![]() ![]() “What a job the rest of the guys did against a really good hitting lineup, too. “(Megill) threw close to 90 pitches in five innings, that was plenty,” said Mets skipper Buck Showalter, who managed a no-hitter for the first time since Jim Abbott’s gem for the New York Yankees against Cleveland n 1993. Megill (4-0) struck out five and walked three in his 23rd major league start. This was the first no-hitter against the Phillies since Josh Beckett pitched one for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014. By official MLB rules, it did not count as a no-hitter because Rays pitchers didn’t end the game allowing no hits. 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. 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. 11.Ī year ago, there were a record nine no-hitters in the majors. 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. 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. And I was like, ‘Oh no, all right, we’ve got one going.’” “I looked back to check the count and the score and where I should play and I saw the zero next to their team. “I didn’t really notice (the no-hitter) until like the sixth inning,” Nimmo said. Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo made the best defensive play, running to make a diving catch on Jean Segura’s sinking liner in right-center to end the third. “(Megill) threw about 45 pitches (actually 43) in the first two innings, it looked like maybe we could get him on the ropes. “We hit a couple balls hard but that was about it,” Phillies manager Joe Girardi said. He stole second base in the fifth - the only time a Phillies player got beyond first base. Mets pitchers combined to fan 12 and walk six, including Kyle Schwarber three times. But trying to get on the same page with a lot of guys, it’s definitely special to be able to share it with so many people,” he said. If it’s with one guy, you’re on the same page all night. “You start paying attention about the sixth, seventh inning - you start hearing the crowd getting into it, realizing there’s a chance for something special,” catcher James McCann said. Realmuto in the ninth - all of them swinging. 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. “I said, ‘Hey, give me five minutes, I have to go out.’” “Ninth inning, one out, I checked the TV and said ‘What? Zero?’” Rodriguez said as McCann exchanged a fist bump with Diaz on a podium in the Mets’ interview room. Rodríguez said he was getting treatment in the ninth inning when he realized what was happening. ![]() First one I’ve been part of.”Īll the relievers before Díaz said they didn’t know they were working on a combined no-hitter. Six Houston Astros pitchers threw 151 pitches in their no-hitter against the Yankees in 2003. Per, these 159 pitches were the most thrown in a no-hitter. ![]()
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