BALTIMORE — The Mets have usually touted the “peripherals” of their struggling starters, saying their underlying numbers point out good issues to return.
This was the case earlier than Tylor Megill made his first begin since June 21 on Saturday at Camden Yards. There have been some good peripherals — like his early-innings velocity — however the total outcomes nonetheless weren’t there, because the Mets fell 7-3 to the Baltimore Orioles. It was the fifth straight loss for the Mets and the second straight collection defeat.
The Mets (50-60) and Megill have been equally flummoxed this season as to why the large right-hander has struggled. Megill (6-5) was hit onerous from the beginning Saturday, giving up a two-run residence run to Gunnar Henderson earlier than recording a single out.
After becoming a member of the workforce in Baltimore to take the place of one of many pitchers the Mets traded away on the Tuesday deadline, Megill lasted solely 4 2/3 innings, exiting after giving up 5 earned runs on 9 hits and putting out three.
Megill gave up runs within the first, third, fourth and fifth innings. He retired the aspect so as solely as soon as. He was laboring and scuffling with the pitch clock by the top. With one out within the fifth, Anthony Santander bought the inexperienced gentle on 3-0 and drove the ball 406 ft for a house run. Megill bought the following out however then gave up a tough single to Ryan Mountcastle earlier than Buck Showalter got here out of the dugout and signaled for the reliever.
Kyle Gibson (10-6) held the Mets to 3 runs on 4 hits over seven innings, strolling one and putting out 9.
Jeff McNeil was chargeable for all three Mets’ runs, hitting simply his fourth residence run of the 12 months within the fourth to get the Mets again within the recreation. With one on and one out, he pulled a ball over the fitting subject fence for a two-run shot to chop the result in 5-2. The ball barely stayed truthful and barely cleared the fence, but it surely traveled simply so far as it wanted.
McNeil’s RBI single within the sixth introduced the Mets to inside putting distance at 5-2, however the Orioles got here proper again and took one off right-hander Grant Hartwig, who had taken over for Megill.
Hartwig was pushed to his restrict, having him throw 2 1/3. The Mets used Phil Bickford for the third time since he joined the workforce in Kansas City on Wednesday and he gave one up too.
The remainder of the season issues little, however the Mets have to determine a approach to repair their younger pitchers in the event that they need to construct the kind of winner they envision transferring ahead.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com