Mets Stun Yankees with Sweep of DH in the Bronx

METS 6 - YANKEES 4 Game 1

 

METS 4 - YANKEES 3 Game 2

 

The Mets and Yankees right now are two drastically different ball clubs, and it isn't the way you would think. The Mets walked into Yankee Stadium and came back twice to take two games away from the battered, struggling Bronx Bombers 6-4, and 4-3 to sent the Yanks to a seven game losing streak. The skid is the worst Yankee losing streak since 2017. 

The star of day and evening was Mets outfielder/DH Dom Smith who went a combined 3-for-5 in the two games with a home run, double and two RBI. 

 

Smith's solo shot off Chad Green in the top of the sixth inning of Game 1 gave the Mets a 5-4 lead after trailing much of the day by a count of 4-1. The heroics came just two days after Smith cried in front of the press to decry the police involved shooting Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, a shooting that is still under investigation. There are reports Blake had a warrant out of his arrest. 

 

Still, the Mets rallied behind Smith -- joining the Miami Marlins to protest their game on Thursday. On Friday it was Smith who rallied the Mets. Smith is having a fine season -- he's been their best player all year, batting .333 with seven homers and 24 RBI. Too bad there is no All Star Game this year, because Smith has certainly made the case. 

 

Meanwhile Pete Alonso finally broke out of what has been a prolonged season slump when he crushed a Green fastball over the center field wall for a three-run homer in Game 1 that tied the game at four, preceding the Smith homer.

Jake Marisnick followed Smith's blast with a solo shot of his own to give the Mets a 6-4 lead. 

 

In Game 2 the Mets fell behind early when the Yankees rallied for three runs in the top of the third inning against starter David Peterson. Erik Kratz and Aaron Hicks each singled in runs for the Yankees to take a 2-1 lead. Gary Sanchez walked with the bases loaded to give the Yanks a 3-1 advantage. 

 

However the Yankees bullpen just couldn't hold the lead. The Mets inched closer when Brandon Nimmo lined a double over the head of Michael Tauchman in left to score Luis Guillorme to make a 3-2 ball game. 

 

Then in the bottom of the seventh with Billy Hamilton aboard, Amed Rosario crushed a Aroldis Chapman fastball into the left field bleachers for a very rare Mets-walk-off homer at Yankee Stadium. (Remember this was a makeup game from the COVID breakout last weekend).   

 

Give the Mets bullpen some credit. They have been much maligned this year. Over the two games, the bullpen didn't give up a single run to the Yankees in seven innings combined, and the Amazin's even got good outings from Jeryus Familia and Ediwn Diaz.  

 

The Mets and Yankees continue their extended Subway Series on Saturday with a single game at 7:10. Robert Gsellman pitches for the Mets against JA Happ. The Yankees are trying to avoid an eighth straight loss as they are now tied with the Blue Jays for second place in the AL East.