitter this season, teaming to throw 159 pitches and beat Philadelphia 3-0 on Friday.
Megill (4-0) was pulled after five innings and 88 pitches. The bullpen then took over, with
Drew Smith, Joely Rodriguez, Seth Lugo and Edwin Diaz capping the second no-hitter in Mets history.
With the crowd of 32,416 standing and chanting “Let’s go, Mets,” Diaz finished it in style, striking out Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto in the ninth — all swinging.
“Team game,” Megill said. “I’m ecstatic. It’s crazy. First one I’ve been part of.”
Johan Santana threw the Mets’ only previous no-hitter on June 1, 2012, when he needed 134 pitches in an 8-0 win over St. Louis. The Mets began play as an expansion team in 1962, and this was their 9,499th regular-season game.
Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo made the best defensive play, running to make diving catch on Jean Segura’s sinking liner in right-center to end the third.
Megill struck out five and walked three in his 23rd major league start. Jeff Mcneil hit a tworun single in the fifth off Aaron Nola (1-3). Pete Alonso homered with two outs in the sixth.
It was the majors’ 17th combined no-hitter and the first since Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader teamed to no-hit Cleveland on Sept. 11.
■ Yankees 12, Royals 2: At Kansas City, Mo., Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo and Gleyber Torres homered for New York in its seventh straight win.
■ Brewers 11, Cubs 1: At Milwaukee, Hunter Renfroe hit two of Milwaukee’s five homers to back Adrian Hauser (2-2), who allowed two hits in six shutout innings.
■ Braves 6, Rangers 3: At Arlington, Texas, William Contreras hit 429- and 435-foot home runs for Atlanta, and Travis Demeritte added an inside-the-park homer.
■ Rays 6, Twins 1: At St. Petersburg, Fla.,
Josh Lowe and Mike Zunino homered to back Corey Kluber (1-1), who allowed one run on one hit in six innings.
■ Marlins 8, Mariners 6: At Miami, Miguel Rojas hit a two-run homer and Jorge Soler a 468-foot shot for Miami in its sixth straight win.
■ Diamondbacks 6, Cardinals 2: At St. Louis, Madison Bumgarner (1-1) allowed one run in five innings to beat Adam Wainwright (2-3).
■ Angels 5, White Sox 1: At Chicago, Taylor Ward and Shohei Ohtani hit first-inning homers for Los Angeles in its sixth straight win.
■ Astros 11, Blue Jays 7: At Toronto, Jeremy Pena hit a three-run homer for Houston, which is 8-0 when scoring four or more runs.
■ Dodgers 5, Tigers 1: At Los Angeles, Spring Valley product Tyler Anderson (2-0) held Detroit to one run in five innings.
■ Padres 7, Pirates 3: At Pittsburgh, Haseong Kim and Jake Cronenworth each went 2-for-4 with a home run for San Diego.
■ Guardians 9, Athletics 8: At Oakland, Calif., Josh Naylor hit a go-ahead two-run homer in Cleveland’s four-run seventh.
■ Red Sox 3, Orioles 1: At Baltimore,
Christian Arroyo hit a two-run homer in Boston’s three-run second.
■ Rockies 10, Reds 4: At Denver, Ryan Mcmahon hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the Denver fifth.