Cubs Get Boost From Mets Errors In Romp
The Mets committed three errors to match their highest total in an inning since April 16, 2019, at Philadelphia.
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The Mets committed three errors to match their highest total in an inning since April 16, 2019, at Philadelphia.
The Yankees lost for the sixth time in seven games due to a star-studded lineup that has almost entirely spaced out.
J.D. Davis homered for New York, but also committed two throwing errors at third base — including one that brought home Chicago's first run. The Mets had won five of six.
Gio Urshela hit a tying home run in the fifth inning off Charlie Morton and the Yankees won with five hits, which left their four-game total at 16.
Marcus Stroman pitched eight innings of one-run ball and made a dazzling defensive play, and the New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Sunday.
Gerrit Cole shook his head, disgusted. Aaron Hicks put hands on hips and bowed his head. By the end of the afternoon, pretty much all of the Yankees were appalled, along with their loudly booing fans.
Bruce was hitting .118 with one homer and three RBIs in 39 plate appearances this season. The 34-year-old is a three-time All-Star outfielder who also played for the Mets.
By winning the opener of a doubleheader of seven-inning games under coronavirus protocols, the Mets extended a winning streak to four for the first time since 2019.
DeGrom became just the ninth pitcher to strike out as many as nine in a row.
The Yankees dropped to an AL-worst 5-9, the latest into a season New York has been at the bottom of the league since a 9-17 start in 1991, per Elias Sports.
The Yankees walked seven Rays, had just three hits, struck out 14 times and made three errors that led to three unearned runs.
The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Saturday, with the first game to start at 3:10 p.m. local time. Both games are set for seven innings.
New York's finale of the four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies was postponed because of rain Thursday.
McCann had three hits, including a two-run homer in the eighth. Brandon Nimmo and Dominic Smith also got three hits apiece, and Francisco Lindor scored twice.
Aaron Judge hit two home runs for the Yankees, who went 2-4 on a road trip. New York also lost two of three at Tampa Bay.
The Mets took the opener of a four-game series between NL East rivals in extra innings.
Giancarlo Stanton, mired in an 0-for-16 skid, got the Yankees within 6-3 on a two-run single off Jordan Romero in the eighth.
Kyle Higashioka homered twice to support Gerrit Cole, and the Yankees beat Toronto 3-1 on Monday night at the Blue Jays temporary home in Florida.
A day after pushing starter Marcus Stroman to pitch amid rain that paused play after seven minutes, the Mets called off their game Monday against the Phillies with another downpour en route.
Odor was 0 for 4 before singling to center on a 3-2 pitch to break a 4-4 tie.
Marcus Stroman threw nine pitches in a steady rain before play was stopped and Sunday's Mets-Marlins game was suspended at Citi Field.
Chisholm hit a stunning homer off an otherwise dominant deGrom, Trevor Rogers beat the two-time Cy Young Award winner for the second time and the Marlins blanked the New York Mets on Saturday.
Tampa Bay also eliminated the Yankees from last year's playoffs in a five-game series that went the distance.
New York has dropped nine of 11 regular season meetings against Tampa Bay.
With fans at Citi Field for the first time in 557 days, Michael Conforto and the New York Mets got some serious home cooking. Even the umpire knew it.
