Two huge blasts weren’t sufficient to beat a bullpen blowup for the Mets on Monday evening at Citi Field. Trevor Gott blew a save and the Mets wasted a powerful efficiency from right-hander Tylor Megill in a 4-3 loss to the Texas Rangers within the first recreation of a three-game set.
Brandon Nimmo and DJ Stewart homered and Megill held the Rangers to just one run over six innings. It was the primary time he had gone six full innings since June 16, his second-to-last begin earlier than a Triple-A demotion.
“It seemed like all of my stuff was on tonight,” Megill mentioned. “It felt like I could throw just about any pitch in any count.”
Megill has proven strong enhancements over his final three begins, however this one may need been his finest in a difficult season. He gave up 5 hits, three of which got here within the sixth inning. Marcus Semien doubled to guide off the inning and Corey Seager reached on an infield single to place two on. Megill received a giant double play to erase a baserunner.
Adolis Garcia drilled a double to right-center area to attain Semien from third simply, however Megill stayed poised. Megill struck out Robbie Grossman to get out of the inning with just one run allowed. It was his eighth strikeout of the evening, which set a brand new season-high for the right-hander.
“It’s a really good-hitting team, so that was impressive,” mentioned supervisor Buck Showalter. “We know they’re trying to operate on all cylinders with where they are in the season. To be able to do that, that was really good to see from Tylor. It’s a tape he can watch down the road to see how effective he can be against hitters at this level.”
The Rangers are solely a half-game out of first place within the AL West, hungry to realize some floor in a good playoff race.
Right-hander Jon Gray gave up three earned runs over six innings however stored Texas (74-57) within the recreation. Nimmo additional prolonged his career-high homer mark together with his nineteenth of the season within the third inning. A two-run shot gave the Mets a 2-0 lead. Stewart slugged his seventh of the season and his sixth in his final 12 video games.
That house run virtually gave the Mets (60-72) sufficient separation, however Gott put two on earlier than getting the primary out of the ninth inning. With runners on second and third and none out, the right-hander practically received himself out of a jam by placing out Leody Tavares and Semien. Seager was deliberately walked to load the bases, however Nathaniel Lowe, who grounded into the double play that helped get Megill out of hassle within the sixth, received one to place in play. Gott threw him a cutter inside and it wasn’t inside sufficient.
“I thought we were going to get out of it,” Gott mentioned. “I wish that pitch had been a little more in.”
Lowe’s single to proper scored two. Right-hander Jose Leclerc retired the facet within the ninth to do what Gott couldn’t and convert his second save of the season. The Mets didn’t also have a hit after the fifth inning. It was the primary time this season the Rangers gained when trailing after eight innings.
“We were just one pitch away,” Showalter mentioned.
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