All the pieces was going correctly for Tylor Megill until it wasn’t.
The Mets have been routed by the Atlanta Braves 7-0 inside the first sport of a three-game sequence Friday night at Citi Area. Megill, the right-hander who has confounded the Mets collectively along with his struggles this season, was answerable for six of those runs (5 earned) in his sixth lack of the season (6-6).
Nonetheless, the loss can’t completely be blamed on Megill. There have been defensive miscues behind the big righty and there have been empty at-bats in the direction of Charlie Morton and the NL-best Braves.
The Mets have been impressed by what they observed from Megill whatever the tip end result.
“He’s doing a little issues he wasn’t doing earlier than and it ought to bode effectively for him sooner or later,” said supervisor Buck Showalter. “It’s been encouraging for us to have a pitcher with expertise that’s younger and controllable and all of these issues, but it surely’s extra about Tylor. They’ve achieved a superb job with him down there. I do know it could not seem like it simply by the field rating tonight, but it surely’s a greater look than earlier than he left.”
Megill cruised by way of the first three innings, making an attempt further identical to the pitcher that gained his first three picks of the season and fewer identical to the one which was demoted to Triple-A in June. However then he loaded the bases with two outs inside the fourth and Brandon Nimmo misplayed a fly ball from Eddie Rosario in center space. Rosario’s single cleared the bases. Megill then gave up a single, an RBI double and one different single sooner than the first out — an outfield assist by Jeff McNeil — was recorded inside the fifth. A sacrifice fly by Austin Riley scored the fifth run.
Megill gave up one different run inside the sixth sooner than he was modified by right-hander Jimmy Yacabonis, who went 3 2/3 innings, allowing the Mets to avoid wasting numerous the bullpen for the rest of the sequence. Yacabonis allowed a run of his private inside the seven when Riley homered inside the seventh, nevertheless that was all he would hand over.
“I felt good. I felt like I did a extremely good job attacking hitters within the strike zone,” Megill said. “A pair hung sliders that bought hit and a misplaced fastball to Riley. Total, I simply suppose I used to be attacking the strike zone with all my pitches and simply filling up the strike zone, getting again to the place I used to be final 12 months with that.”
Yacabonis held the Braves to only one run in an outing supervisor said he was “actually proud” of. The run was a solo shot by Riley.
It was the third baseman’s twenty seventh homer of the season. The Mets solely have one participant who has hit larger than that (Pete Alonso, 35). They solely have two others who’ve hit larger than 20. The Mets had anticipated to battle the Braves (73-41) for the division title, nevertheless they’ve overwhelmed Atlanta solely as quickly as this season and misplaced six events to this point this season. They’ll face them six further events.
Megill went 5 1/3 innings, allowing 5 earned runs on 9 hits, strolling one and putting out three.
“Getting forward of hitters, attacking hitters,” Megill said. “My pitch depend was low going into the sixth. Clearly, the outcomes have been totally different however some issues you may’t management.”
Morton (11-10) gave the Mets prospects inside the kind of seven walks. He walked Brandon Nimmo twice, Jonathan Arauz twice, Pete Alonso thrice and issued free passes to McNeil and Rafael Ortega. Nonetheless, the Mets couldn’t push one thing all through the plate. The 39-year-old veteran right-hander shut the Mets out over 5 innings, giving up merely three hits.
A model new season-high was set with 14 runners left on base. It was the twelfth time this season the Mets failed to achieve a run.
“9 walks and 7 hits and we don’t rating a run,” Showalter said. “We clearly had individuals on the market.”
The Mets have been with out Francisco Lindor, who was a late scratch with tightness on his correct facet. He was modified by Arauz, who went 0-for-2 with two walks. Lindor is taken into consideration day-to-day.
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