Mets rout Yankees for four-game Subway Collection sweep
NEW YORK — Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor and Tyrone Taylor homered off Gerrit Cole, Lindor added a three-run shot towards the bullpen and the New York Mets routed the Yankees 12-3 on Wednesday night time to brush the season Subway Collection for the primary time since 2013.
Lindor hit a two-run drive left-handed towards Cole and related right-handed off Caleb Ferguson for a season-high 5 RBIs and his 18th multi-homer sport, his third this 12 months. Lindor has 21 homers and 60 RBIs.
Mark Vientos went deep towards Tim Hill in a five-run eighth because the Yankees allowed 4 or extra homers for the third time in 5 video games.
The Mets completed 4-0 towards the Yankees this 12 months, matching their sweep in 2013, and outscored them 36-14. The Mets improved to 29-13 after a 24-35 begin.
The Yankees (60-44) are 10-22 following a 50-22 begin and 1-8-2 of their final 11 collection after opening 17-3-2. They’ve yielded 34 homers over 18 video games in July and gave up 5 in a sport for the primary time in two years.
The Yankees have been 4 for 36 with runners in scoring place towards the Mets this 12 months.
Sean Manaea gave up Gleyber Torres’ leadoff homer within the first and Juan Soto’s twenty sixth house run within the third, however the Mets (53-48) overcame 1-0 and 2-1 deficits and moved 5 video games over .500 for the primary time since they have been 14-9 in April 2023.
Cole (3-2) allowed six runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings, elevating his ERA to five.40. The reigning AL Cy Younger Award winner has given up seven house runs with an 11.17 ERA in a pair of begins towards the Mets and two homers with a 3.20 ERA in his different 5 outings.
Taylor hit a tying homer within the third, Alonso a two-run shot within the fourth and Lindor a two-run drive within the fifth amongst his three hits.
Taylor chased Cole along with his third hit, an RBI single within the sixth that precipitated followers to boo the Yankees ace when he walked to the dugout. Taylor additionally made a sprawling backhand catch in centre that robbed Alex Verdugo of a success main off the underside half.
With the Mets forward 5-2, Adam Ottavino (2-2) acquired Anthony Volpe to floor into an inning-ending forceout with the bases loaded within the fifth.
Manaea gave up two runs, three hits and 4 walks in 4 2/3 innings.
The season-high crowd of 48,760 was the Yankees’ 14th sellout, one shy of their 2023 complete.
Torres, restored to the highest of the batting order for the primary time since April 9, hit his first profession leadoff homer.
Soto made a leaping catch to rob Jeff McNeil on the prime of the right-field wall for the ultimate out of the second. McNeil had homered in his earlier two video games, together with a tiebreaking, two-run drive that lifted the Mets to a 3-2 win Tuesday.
LEFT EARLY
Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake left earlier than the beginning of the sport when his spouse went into labor for the supply of their first little one.
DRAFT
The Mets agreed to a minor league contract with Oklahoma State outfielder Carson Benge, the nineteenth total choose within the newbie draft.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mets: Rookie RHP Christian Scott gained’t throw for 2 weeks however is anticipated to pitch once more this season after an MRI of his ailing proper elbow didn’t present a extreme damage. … RHP Sean Reid-Foley (shoulder impingement) was scratched from a rehab look Thursday with Excessive-A Brooklyn and as a substitute will throw batting observe at Citi Area. He may pitch for Brooklyn on Sunday.
Yankees: It stays unclear whether or not DH Giancarlo Stanton (strained left hamstring) might be activated in Boston this weekend.
UP NEXT
Mets: RHP Luis Severino (7-3) begins Thursday night time’s homestand opener towards Atlanta and LHP Chris Sale (13-3), who has gained three straight begins and 5 of six.
Yankees: LHP Nestor Cortes (4-9) begins Friday’s collection opener at Boston, and RHP Brayan Bello (10-5) might be on the mound for the Crimson Sox. Cortes is 4-4 with a 2.48 ERA at house and 0-5 with a 6.04 ERA on the highway.
