Thursday, April 14, 2022

New York Mets shutout the Philadelphia Phillies

 The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.  The game took place at 

Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 2-0.  Tylor Megill started for

the Mets and he pitched well.  The Mets offense only produced three hits.  


Megill pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up three hits and no runs with five strikeouts.  Megill picked up his

second win of the season.  Chasen Shreve pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Drew Smith pitched 

1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three and Edwin Diaz picked up his first save of the season

pitching an inning and giving up two hits and he struck out three.  


Zack Wheeler started for the Phillies and pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a 

walk and three strikeouts.  Wheeler took his first loss of the season.  Cristopher Sanchez pitched 2 2/3 

innings giving up a run and two walks and he struck out three, Connor Brogdon pitched 2/3 of an inning

giving up a hit and Jeurys Familia pitched an inning with two strikeouts.  


Brandon Nimmo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Francisco Lindor had a hit and an RBI and Pete

Alonso had a hit.  Eduardo Escobar drew a walk, Mark Canha drew a walk and Nimmo hit a homerun.

The Mets were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Starling Marte had a stolen

base and Lindor was caught stealing.  


J.T. Realmuto had two hits, Bryce Harper had a hit and Nick Castellanos had two hits.  Johan Camargo

had a hit, Realmuto and Castellanos each hit a double.  The Phillies were 0-7 with runners in scoring 

position and left five men on base.  


In the fifth Nimmo hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the eighth Lindor hit an RBI

single pushing the lead to 2-0 and that would be the final score. 

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