After a Monday rain-out, the Mets and Giants opened their series on Tuesday with a doubleheader. Tylor Megill took the mound for the home Mets against Alex Cobb and the visiting Giants for game one of the series at Citi Field in New York.

Megill got off to a quick, strong start in the top of the first, retiring the Giants in order to quickly bring the Mets to the plate.

Starling Marte and the Mets took an early lead in the bottom of the first. After a fly-out by McNeil, Marte singled on a line drive to center field. He then stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error by Giants catcher Joey Bart. He later scored on a wild pitch to give the Mets a quick 1-0 lead over the Giants.

That would be all for the Mets in the first. They took a 1-0 lead into the second inning.

The Giants made a lot of noise and quickly answered right back in the second. Joc Pederson opened the scoring for the Giants, hitting a lead-off solo home run to tie the game 1-1 in the top of the second.

After a pop-out of Brandon Crawford for the first out of the inning, Megill gave up three straight singles to Thairo Estrada, Steven Duggar (advancing Estrada to third), and Jason Vosler. Vosler’s RBI single scored Estrada to give San Francisco a 2-1 lead over the Mets in the second.

Cobb settled in in the second for the Giants, retiring the Mets in order.

Megill showed signs of struggle in the third as the Giants’ offense came to life some more. Mike Yastrzemski led-off with a single to left field and Megill walked Brandon Belt to put the first two batters on. Two batters later Megill threw a wild pitch that advanced the runners up 90 feet to second and third.

After a pop out of Pederson, Crawford then singled, scoring Yastrzemski and Belt to give the Giants a 4-1 lead over the Mets.

Megill then forced Estrada into a double play to end the top of the third.

Travis Jankowski tried to spark some Mets offense in the bottom of the third with a lead-off single, but Cobb retired the next three batters he faced to end the inning and keep the score 4-1 Giants.

Megill calmed back down in the fourth. Other than a one-ouut double to Vosler (who was 2-for-2 on the day), he retired the other three batters he faced to keep the Giants from causing more damage.

Cobb also settled down in the fourth. He gave up a two-out single to Escobar, but retired the other three batters he faced.

The score remained 4-1 Giants after four innings.

Megill came back out for the Mets in the fifth. He gave up a one-out walk to Wilmer Flores, and Pederson reached on a fielder’s choice, but Megill retired the next two batters he faced as the Giants could not bring any other runs across in the fifth.

The Mets struck big in the bottom of the fifth! J.D. Davis led off with a single up the third base line, reaching on an infield single. Following Davis, Jankowski reached on a fielder’s choice, however the Giants got Davis.

James McCann was the next man up. He doubled to left field and advanced Jankowski to third. McNeil then followed with a double to score Jankowski and McCann to bring the score to 4-3, still with the Giants in the lead.

Dominic Leone then came in to replace Cobb on the mound for the Giants as Cobb left with an apparent leg injury.

Leone immediately retired Marte, but that advanced McNeil to third. Francisco Lindor then came to the plate and hit a double scoring McNeil to tie the game 4-4.

Pete Alonso then struck out swinging to end the inning.

Megill came back out for the sixth and retired the Giants in order in a strong inning of work to keep the game tied.

Jose Alvarez replaced Leone on the mound for the Giants in the bottom of the sixth. He retired the Mets in order as the game headed to the seventh tied 4-4.

Joely Rodriguez replaced Megill on the mound for the Mets in the seventh. He retired the Giants in order in a strong inning of work.

Jake MCGee came in to replace Alvarez on the mound for the Giants in the seventh. He also had a strong inning of work, retiring the Mets in order.

The Mets and Giants took a tied 4-4 game to the eighth inning.

The Mets went back to their bullpen in the eighth as well. Seth Lugo came in to replace Rodriguez on the mound for the Mets.

After a quick first out, Lugo gave up back-to-back singles to Crawford and Estrada (bunt single) to put two runners on with one out. Duggar then grounded into a fielder’s choice for the second out of the inning. Lugo then struck out Vosler to get out of trouble as the Giants left two stranded.

Tyler Rogers replaced Jake McGee on the mound for the Giants in the eighth. He retired the Mets in order. The game remained tied heading into the ninth.

Edwin Diaz came in to pitch the ninth for the Mets. He walked the lead-off runner, but was able to get out of trouble and keep the score at bay 4-4 with a chance for the Mets to walk it off in the ninth.

Camilo Doval came in to replace Rodgers on the mound for the Giants in the ninth. He walked Escobar and Robinson Cano to put the lead-off batters on. Luis Guillorme then hit a sacrifice bunt to move the runners and put the winning run on third with one out. Doval struck out Jankowski looking for the second out of the inning. Dominic Smith then struck out looking to advance the game to extra innings.

Adam Ottavino came in to pitch the tenth for the Mets. Ottavino worked a flyout, a lineup and an eventual groundout to finish the 10th without allowing the free runner to score.

The Mets, needing to just drive in the free runner from second wasted no time with Lindor singling with one out to bring the free runner Brandon Nimmo home from third base.

The Mets and Giants will start Game 2 with Max Scherzer taking on Alex Wood.