Shutting out the Phillies in Citizens Bank Park is always fascinating, especially when the Phils come at you with lineup 2.0, adding Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos to Bryce Harper, Didi Gregorius, JT Realmuto and their whiny first baseman. But when Chris Bassitt talked about “all or nothing” teams, he must have had this team in the back of his mind. Sure, you could always have a lightning strike from them like you had last night in the 8th, but how many games are the Phillies going to play where it’s like this? I’m intrigued to find this out going forward this season.<\/p>\n
Tylor Megill was at least the beneficiary of the “all or nothing” lineup, but he probably made a lot of it happen by his own accord. He threw another 5 and a 1\/3 of scoreless ball to help the Mets hold the Phillies long enough so that the offense can take the lead. After Robinson Cano struck out to end the first with the bases loaded, it seemed like all of these scoreless innings would be wasted somewhere down the line. But Brandon Nimmo gave the Mets the lead as Joe Girardi kept rolling the dice with Zack Wheeler in his first start of the season, in direct defiance of Joe’s binders. But the “one batter too long” theory, perfected by Terry Collins, actually helped the Mets out with Nimmo’s solo home run.<\/p>\n
\n\ud83d\udc4b GONE! @You_Found_Nimmo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/856yHGqhon<\/a><\/p>\n
— New York Mets (@Mets) April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n