The Yankees drew first blood on Monday with a 6-5 comeback win in 10 innings.
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Severino followed and allowed only one hit and an unearned run in 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and a walk, getting the win in the Yankees’ 9-5 victory.
“I don’t think he wants me to just put him in there to get this thing done and sacrifice the team when you’ve got somebody else that’s going good”, manager Don Mattingly said. “Really, he got in trouble with the extra out”.
“He doesn’t throw as hard as he was, it was 92-93 and it’s 91 now, ” Girardi said of Colon’s stay with the Yankees in 2011.
Colon on his strong season: “I didn’t see myself being a starter at this point”. Didi Gregorius and Gary Sanchez singled with one out before Rob Refsnyder’s grounder to Johnson at third started a 5-3 game-ending double play.
Aaron Hicks had an RBI single in the seventh off Jerry Blevins but the inning ended when shortstop Matt Reynolds forced Hicks out at second. Four Mets pitchers held the Yankees to just 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and stranded seven base runners.
After Curtis Granderson reached on a double one out later, Eovaldi (9-8) exacerbated his troubles by attempting and failing to nail Granderson going back to the bag on Alejandro De Aza’s comebacker. With two outs, Bruce homered. That homer proved to be the difference as the Mets (56-52) defeated the Yankees (54-54) 4-1 to secure a split in the Subway Series. The Yankees lead their city rivals 62-46 in regular-season interleague play and beat them in the 2000 World Series.
Rookie outfielder Brandon Nimmo will be recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas, where he was optioned Tuesday.
“I told some guys it felt like my first major league homer running around the bases”, he said.
The Mets certainly will need more of that out of Bruce (26 homers this season) now that Yoenis Cespedes finally has landed on the disabled list due to his lingering quad issue.
Before Bruce’s first big hit with his new team, Johnson made it 1-0 by hooking the first pitch of the fifth down the right field line.
Alderson said team doctors can not confirm golf made the injury worse, but the GM acknowledged it comes off looking poor. “I think he knew when he got in there he had to start doing something and he’s done a great job lately”.
Yankees: 1B Mark Teixeira was out of the lineup, a day after being hit on the left shin by a pitch from LHP Steven Matz. He is 0-2 in his last four starts.
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The Mets’ dugout exploded after Bruce recorded his first hit with the team, and it snapped a 0-for-19 skid dating back to his time with Cincinnati.
