DeGrom Fans 11 In 7 Dominant Innings, Mets Blank Padres 4-0
Jacob deGrom kept up his dominance of major league hitters, striking out 11 over seven innings and pitching the Mets past the high-powered Padres 4-0.
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Jacob deGrom kept up his dominance of major league hitters, striking out 11 over seven innings and pitching the Mets past the high-powered Padres 4-0.
The Yankees dropped behind Toronto into fourth in the AL East. They are 3-9 in their past 12 games, averaging just 2.4 runs, and fell to 14-21 against division foes.
New York lost for the eighth time in 11 games. This one took 2 hours, 49 minutes, not the typical 4-hour Yankees-Red Sox battle.
Fernando Tatis Jr. returned to the lineup with a two-run homer that slipped out of center fielder Mason Williams' glove, and the San Diego Padres held off the New York Mets 4-3.
Austin Meadows homered off shaky Yankees ace Gerrit Cole and drove in five runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat New York 9-2 on Thursday.
New York had lost six of seven before winning its past two games against the AL East-leading Rays.
Lindor snapped a 6-6 tie by scoring on Pete Alonso's single in the ninth. He was at the center of a Mets attack that collected 16 hits, one short of tying a season high.
The righty-hitting Frazier turned on a slider from right-hander Andrew Kittredge and stood at the plate to admire the drive, capping a tight finish in which both teams came up short on potential rallies.
Alonso said it's been impressive watching his team build a winning streak without him, but it felt much better to be helping out.
The Tampa Bay Rays won for the 16th time in 17 games by keeping up their domination of the reeling Yankees with a 3-1 victory Monday.
Rookie Tarik Skubal pitched six shutout innings, and the Detroit Tigers beat New York 6-2 Sunday for their first home series sweep of the Yankees in 21 years.
NL East-leading New York has won four straight despite having 16 players on the injured list, improving to 25-20.
New York has dropped the first two games of a weekend series at last-place Detroit after winning seven of eight.
Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman returned from a non-coronavirus illness and pitched a scoreless ninth, but manager Aaron Boone opted against using the left-hander for a second inning.
The decision was made more than two hours before the first pitch with up to two inches of rain expected.
Aaron Judge swung so hard in missing a 3-1 fastball that he fell, then was way behind in striking out on a 97.3 mph full-count pitch, Alek Manoah's fastest of the game.
The doubleheader sweep was the second of the season for the Mets, who have split two other twin bills.
Ravaged by injuries, the New York Mets need Jacob deGrom now more than ever. That's why his typically brilliant performance Tuesday night was such a welcome sight in a sea of bad news.
Steven Matz returned to New York with his finest outing in two years, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his major league-leading 16th home run and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-2 on Tuesday.
Austin Gomber pitched two-hit ball through eight innings, Ryan McMahon and Elias Díaz hit second-inning home runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the banged-up New York Mets 3-2 Monday night.
Aaron Judge smiled and chuckled. "A legitimate walk off," he said. "We'll take it. I'm not complaining one bit."
Cody Poteet figures he has been pitching to keep his job every time out, and the Miami Marlins are happy to keep giving him work.
The injury-plagued Mets totaled five hits and have 13 in 21 innings in the series.
Cole extended the scoreless streak by Yankees starters to 30 innings.
The Mets won despite totaling only eight hits against 10 Miami pitchers. The Miami bullpen retired 15 consecutive batters during one stretch.
