“Historic Home Opener: Alonso and Megill Shine as Mets Blank Blue Jays in Thrilling 5-0 Victory!”

After the opening inning excitement, the bats went quiet for a while. Tylor Megill and Kevin Gausman traded zeros on the scoreboard; although, neither pitcher was overpowering or forced many swings and misses. A lot of batted balls died in the brisk April air, and potential early-season timing issues for hitters led to plenty of pop-ups and not many scoring opportunities.

Until the sixth inning. After getting a lineout to start the frame, Megill issued back-to-back walks to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Anthony Santander and was removed from the game after throwing 82 pitches. But Mendoza pulled the right strings as Reed Garrett came in and struck out Andres Gimenez and Alejandro Kirk to end the threat.

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