Alonso, Pham help Mets beat Rays for series win
The Mets won consecutive games for the first time since April 20-21 in San Francisco.
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The Mets won consecutive games for the first time since April 20-21 in San Francisco.
Barring rainouts, the veteran right-hander will be eligible to return May 28 against San Diego.
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole was pulled after back-to-back base hits to begin the seventh.
Francisco Álvarez homered on a sweeper from Jason Adam to send the game into extra innings.
Domingo Germán was ejected after he walked to the mound to start the bottom of the fourth.
"I expect to be better. This entire organization expects to be better," Verlander said.
New York, which has won six of eight, has hit a big league-high 29 homers in 14 games this month.
With 10-3 defeat on Monday, the Amazins have now dropped 15 of their last 21 games.
New York scored eight runs in the fifth inning on its way to an 8-2 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Aaron Judge's attempt to tie in the 9th caught at the wall in New York's 8-7 defeat on Sunday.
The Mets had runners on second and third after a one-out double by Michael Perez when the game was halted.
Judge's homers were his first since April 19 and gave him 29 multihomer games.
Rizzo leads the Yankees with eight homers and 20 RBIs.
New York had fallen to fourth in the NL East before rallying against the Nationals' bullpen.
Following this series, the Yankees don't play the Rays again until July 31.
Cincinnati erupted for four runs in the first inning against Kodai Senga.
Verlander struck out seven and walked two as the Mets (18-19) snapped a three-game skid.
The Yankees have won three straight for the first time this season.
Judge had two RBIs in his return from the injured list.
The 66-year-old Showalter, hired by the Mets before the 2022 season, was tossed by crew chief Mark Wegner.
Aaron Hicks broke out of his season-long slump with a two-run homer and the New York Yankees went deep four times to beat Oakland.
Cole allowed his first two home runs of the season.
The Mets didn't spend a day under .500 last season
With a major league-record $355 million payroll, New York (17-17) has lost 10 of 13 since winning eight of nine.
New York moved back within nine games of the Rays in the AL East.
