Mets get no-hitter behind 5 pitchers
NEW YORK » New York Mets starter Tylor Megill and four relievers combined on the first no-hitter of the Major League Baseball season, teaming up to throw a whopping 159 pitches and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 Friday night.
Megill was pulled after five innings and 88 pitches. The bullpen took over from there, with Drew Smith, Joely Rodríguez, Seth Lugo and Edwin Díaz completing the second nohitter in Mets history.
Díaz finished it off in style, striking out Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto in the ninth. Mets pitchers combined to fan 12 and walk six.
Johan Santana threw the Mets’ only previous no-hitter on June 1, 2012, when he struck out eight and needed 134 pitches in an 8-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Megill (4-0) struck out five and walked three in his 23rd major league start. Smith got four outs, Rodriguez got three and Lugo recorded the last two outs in the eighth before Díaz took over.
Jeff McNeil hit a tworun single in the fifth off Aaron Nola (1-3). Pete Alonso homered with two outs in the sixth.
MARLINS 8, MARINERS 6 » Jorge Soler and Miguel Rojas homered and Miami won its sixth straight game with a victory over Seattle.
Soler’s homer in the first inning bounced off a column behind the left-center field pavilion and was measured at 468 feet, the third-longest in the major leagues this season.
ANGELS 5, WHITE SOX 1 » Taylor Ward and Shohei Ohtani hit first-inning solo home runs off Lucas Giolito and Los Angeles rode a combined three-hitter to beat Chicago and get its sixth straight win.
Ward finished with three hits and two RBIs, and Ohtani scored three runs as the Angels used seven pitchers to climb seven games over .500 for the first time since June 11, 2018.
ASTROS 11, BLUE JAYS 7 » Jeremy Peña hit a threerun home run, Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman also connected, and Houston beat Toronto to extend its winning streak to four games.
RAYS 6, TWINS 1 » Josh Lowe and Mike Zunino homered for the first time this season, Corey Kluber gave up one hit in six innings and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota to halt the Twins’ seven-game win streak.
BRAVES 6, RANGERS 3 » William Contreras hit two long home runs, Austin Riley also connected and Travis Demeritte had an inside-the-park homer as Atlanta beat Texas.
YANKEES 12, ROYALS 2 » Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo and Gleyber Torres all homered and New York won its seventh in a row by topping Kansas City in a rain-shortened eight-inning game.
PADRES 7, PIRATES 3 » Ha-Seong Kim and Jake Cronenworth homered, and Yu Darvish pitched six effective innings to lead San Diego over Pittsburgh.
RED SOX 3, ORIOLES 1 » Christian Arroyo ended Boston’s long-ball drought with a two-run shot, and Rich Hill combined with four relievers on a fivehitter to help the Red Sox beat Baltimore.
DIAMONDBACKS 6, CARDINALS 2 » Madison Bumgarner pitched five strong innings, Daulton Varsho had two hits and Arizona beat St. Louis.
BREWERS 11, CUBS 1 » Hunter Renfroe hit two of Milwaukee’s season-high five home runs, Adrian Houser struck out six and scattered two hits over six shutout innings and the Brewers beat Chicago. Houser (2-2) struck out six and walked two.
ROCKIES 10, REDS 4 » Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking, three-run home run in the fifth inning and the Colorado Rockies sent the Cincinnati Reds to their major league-worst 17th loss in 20 games with a victory.