No-No-No-No-No! 5 Mets Pitchers Combine To No-Hit Phillies
Apr 30, 2022, 2:09 PM
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 29: Edwin Diaz #39 of the New York Mets reacts after recording the final out completing a combined no-hitter in the game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on April 29, 2022 in New York City.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets starter Tylor Megill and four relievers combined on the first no-hitter of the Major League Baseball season, teaming up to throw a whopping 159 pitches and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0.
Megill was pulled after five innings and 88 pitches.
That just happened!!!
Combined #NoHitter! #MetsWin #LGM pic.twitter.com/3f9tA28Exi
— New York Mets (@Mets) April 30, 2022
The bullpen took over from there, with Drew Smith, Joely Rodríguez, Seth Lugo and Edwin Díaz completing the second no-hitter in Mets history.
Díaz finished it off in style, striking out Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto in the ninth.
The first no-hitter of 2022 belongs to the @Mets!
Tylor Megill, @DrewBU3, Joely Rodríguez, Seth Lugo, and @SugarDiaz39 combine for the no-no! pic.twitter.com/NKFEY8spth
— MLB (@MLB) April 30, 2022
Johan Santana threw the Mets’ only previous no-hitter in 2012 against St. Louis. The Mets began play as an expansion team in 1962.
Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo made the best defensive play, a diving catch on Jean Segura’s sinking liner in right-center to end the third.
