NEW YORK — One month shy of a decade in the past, Johan Santana eliminated the burden of historical past from Citi Area. When Santana pitched the primary no-hitter in franchise historical past, he opened the gates for others to observe.

It as soon as once more took a prolonged wait, even because the Mets rose to prominence with considered one of baseball’s greatest younger rotations. All through the league, 39 no-hitters happened after Santana’s, together with efforts from 18 completely different groups. Nevertheless it was not till a cold night time at Citi Area on Friday that the Mets added one other of their very own.

Tylor Megill pitched the primary 5 innings, earlier than Drew Smith, Joely Rodríguez, Seth Lugo and Edwin Díaz mixed on the ultimate 12 outs to finish the historic 3-0 win over the Phillies.

The required offense got here within the type of a two-run Jeff McNeil single within the fifth and a Pete Alonso solo homer within the sixth, each off Aaron Nola.

Though Megill confronted little hassle within the early innings, his velocity was down and he struggled to place away batters, leading to excessive pitch counts regardless of the shortage of hits. The suitable-hander walked a batter within the second inning and two extra within the fifth, which he completed at 88 pitches. At that time, supervisor Buck Showalter eliminated him in favor of Smith, who struck out 4 of the 5 batters he confronted.

Rodríguez entered, strolling the primary batter he confronted however shortly inducing an inning-ending double play. He and Lugo mixed on a hitless eighth, earlier than Díaz wrapped up the trouble within the ninth. That allowed the Mets not solely to finish the seventeenth mixed no-hitter in AL/NL historical past, however win a key divisional recreation over the Phillies.