Tylor Megill continued his meteoric rise on Friday night as he played a starring role in the Mets creating history.

For only the second time in franchise history, the New York Mets threw a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field, with the bats doing enough in a 3-0 win.

While it was very much a combined effort that secured the second no-hitter through the 9,499 games played by this organization, Megill very much led the charge and set the tone from the start of the game.

It wasn’t easy for Megill, who was made to work by the Phillies bats all night long but, as he has done since his rookie year, he stepped up and delivered in style.

The first inning proved to be a 17-pitch slog as Jean Segura and Rhys Hoskins both grounded out, before Bryce Harper flew out to center field to end a one-two-three inning.

What became apparent early on was that Megill was going to live or die by his fastball, a pitch he relied on 66% of the time on Friday.

It proved to be very effective too with a 37% whiff rate as Nick Castellanos struck out on that pitch to lead off the second, while Megill went back to that pitch to force Alec Bohm to fly out to center field to end the inning after Kyle Schwarber was walked.

Megill finished his first two innings having thrown 43 pitches as the Phillies did a good job of staying disciplined at the plate, but he breezed through the third inning as his fastball again caused havoc, touching 95.3 mph as Odubel Herrera struck out with both Didi Gregorius and Segura lining out.

Megill’s lethal fastball reached a high of 96.8 mph on Friday and, wearing the Mets’ blackout uniform, he certainly struck fear into the heart of the Phillies lineup.

He didn’t allow a hit and gave up just one walk his first time through the order, and the big hitters in Hoskins, Harper and Castellanos all went down easily in the fourth with the fastball again proving to be the go-to pitch.

However, Megill did enter a bit of a jam in the fifth as Schwarber walked again after J.T. Realmuto was got by a slider, which was Megill’s second-most used and second-most effective pitch with a 22% usage and a 22% whiff rate.

Bohm was unable to work out Megill’s fastball and he went down swinging but Schwarber stole second and then Gregorius walked, leading to a mound visit with men on first and second.

As he’s proved time and time again, though, Megill is as gritty and tough as they come and he again went to his fastball to strike out Herrera to end the inning and keep the no-hitter in-tact.

That also proved to be the end of Megill’s night with Drew Smith coming in to replace him on the mound, and the 26-year-old finished his night having not allowed a hit in five innings of work, striking out five and walking three.

He lowered his ERA to 1.93 on the season, and he’s now also tied for the major league lead in wins with four.

Pretty impressive for a second-year starter.

Megill also joined Johan Santana in becoming the winning pitcher in a Mets no-hitter, and the righty was understandably on top of the world after the game.

“I’m ecstatic, it’s crazy. It’s the first one I’ve been a part of,” Megill said. “It was exciting. It’s a team game and all of these guys came in, filled up the zone, did their job, just fearless and attacking hitters. It’s the first one that I’ve been a part of, and I’m glad it’s with this group of guys… I’m just proud of these guys.”

And Megill also reflected on his journey so far this season, going from being considered a depth piece to all of a sudden establishing himself as a key and lethal weapon in a rotation that gets it done night in and night out.

“It’s been special,” he said. “Obviously, the circumstances of what happened – I guess the cards that were dealt for me and just going out and doing my thing… At the end of the day, I’m just going out and just pitching. I try not to think too much about it and just go out and do my job, trying to help this team collectively win the game.”

Mets manager Buck Showalter, who already has had a clear and significant impact on the entire franchise, also reflected on what was a special, special night for Megill and the rest of the pitching staff as they clinched the 315th no-hitter in MLB history and the 17th of the combined variety.

“It was a great night for the pitchers,” Showalter said. “Every time you come off a trip like that and you’re playing a team that’s hot, you are hoping that you get a quality start because you are facing one of the best pitchers in the league in (Aaron) Nola and you’re going to have some things happen that don’t normally happen to win a game.

“I kept looking up there because I knew early that Tylor wasn’t going to finish the game and it was just a matter of when. He threw close to 90 pitches in five innings and that was plenty, but what a job the rest of the guys did… That was fun to watch.”

Whatever happens from here on out in regards to Megill’s continued meteoric rise as a high-end starter, he will now forever be enshrined in Mets history after playing a leading role in a special night at Citi Field.

And, with Jacob deGrom on the way back coupled with just how hot this team has been to start 2022, don’t count out Megill and the Mets being a part of many more special nights this season.