McNeil's Glove Goes To Right, McNeil's Bat Lifts Mets To Win Over Cubs
Jeff McNeil homered and drove in three runs while making his first career start in right field
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Jeff McNeil homered and drove in three runs while making his first career start in right field
Cubs top pitching prospect Adbert Alzolay tossed four innings of dazzling relief in his major league debut
Gary Sánchez, Gleyber Torres, and DJ LeMahieu homered in a hurry, connecting in a six-run fourth inning
The Yankees started the season with a $225.9 million payroll for purposes of the tax, well over the $206 million initial threshold and on track to pay just under $4 million.
The Mets have dropped 13 of their last 18 on the road
Gary Sánchez hit a three-run homer to help chase Blake Snell in the first, CC Sabathia got his 250th career win and the Yankees thumped Tampa Bay 12-1 Wednesday.
Cameron Maybin homered again with his roster spot in doubt, Edwin Encarnación went deep for his first hit with the Yankees
The 2018 NL Cy Young winner allowed just five hits, struck out 10 and helped himself at the plate, leading off the sixth with a double and coming around to score.
Masahiro Tanaka pitched a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts for his fourth major league shutout, and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
Mike Soroka won his eighth straight decision, Ozzie Albies homered and drove in four runs, and the surging Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets on Monday night.
Frazier is hitting .283 with 11 home runs and 34 RBI in 53 games, a key factor in helping the Yankees stay within a half-game of Tampa Bay atop the AL East.
Paxton (4-3) allowed eight hits and allowed two runs for his first win since April 26.
Names like Willie Stargell, Chase Utley, and Chipper Jones come to mind when you say the phrase "Met killer." You can officially add the Cardinals' Paul DeJong to that list.
The New York Mets placed pitcher Noah Syndergaard on the 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone plans to use AL home run leader Edwin Encarnacion as his team's primary designated hitter after the 36-year-old slugger joins the team in New York on Monday.
Syndergaard (5-4) reached for his right hamstring after throwing a pitch in the seventh, who quickly walked off the field with a bit of a limp.
The Yankees have been battling the Rays for the division lead for much of the season, and it looks as if help is on the way — in the form of another feared slugger for their potent lineup.
Aside from Chad Green's last game as an opener, New York has not gotten a quality start from their starter since J.A. Happ's outing on June 6.
Familia gave New York its major league-leading 16th blown save. He was booed loudly after striking out pitcher John Gant to end the inning and has a 6.91 ERA
DeJong grounded an RBI single off Edwin Díaz in the 10th inning, and the Cardinals quickly completed their rally from a night earlier to beat the New York Mets 5-4 Friday.
J.A. Happ appeared to be well on his way to his fourth straight win before running into trouble in the fifth. The left-hander yielded five hits and walked four in five innings.
The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets was suspended because of rain Thursday night
Alonso hit a three-run homer in the first inning off an ineffective James Paxton, J.D. Davis and Carlos Gómez also went deep.
Video shows Ortiz, 43, inside a crowded Santo Domingo bar. Authorities said a man got off a motorcycle, approached the three-time World Series champion from behind and shot him in the back.
Four days after returning to the lineup, the second baseman was placed on the 10-day IL again by the New York Mets with tightness in his left quadriceps.
