Walker Shuts Down Yanks, Mets Take Series Opener
All of their "Let's go Mets!" chants got minimal pushback at this Subway Series opener, what with many Yankees fans sensing this season has already gone off the rails.
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All of their "Let's go Mets!" chants got minimal pushback at this Subway Series opener, what with many Yankees fans sensing this season has already gone off the rails.
The first game of the Subway Series was scheduled for Friday night, but it was postponed due to inclement weather.
The Mets had won eight consecutive starts by deGrom, the major league leader with a 0.95 ERA, but the loss was their fourth in five games and 11th in 17 overall.
Steinbrenner spoke with reporters Thursday, the morning after the 11-8 defeat in which New York scored seven runs in the first inning.
Jared Walsh hit a tying grand slam off Aroldis Chapman in a seven-run ninth inning, and the Angels stunned the Yankees 11-8 in a rainy game that finished after 1 a.m.
The Braves trail the first-place Mets (41-35) by 4 1/2 games in the NL East.
After months of mysteriously punchless play, New York's star-studded lineup surged at the right time to thwart a big night from baseball's top slugger.
The Mets have occupied first place in the NL East since May 8, but they had dropped nine of 14 and have a three-game lead over surging Washington.
As part of this year's Hope Week, Yankees GM Brian Cashman invited the now-70-year-old to be a bat girl for the day.
Shohei Ohtani pounded his hardest-hit home run of the season in the first inning, starting the New York Yankees to yet another distressing defeat in a season overflowing with them.
Kyle Schwarber homered twice, becoming the first player in major league history to hit 15 home runs in a 17-day span, and the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 8-4 on Monday.
The Yankees were hoping a faster start might help them find a way to slow down the rival Red Sox. Instead, Boston beat up on their best pitcher on the way to posting its most-lopsided win of the series.
Zack Wheeler threw seven scoreless innings against his former team, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 4-2 on Sunday to split a four-game series.
Trailing 3-0, New York had a chance to tie the game in the sixth when DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Judge reached on back-to-back singles with one out.
DeGrom's bid to set the Mets record for the longest scoreless-inning streak fell just short.
Former Mets pitching ace Dwight "Doc" Gooden says he wants to help kids develop purpose and success.
Yankees sluggers Aaron Judge, Gary Sánchez and Giancarlo Stanton combined to go 1 for 10.
The Mets rallied to win the first game in eight innings on big hits by Francisco Lindor and Dominic Smith.
Yankees hitters have clawed out of an early season slump with a string of clutch, late-game hits.
The lead changed three times in the last two innings.
Tylor Megill and Corey Oswalt came up from the minors to provide steady pitching for a New York staff ravaged by recent injuries, and the Mets bounced back from consecutive shutouts to split the four-game series.
Cole's fastball revolutions per minute averaged 2,289, down from 2,534 coming in. His curveball dropped to 2,664 from 2,824, his slider to 2,443 from 2,686 and his changeup to 1,644 from 1,812.
Mets starter Marcus Stroman exited in the second inning with a sore left hip, the latest blow to a depleted team decimated by pitching injuries lately.
Jacob deGrom put Mets fans at ease with a bevy of triple-digit heaters.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone knew it off the bat. "Usually, a triple play sneaks up on you," he said. "Right away, I'm thinking, 'That's a triple play.'"
