Chad Green and Matz (8-8) both struggled at the start, and Luis Severino (1-6) came out of the bullpen with 4 1/3 innings of one-hit relief for his first big league win since last September 27.
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Yoenis Cespedes was placed on the 15-day disabled list (right quad) and Brandon Nimmo was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas.
The Yanks slipped back to.500 (54-54) again, with traded reliever Andrew Miller returning to the Bronx on Friday with the Central-leading Indians.
Colon, who pitched for the Yanks in 2011, tossed 6.2 innings of one-run ball against them to become the first pitcher on either NY team to reach 10 wins this season. Matz settled down, allowing six runs and six hits in six innings.
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Jay Bruce’s first hit as a Met came in the form of a big three-run homer and Bartolo Colon shut out the Yankees into the seventh as the Mets earned a Subway Series split with a 4-1 win at Yankee Stadium on Thursday. In his four positive outings, he’s posted a 1.42 ERA and allowed 17 hits with 18 strikeouts in 25 1/3 innings.
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.
Bruce’s 26th homer gave him the NL RBIs lead with 83, ended an 0-for-19 rut overall and made him 5-for-56 against the Yankees.
Of course, Cespedes may be sidelined for several weeks with a strained right quadriceps, which he tried to play through for a month before finally landing on the disabled list after Wednesday’s game.
Cespedes’ golfing is a non-factor and should be treated as such. “We’re not going to mistake that”, Terry Collins said before the game.
In a sign he might stick around this time, Sanchez was assigned No. 24, down from 57 earlier this season and 73 late previous year. “On the other hand, he wanted to try to play through it”. There’s a lot of guys in that clubhouse right now who have to do a little bit more.
Rodriguez has played for the New York Yankees since 2004 after playing for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers in the early part of his Major League Baseball career.
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Jay Bruce, indeed, broke loose.
“I can’t really tell you when I’m going to play him”, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “There’s got to be other people who step up, too”.
Gary Sanchez instead served as the Yanks’ designated hitter for the second straight night.
Loney’s RBI single made it 2-0, but the Yankees went ahead in the bottom half when Headley doubled in two runs and scored on Didi Gregorius’ double.
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Addison Reed pitched a ideal eighth and Jeurys Familia worked around a pair of one-out singles for his 38th save in 40 chances, retiring Rob Refsnyder on a game-ending double-play grounder over the third-base bag.
