Rizzo Homers In His Debut As Yankees Beat Marlins
All-Star outfielder Joey Gallo, another lefty slugger who joined New York in a trade from Texas on Thursday, went 0-for-4 with a walk.
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All-Star outfielder Joey Gallo, another lefty slugger who joined New York in a trade from Texas on Thursday, went 0-for-4 with a walk.
Báez, a two-time All-Star and 2020 Gold Glove winner, gives the NL East leaders an immediate fill-in for injured shortstop Francisco Lindor.
He is making $16.5 million this year and can become a free agent after the season.
Cole (10-6) gave up a season-high eight runs — seven earned — on six hits over 5 1/3 innings and saw his ERA jump from 2.74 to 3.11.
The Braves won three games in the unusual four-day, five game series to move within four games of the Mets.
Gallo, 27, should provide a powerful boost for the heavily right-handed Yankees.
The Yankees are 8 1/2 games behind first-place Boston in the AL East and trail Tampa Bay, Oakland and Seattle in the race for two wild cards.
The first-place Mets have maintained their five-game lead over the third-place Braves in the NL East by splitting the first four games of the five-game series.
"We understand we're in a point of the season where we're a little behind the 8-ball. We've dug ourselves a little bit of a hole and it's all about winning," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
Jeff McNeil and Brandon Drury each hit a two-run homer for the Mets after they trailed 10-1 in the fourth.
The Mets split a doubleheader in which they scored just one run for the third time in franchise history.
Acquired from Tampa Bay in a trade Friday, the 41-year-old lefty stepped right into New York's injury-thinned rotation and delivered for the NL East leaders.
The Yankees dropped three of four in the series and fell nine games behind Boston.
George Springer, a free agent target of the Mets in the winter, put the Blue Jays ahead 1-0 in the third inning with his eighth homer of the season off All-Star Taijuan Walker (7-4).
The Yankees, who could have fallen double-digit games out of first place in the AL East, moved within eight games of the Red Sox.
The Mets are 5-1 in Megill's six starts.
Cole (10-5) started strong for New York, but was pulled after five innings, giving up three runs off six hits, striking out eight and walking two.
Hill, who's 41, was 6-4 with a 3.87 ERA in 19 starts this year.
Kiké Hernández hit a two-run double that tied the game with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Boston Red Sox rallied past the rival New York Yankees 5-4 on a rainy Thursday night at Fenway Park.
Gleyber Torres homered and Rougned Odor had a two-run shot for the short-handed Yankees, who have won four straight and nine of 12 heading into a four-game series at AL East-leading Boston.
Smith's grand slam was the second by a Met this season. Francisco Lindor logged the first on July 9 against the Pirates.
Brett Gardner hit a go-ahead homer in the fifth inning before Gary Sánchez, Giancarlo Stanton and Estevan Florial also connected in the final three innings for the Yankees, who moved within seven games of AL East-leading Boston.
Even with the loss, the Mets still have a league-best .625 winning percentage (35-21) at Great American Ball Park.
Jeff McNeil hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning, Kevin Pillar added a three-run homer and the New York Mets went deep seven times Monday to pull out a wild 15-11 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Gleyber Torres and Rougned Odor homered to back another strong start from Jameson Taillon as the depleted New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 on Sunday night.
