New York Yankees starting pitcher Chad Green delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in New York.
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New York Mets Jacob deGrom hits a third-inning single off New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka in an interleague baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in New York. New York Yankees catcher Brian McCann, left, look.
Colon (10-6, 3.46) and Eovaldi were locked in a scoreless duel through four innings before former Yankee Kelly Johnson rocketed Eovaldi’s first pitch of the fifth into the right-field seats for his fifth homer of the season and a 1-0 Mets lead.
New York Yankees pinch hitter Alex Rodriguez flies out to right field for the final out in a loss to the New York Mets in an interleague baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, in New York.
NEW YORK (AP) – Mark Teixeira brought the Subway Series to life with his bat, his legs, his temper and even some head games that caused him to grin like the Cheshire Cat.
“We’re definitely pumped about it”, deGrom said. “We’re not going to mistake that”, Terry Collins said before the game. The righthanders have given Alex the most struggles and we want to see what Sanchie can do.
Bruce went 0 for 4 and took a pair of called third strikes in his Mets debut, but his new team scored its most runs since July 7 and won for the second time in seven games.
Last in the NL in batting average, the Mets acquired the All-Star outfielder from the Reds on Monday in an attempt to replicate the spark Yoenis Cespedes provided after he was obtained at last year’s trade deadline. There’s a lot of guys in that clubhouse right now who have to do a little bit more. Cespedes, slowed by a sore right quadriceps, made his first start since Saturday and went 1 for 5 as the DH. He is expected to be the Mets’ designated hitter on Wednesday when the series switches to the Bronx.
“I was surprised. We all know he’s hit well against me”, Colon said through a translator.
DeGrom (7-5) allowed four hits and one walk while striking out eight in throwing shutout ball for the third time in his last four starts.
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. He also had two hits at the plate. “We’ll probably catch him tomorrow”, Girardi said.
Didi Gregorius ended the shutout with a homer leading off the ninth against left-hander Jonathon Niese, who was reacquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. “But it’s still the same guy”, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
On April 26, 2005, Rodriguez hit a grand slam, a three-run homer and a two-run shot off the Angels’ Colon – in the first four innings.
And the Yankees’ leadoff man says there’s nothing extraordinary about what Colon does on the mound – except that he keeps on winning.
“I think the best option is just rest about 10 days or so, because if I continue playing hurt, I’m not going to recover”, Cespedes said through a translator. “No bad intentions there”. Coming in, only two of the 12 home runs off Tanaka this year had been hit on the road.
With Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller, Beltran and Nova all traded for prospects. “Whatever happened in those days is gone”.
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The crowd of 42,819 was the Mets’ eighth sellout, their most in a season at Citi Field, which opened in 2009. In Green’s previous start, at Cleveland on July 8, he gave up consecutive home runs to Carlos Santana and Jason Kipnis starting the first. In corresponding transactions, the Mets placed SS Asdrubal Cabrera (strained left patellar tendon) and OF Justin Ruggiano (left hamstring strain) on the disabled list and optioned RHP Seth Lugo to Las Vegas.
