The Mets (53-63) lost 4-2 on Monday night to the New York Yankees (62-55) in the first of a split four-game series.
Pitching:
Rafael Montero pitched for the Mets tonight and had his best outing of the season. He got through the order the first time cleanly before running into trouble in the fourth inning. He loaded the bases, but was able to limit the damage to only one run.
He got through the fifth cleanly, but allowed the game-tying home run to none other than Aaron Judge in the sixth on his way to a no-decision. Overall, he pitched six innings and struck out six batters, while allowing two runs.
Hansel Robles replaced Montero in the sixth inning and pitched a scoreless seventh inning in which he struck out two batters. However, Terry Collins left him in to start the eight and he allowed a solo shot to Aaron Hicks to put the Mets behind 3-2 and received the loss. Robles got one more out before being removed.
Jerry Blevins replaced Robles and got Didi Gregorious to ground out and was replaced by Erik Goeddel who allowed a solo homer to Gary Sanchez.
Offense:
Former Met farmhand Luis Cessa started the game for the Yankees and the offense struggled to get going. The only blemishes for Cessa was the third inning in which both Curtis Granderson (18th) and Yoenis Cespedes (15th) hit solo-home runs.
Chad Green replaced Cessa in the fifth and pitched 2.2 innings while striking out four and not allowing a hit.
David Robertson pitched the eighth inning and struck out three batters in the inning to and was credited with the win.
Aroldis Chapman was unavailable to pitch after throwing 26 pitches last night, so Dellin Betances pitched the ninth inning and recorded the save.
The Mets offense, in total, combined to only register six hits, while striking out 13 times.
On Deck:
Jacob deGrom (13-5, 3.21 ERA) will take the mound against Sonny Gray (6-7, 3.39 ERA) in the second and final game at Yankee Stadium before heading back to Citi Field. The game will be on SNY at 7:05 p.m.
