With the baseball world fixated on New York, the Bronx’s half of the Subway Sequence concluded with an 8-2 victory for the house crew on Sunday Evening Baseball.
The Bombers secured a collection win within the eighth inning, as a leadoff stroll from Jasson Domínguez and a double from Austin Wells preceded a 10-pitch at-bat between 24-year-old rookie Jorbit Vivas and veteran reliever Ryne Stanek. That battle ended with a run-of-the-mill grounder to Pete Alonso, however the Mets’ first baseman airmailed a large throw house.
With a season-high paid attendance of 48,028 at Yankee Stadium, the divided crowd broke into cheers as Domínguez slid headfirst throughout the plate to interrupt a 2-2 tie. However the Yankees didn’t cease there, as an RBI single from Paul Goldschmidt made it a 4-2 recreation earlier than the red-hot Cody Bellinger cracked the sport open with a grand slam off Genesis Cabrera.
Bellinger, hitting.312/.393/.545 over his final 20 video games previous to Sunday, bookended the scoring, as he drove in two within the backside of the primary after a Mark Vientos error and an Aaron Decide ground-rule double off David Peterson. Bellinger’s double down the road deflected off the glove of a diving Alonso.
Nevertheless, the Mets minimize the 2-0 deficit in half within the third inning, as Vientos singled and Brandon Nimmo walked earlier than Jeff McNeil picked up a two-run, RBI single.
A leadoff stroll to McNeil then got here again to chunk Max Fried within the fifth, as he ultimately scored on a wild pitch that Austin Wells may have blocked.
Sunday marked Fried’s second off night time in a row, by his requirements anyway.
The lefty, who is aware of the Mets effectively from his time with the Braves, totaled two earned runs, three hits, two walks, eight strikeouts and 102 pitches as his ERA “inflated” from 1.11 to 1.29.
Two of these strikeouts got here towards Juan Soto, leading to eruptions from the Bronx trustworthy. Soto went 0-for-4 in his final assured recreation at Yankee Stadium this season, although he did take successful away from Wells with a operating catch close to the warning observe within the fourth inning.
Decide, who embraced Soto on the sector pregame, additionally made a reasonably play, laying out for a looping Francisco Lindor liner within the third.
The Yankees had an opportunity to interrupt the 2-2 tie within the fifth inning, as an intentional stroll to Decide gave them runners on first and second with two outs. Bellinger then labored a stroll on 4 pitches to load bases, however Anthony Volpe swung on the first pitch he noticed from Peterson and ended the inning with a weak groundout.
Peterson tallied six innings, two runs (one earned), three hits, 4 walks and 4 strikeouts over 101 pitches.
Volpe, in the meantime, did not money in with the bases loaded once more within the seventh, as Huascar Brazobán struck him out with two away. Brazobán fell behind 3-0 within the depend, however Volpe fouled off a pair would-be balls earlier than whiffing on a low, inside sinker.
Now matter, although, as an outburst awaited the Yankees within the eighth.
With the common season’s first Subway Sequence over — the crosstown rivals will meet at Citi Subject in early July — the Yankees have the break day on Monday. They’ll start a three-game collection with the Rangers, who lately employed Aaron Boone’s brother, Bret, to be their hitting coach, on Tuesday.
Will Warren, coming off two spectacular outings, will begin the opener for the Yankees, adopted by Ryan Yarbrough and Carlos Rodón. Patrick Corbin, a New York native and childhood Yankees fan, will pitch Tuesday for Texas. He’ll be adopted by Jacob deGrom, who will make his first begin in New York since leaving the Mets after the 2022 season.
Former Yankee Nathan Eovaldi will take the ball for the Rangers within the finale.
