Tylor Megill pounded in return to majors as Mets fall 10 games below .500

BALTIMORE — Tylor Megill was throwing more durable than the Mets had seen from him, however that solely meant louder contact Saturday night time.

In a nightmare that’s getting longer and scarier, the right-hander’s return from Triple-A Syracuse was hardly inspiring. Megill received knocked out earlier than he may full the fifth inning and the Mets misplaced 7-3 to the Orioles at Camden Yards.

The loss was their fifth straight because the commerce deadline and pushed them 10 video games under .500 to match their worst proportion of the season.

Megill, who’s again within the rotation following trades that despatched Max Scherzer to the Rangers and Justin Verlander to the Astros, lasted 4 ²/₃ innings and allowed 5 earned runs on 9 hits.

Homers by Gunnar Henderson and Anthony Santander accounted for many of the injury in opposition to the right-hander, who had final pitched for the Mets on June 21.

The Orioles celebrated the fortieth anniversary of their final World Sequence-winning workforce earlier than the sport, then proceeded to increase their lead on the Rays within the AL East to 3 video games in entrance of a juiced sellout crowd.

Megill peaked at 98.8 mph and averaged 95.8 together with his four-seam fastball. In his earlier stint with the Mets this season, he was averaging 94.5 mph with that pitch.

However the Orioles have been proper on him, with 11 balls that left the bat at 97 mph or higher.

Henderson blasted a two-run homer within the first inning that gave the Orioles a 2-0 lead.

The homer left the Mets outscored 79-33 within the first inning this yr.

Adley Rutschman singled main off the sport for the Orioles earlier than Henderson hit a full-count changeup for his 422-foot homer.

Ryan O’Hearn’s RBI single within the third buried the Mets in a 3-0 gap. Santander began the rally with a two-out double earlier than O’Hearn delivered.

Jeff McNeil’s two-run house run within the fourth received the Mets again within the sport.

It was McNeil’s fourth homer of the season and first since June 11 in Pittsburgh. Brandon Nimmo doubled main off the inning to present the Mets their first baserunner earlier than McNeil lofted a shot that cleared the right-field fence.

However the Orioles recovered a run within the backside of the inning on Ramon Urias’ bloop RBI double. Jordan Westburg’s leadoff double fueled the rally.

Santander launched a missile that left his bat at 108 mph within the fifth inning for a solo homer that elevated the Mets’ deficit to 5-2. The homer was the eleventh allowed by Megill in his 16 main league begins this season.

McNeil’s RBI single pulled the Mets inside 5-3 within the sixth. McKenna doubled in opposition to Grant Hartwig within the backside of the inning for the ultimate Baltimore run.