Yankees Edge Mets To Avert Longest Slide In 25 Years
The Mets had won three straight and six of eight, including a Subway Series doubleheader sweep Friday at Yankee Stadium.
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The Mets had won three straight and six of eight, including a Subway Series doubleheader sweep Friday at Yankee Stadium.
The sweep sent the Yankees to their seventh straight loss, their worst skid since 2017.
The Yankees have lost five straight.
The Yankees were eager to get back on the field after their three-game Subway Series against the New York Mets was postponed because of coronavirus concerns.
Major League Baseball cleared the Mets to resume baseball activities Monday after the team missed four games because two members of the organization tested positive for COVID-19.
The team put together a promotional video for Get Tested Tuesday, featuring Aaron Boone and several players.
There's still no word from MLB on when they'll be cleared to resume play.
Torres, Paxton and reliever Luis Avilan were put on the injured list Friday.
Major League Baseball officially postponed this weekend's Subway Series at Citi Field after two members of the Mets tested positive for COVID-19 during the team's last series in Miami.
The unidentified player and staff member are spending the night in Miami for further testing, and contact tracing is being conducted.
Cole's 20-game regular-season winning streak remained intact, but he was visibly upset when manager Aaron Boone yanked him with two outs in the seventh after a season-high 109 pitches.
Luke Voit hit his third homer in two days and Gary Sánchez also went deep, but New York ended a six-game winning streak and dropped to 10-1 at Yankee Stadium this season.
New York capped a four-game sweep and is on its best run against Boston since winning a franchise-best 12 consecutive games in 1952-53.
J.A. Happ had two recent conversations with Yankees manager Aaron Boone, who bypassed the 37-year-old left-hander the previous time through New York's rotation.
LeMahieu was hurt during an awkward swing in the fourth inning of Saturday night's 11-5 victory over Boston and left the game two innings later.
Frazier had three hits, including a three-run drive, and matched a career high in RBIs.
Cole, who came within one strike of a win his previous start before getting pulled, moved closer to the all-time record of 24 consecutive victories by Carl Hubbell in 1936-37.
The Yankees tied it in the bottom of the frame, clubbing back-to-back homers for the first time this season.
Aaron Judge's home run Tuesday night left the field about as quickly as he did.
Michael Perez had an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied late to beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on Sunday.
Stanton was hurt in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader with the Rays while advancing from first to second base on a wild pitch.
Cole was bidding to tie Roger Clemens, Jake Arrieta and Rube Marquard for the third-longest streak ever.
Masahiro Tanaka allowed one hit and struck out five over five innings, retiring his final 13 batters after giving up a first-inning single to Yandy Diaz.
The Yankees have hit a homer in 12 straight games to open the season, extending their franchise-record streak.
Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto homered to back Zack Wheeler and lead the "visiting" Phillies to victory over the Yankees in the opener, snapping New York's seven-game winning streak.
