No-no-no-no-no! 5 Mets pitchers combine to no-hit Phillies
It was the second no-hitter in Mets history
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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 no-hitter in Mets history.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}With the 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.
New York Mets pitcher Tylor Megill throws during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 29, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) ((AP Photo/Adam Hunger))
"Team game," Megill said.
"I'm ecstatic. It's crazy," he said. "First one I've been part of."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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. The Mets began play as an expansion team in 1962 and this was their 9,499th regular-season game.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo made the best defensive play, making a diving catch on Jean Segura’s sinking liner in right-center to end the third.
"It looked close," Megill said.
New York Mets' Pete Alonso watches a home run during the sixth inning of the team's baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 29, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) (. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger))
The Mets poured on to the field and mobbed Díaz after the final out as a graphic picturing the five pitchers with the words "BLACK OUT" showed on the scoreboard.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It's fun to watch," Mets first-year manager Buck Showalter said.
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It was the 17th combined no-hitter in history and the first since the Milwaukee Brewers’ Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader teamed up to no-hit Cleveland last Sept. 11.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}New York Mets pitcher Edwin Diaz (39) celebrates with teammates after a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 29, 2022, in New York. The Mets won 3-0 on a combined no-hitter. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) ( (AP Photo/Adam Hunger))
A year 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 Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014.
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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 two-run single in the fifth off Aaron Nola (1-3). Pete Alonso homered with two outs in the sixth.