Mets' Luis Severino looking like old self during impressive stretch featuring 1-hitter

Luis Severino knew he had something special brewing on the very first pitch of the game when he pumped a 95-mph sinker past Chicago Cubs lead-off man Nico Hoerner. “I was feeling good even in the bullpen [before the game],” Severino admitted. Monday night at Citi Field saw the 30-year-old right-hander put up his finest start to date as a member of the Mets after signing a one-year deal to jump across the Hudson River from the Yankees in the Bronx to Queens. Severino carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning before Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson broke the bid up with a clean single to left with no outs in the penultimate frame.