The New York Mets split the first two games of a four-game set with the Washington Nationals, leaving a Sunday matinee for the ages.
Both teams will hand the ball to pitchers who have performed above and beyond expectations. The Mets’ big righty Tylor Megill has given hitters fits with a new fastball-slider-sinker pitch mix, and has yet to allow a home run this season. Washington’s Mitchell Parker, a big lefty, will counter with his own fastball-splitter-curveball selection.
It’s a great potential pitchers’ duel in an otherwise meaningless game between the first-place Mets and last-place Nats.