Mets 6 Cardinals 1 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY)
Mets record: 33-36
Mets streak: Won 2
WP - Tylor Megill (6-4)
LP - Miles Mikolas (4-4)
Seat on the Korner:
We select the star of the game and virtually invite him to a Seat on the Korner, just as Ralph Kiner used to do for his studio postgame show on WOR-channel 9 broadcasts in the early decades of the Mets.
Tylor Megill gave the Mets their second good start in a row, giving up one run in six innings to lead the Mets to victory.
Need to Know
It was a great bounce back by Megill, going six innings and giving up one run on four hits, seven strikeouts, and most importantly: no walks. The one run was a long home run by Willson Contreras which led a Cardinals rally, but Megill escaped without further harm.
The Mets used a three run first inning and a two run third off Miles Mikolas to make the rest of the night relatively stress free for the most part.
Tommy Pham went 2-for-4 with two RBI on the night. His run scoring singles in the first and third extended the Mets lead. Starling Marte and Jeff McNeil also had two hits each.
Daniel Vogelbach returned to the lineup for the first time in a week and launched a solo home run into the Coca-Cola Corner. It was Daniel's first home run since May 7th.
Dominic Leone pitched a scoreless 7th while Josh Walker pitched two scoreless innings to finish off the night.
The game was completed in two hours and one minute.
Turning Point
The Mets loaded the bases with nobody out in the first inning to set up Francisco Lindor. But Mikolas got Lindor to ground into a 1-2-3 double play. The inning started to look like a typical Mets disappointment, but with two outs and runners on second and third Brett Baty made sure to wipe the impending doom away.
Pham followed that up with an RBI single to give the Mets a 3-0 lead in the first.
Three Keys
Tylor's slider: The difference in the game was two pitches: Megill's slider and Mikolas' curveball. In the first four innings, Megill got eight outs with the slider, including three strikeouts. But then in the 4th, Willson Contreras homered off a hanging slider, and Jordan Walker doubled to left off another slider. He didn't throw another slider for the rest of his night, and that adjustment helped get him through six innings.
Miles' curveball: Mikolas was a little more stubborn with his curveball, and it cost him. He had a hard time throwing it for strikes early. Jeff McNeil's first inning single, Francisco Lindor's sc fly and Tommy Pham's single in the third were all off curveballs. (He also hit Mark Canha with a curveball in the 6th.) To be fair, not a lot of his pitches worked, but his general failure to throw the curve for strikes helped the Mets.
Help from the worst team in the National League: Megill got a little wonky in the 5th, giving up a long homer to Contreras and a double to Jordan Walker before hitting Dylan Carlson with a pitch. But Megill escaped with a little help from the Cardinals. After striking out Met-killer Paul DeJong, Walker ... for some reason ... attempted to steal third with one out while down by four runs.
Absolute vapor lock by Walker, but a nice throw by Omar Narvaez and a great tag by Brett Baty were key as Walker was out by a hair. Megill would follow that up by striking out Tommy Edman and the Cardinals were fried after that.
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