Megill's 10 Ks lead Mets over reeling, bumbling Yanks 10-3

NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie Tylor Megill struck out a career-high 10 in a career-long seven innings and the New York Mets took advantage of a string of mental and physical mistakes by the reeling Yankees to rout their Bronx rival 10-3 Friday night at Citi Field in the opener of the season’s second Subway Series.

Making the 15th start of his first big league season, Megill (3-4) allowed four hits and walked one as the Mets got back to .500 at 71-71. The 26-year-old right-hander threw up to 97.2 mph, well above his 94.5 mph average coming in.

The Yankees lost their season-high seventh in a row and for the 11th time in 13 games following a 13-game winning streak. They began the night a half-game ahead of Toronto for the AL’s second wild-card berth.

Catcher Gary Sánchez had a pair of glaring defensive lapses, and third baseman Gio Urshela and shortstop Gleyber Torres made throwing errors that led to three runs.

Jordan Montgomery (5-6) allowed a career-high seven runs in 3 1/3 innings — just five runs were earned. Francisco Lindor chased him with an opposite-field home run just inside the right-field pole.

The Yankees wasted a 1-0 lead in the first when Sánchez bailed on a play at the plate and allowed Jonathan Villar to score on a throw by left fielder Joey Gallo that beat the runner by more than 20 feet. Sánchez’s defensive lapse was the type that hardly occurs since Major League Baseball and the players’ association adoped a rule in 2014 limiting home plate collisions.

Plate umpire Ted Barrett called out Villar on Gallo’s throw, but a video review showed that by standing up and reaching out, Sánchez allowed the sliding Villar to get his foot on the plate before tagging him on the helmet.

Gallo’s homer in the second put the Yankees ahead 2-1, and the Mets burst ahead in a...

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