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Tylor Megill was phenomenal on Friday night in game one of a special 9/11 memorial Subway Series between the Yankees and Mets at Citi Field.
It was his Subway Series debut and he was feeling it and was the most dominant he he has been all season for the Mets. Megill threw seven impeccable innings, giving up just two earned runs on four hits (one home run) and a walk. He struck out 10 over the course of his seven innings of work and threw 98 pitches (60 for strikes). Megill’s 10 strikeouts was a career-high single-game mark.
The home run Megill gave up was a solo shot in the second inning with one out to Joey Gallo.
Other than the home run and a few hits given up, Megill was locked in. He strangely “pitched for the cycle” in that he only gave up four hits: a single, double, triple and home run. His fastball was up around 95 mph and his slider touched 89 mph.
Not only was Megill’s strikeout number a career high, but he also hadn’t finished the seventh inning of a game since five years ago at Cypress College.
“For the most part, I was dominating tonight,” he said, continuing on to talk about how he was in a groove and having fun.
Megill said the energy in the stadium felt different and was exciting from other games with facing the Yankees.
“I had a blast throwing,” he said.
