Mets’ Megill, four relievers hold Phillies without a hit
New York Mets starter Tylor Megill and four relievers combined on the first nohitter of the Major League Baseball season, teaming up to throw 159 pitches and beat the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 Friday night.
Megill (Los Alamitos High, Cypress College) 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 no-hitter in Mets history.
With the Citi Field crowd of 32,416 standing and chanting “Let’s go, Mets,” Díaz finished it off in style, striking out Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto in the ninth — all of them swinging.
“Team game,” Megill said. “I’m ecstatic. It’s crazy. First one I’ve been part of.”
Mets pitchers combined to fan 13 and walk six.
Johan Santana threw the Mets’ other no-hitter on June 1, 2012, when he needed 134 pitches in an 8-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo made the best defensive play Friday, running to make a diving catch on Jean Segura’s sinking liner in right-center
Tylor Megill struck out five and pitched the first five innings of the Mets’ combined no-hitter against the Phillies.
to end the third inning.
It was the 17th combined no-hitter in history and first since the Milwaukee Brewers’ Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader teamed up to no-hit Cleveland last Sept. 11.
A season ago, there were a record nine no-hitters in the majors.
Last weekend, six Tampa Bay Rays pitchers combined to carry a no-hit bid into the 10th inning of a scoreless game against the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox broke up the no-hitter and scored twice in the top of the 10th but the Rays came back to win 3-2. By official MLB rules, it did not count
as a no-hitter because Rays pitchers didn’t end the game allowing no hits.
This was the first no-hitter against the Phillies since Josh Beckett pitched one for the Dodgers in 2014. PADRES 7, PIRATES 3 » HaSeong Kim and Jake Cronenworth homered, and Yu Darvish pitched six effective innings as San Diego won its fourth in a row with a victory at Pittsburgh.
Darvish (2-1) allowed three runs and eight hits while striking out five and walking one.
RAYS 6, TWINS 1 » Josh Lowe and Mike Zunino homered, Corey Kluber gave up one hit in six innings and host Tampa Bay halted Minnesota’s seven-game winning streak.
Lowe’s first career homer capped a four-run first off Twins starter Dylan Bundy.
Kluber (1-1) gave up one run and no walks, striking out six.
Bundy (3-1), who had given up one run in three previous starts, allowed six runs on seven hits in six innings, striking out seven.
MARLINS 8, MARINERS 6 » Jorge Soler and Miguel Rojas homered and Miami won its sixth straight game, beating visiting Seattle.
BRAVES 6, RANGERS 3 » William Contreras hit two long home runs, Austin Riley also connected and Travis Demeritte had an insidethe-park homer as visiting Atlanta topped Texas.
Braves right-hander Ian Anderson (2-1) allowed two runs and three hits with five strikeouts and two walks over six innings.
ASTROS 11, RANGERS 7 » Jeremy Peña hit a three-run homer as Houston downed visiting Toronto to extend its winning streak to four.
BREWERS 11, CUBS 1 » Hunter Renfroe hit two of Milwaukee’s five home runs and Adrian Houser struck out six and scattered two hits over six shutout innings.