The New York Mets (54-51) were defeated by the New York Yankees (53-52) by a score of tonight at Citi Field.
Pitching:
Logan Verrett got the ball for the first game of the Subway Series tonight, and had a pretty pedestrian start, going five innings, allowing three runs on four hits, while striking out two and walking three.
The first batter Verrett faced was Brett Gardner, who hit a ball that ricocheted off the center field wall. Gardner tried to stretch a triple into an inside the park homer, but was gunned down at the plate.
The three runs against Verrett all came in the third inning, as Brett Gardner and Jacoby Ellsbury chipped in back-to-back hits to go up 3-1.
Erik Goeddel and Hansel Robles each pitched a scoreless inning in relief of Verrett, but in the eighth inning, the Yankees tied the game up at five against Addison Reed. The usually reliable Reed sees his 16.1 inning scoreless streak end and gets his third blown save.
Jeurys Familia pitched a shaky ninth, but luckily kept the Yanks at bay, due in part to a tremendous catch by Curtis Granderson.
Seth Lugo, the last man in the bullpen for the Mets, pitched the tenth and surrendered the go ahead run, and would end up as the losing pitcher.
Offense:
Wilmer Flores launched his eleventh homer of the year, a solo shot in the first inning to get the Mets on the scorecard first.
After the Yankees took the lead in the fifth, the Mets got one back after Brandon Nimmo got on base and Michael Conforto drove him in with a double.
The biggest hit of the game perhaps, came in the sixth inning when Matt Reynolds launched his second home run of the season to left center field, a three-run shot to give the Mets a 5-3 lead at the time.
The Mets had the tying and winning runs on base in the bottom of the tenth, but could not score, and drop game one of the Subway Series.
On deck:
The Subway Series continues tomorrow night, with Jacob deGrom (6-5, 2.56 ERA) taking on Masahiro Tanaka (7-3, 3.16 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 PM.
