Walker Allows 1 Hit In 7 Innings, Mets Walk Past Cards
New York won despite leaving 17 runners on base, tying a team record for a nine-inning game.
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New York won despite leaving 17 runners on base, tying a team record for a nine-inning game.
José Altuve responded to jeering fans by marking his 31st birthday with a go-ahead, three-run homer off Chad Green in the eighth inning, and the Houston Astros beat the New York Yankees 7-4 Thursday.
New York will try for a three-game sweep Thursday afternoon, with ace Gerrit Cole facing Houston for the first time since leaving the Astros for a $324 million, nine-year contract with the Yankees before the 2020 season.
New York went 11 for 50 in the doubleheader and is hitting .238 with a major league-low 84 runs.
In Houston's first visit to New York since the Astros' sign-stealing scam was exposed, an error by third baseman Alex Bregman in the sixth inning let New York blow the game open.
Nolan Arenado and Harrison Bader homered, Adam Wainwright hung tough and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 6-5 Monday night for their fifth straight win.
Pete Alonso capped New York's six-run eighth inning with a three-run double, and the Mets used a defensive meltdown by Philadelphia and a replay reversal to beat the Phillies 8-7 on Sunday.
Corey Kluber was so good, he even smiled.
New York squandered the 4-0 lead but recovered to win for just the fourth time in 12 games — even after center fielder Brandon Nimmo and third baseman J.D. Davis exited with hand injuries.
Taillon's previous win came on May 1, 2019, for Pittsburgh in his last outing before having his second Tommy John surgery.
New York has scored an MLB-low 58 runs, including two or fewer in nine of 20 games this season.
Cedric Mullins delivered a winning sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 4-3 Thursday for a four-game series split.
The Mets couldn't muster anything at the plate in their latest offensive flop with the two-time Cy Young Award winner on the mound.
The Yankees scored their most runs since getting a season-high eight on April 11 and pitched their second shutout this season — both have come against the Orioles.
Richards stranded two in the fourth, James McCann and Kevin Pillar were thrown out on the bases in the fifth and Richards stranded two more in the sixth.
New York stopped a four-game skid at Camden Yards and at 10-13 moved into a tie with the Orioles for last in the AL East.
Cedric Mullins hit two home runs and a double, Matt Harvey pitched six impressive innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 4-2 Monday night.
Taijuan Walker pitched three-hit ball over seven innings in his first win for the Mets, J.D. Davis hit a two-run homer in the first and New York beat Washington 4-0 on Sunday.
Franmil Reyes hit a three-run homer, tripled and stole his first career base, helping the Cleveland Indians avoid a four-game series sweep with a 7-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday.
Cole's 50 strikeouts in his first five starts are the most for any pitcher in New York's storied history.
Michael Conforto homered for the Mets in the fourth.
Stanton busted out of his slump with two rocketed home runs — one with a 118 mph exit velocity, the highest in the majors this season — and the New York Yankees connected four times in a win over the Cleveland Indians.
Perennially plagued by a lack of run support, just like Mets star Tom Seaver decades earlier, deGrom lowered his career ERA to 2.55 and overtook Seaver's 2.57 for New York's franchise lead.
Chicago beat the Mets for the seventh straight time dating to June 2019.
For one of the first times in this young season, the New York Yankees played up to their payroll.
