Mets Lose to Yankees 6-2 After Megilll, Defense And Offense Struggle

 

Mets RHP Tylor Megill (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets lost to the New York Yankees 6-2 tonight at Yankee Stadium for their second consecutive loss and dropped their record to 28-17.

RHP Tylor Megill started out well with two scoreless innings, but then it all unraveled in the bottom of the third.

Megill gave up a lead-off single to 2B Jorbit Vivas and two batters later, walked RF Aaron Judge.

Megill then gave up an infield hit to LF Cody Bellinger to load the bases 

The next hitter 1B Paul Goldschmidt hit a grounder to SS Francisco Lindor that Lindor threw past 1B Pete Alonso which allowed Judge and Vivas to score.

Megill then walked DH Jason Dominguez and gave up a sacrifice fly to SS Anthony Volpe.

Megill then walked catcher Austin Wells and 3B Oswalt Peraza with the based loaded to bring in another run and was then taken out.

Megill's final line was 2.2 innings, four hits, four runs, five walks and four strikeouts.

RHP Max Kranick came on to get the last out in the bottom of third.

Kranick stayed in for the bottom of the fourth and gave up two runs on a RBI single by Goldschmidr and a RBI ground-out to Dominguez.

Kranick stayed in for the bottom of the fifth and threw a scoreless inning and then taken out.

RHP Jose Butto followed with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the sixth and seventh.

RHP Dedniel Nunez threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

The Met offense had their best scoring opportunity in the top of the fourth after RF Juan Soto led off with a walk and two batters later, 3B Mark Vientos singled.

LF Brandon Nimmo followed with a RBI single.

Two batters later, catcher Francisco Alvarez walked to load the bases, but then 2B Luisangel Acuna  flew out to right to end the threat.

The offense did not do much else until the top of the ninth after Alvarez walked with one out and two batters later, pinch-hitter Jeff McNeil walked.

SS Francisco Lindor followed with a RBI double, but RF Juan Soto flew out to centerfield to end the game.

The Met offense struggled all night with men on base going 2-11 with runners in scoring position leaving nine runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, May 17 at the Yankees at 1:05 p.m.