Mets Lose to Rangers 4-3 After Bullpen Blows Lead

Mets RHP Tylor Megill (Photo Credits to Robert Sabo-NY Post)

 The New York Mets lost to the Texas Rangers 4-3 tonight at Citi Field and dropped their record to 60-72.

RHP Tylor Megill had a strong outing allowing one run on five hits in six innings.

Megill gave up one walk with eight strikeouts.

RHP Sean Reid-Foley followed with a scoreless top of the seventh.

LHP Brooks Raley came in next in the top of the eighth and had a difficult outing allowing a double and walk with a passed ball and was then taken out.

RHP Sam Coonrod came on and walked the bases loaded and gave up a run on a RBI ground-out but was able to get out of the inning with the inning.

RHP Trevor Gott appeared in the top of the ninth and gave up back-to-back hits to start the inning and then after getting back-to-back strikeouts walked SS Corey Seager intentionally.

Gott then gave up a two-run go-ahead single to 1B Nathaniel Lowe with two outs.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until CF Brandon Nimmo hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the third.

RF DJ Stewart added a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth.

Outside of the two homers, the Met bats did not do much else and went 0-3 with runners in scoring position leaving four runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Tuesday, August 29 at home against the Rangers at 7:10 p.m.