NEW YORK (AP) — The reeling Yankees made a Subway Series of mental and physical mistakes in their weekend opener at the Mets.
Catcher Gary Sánchez had a pair of glaring defensive lapses, and throwing errors by third baseman Gio Urshela and shortstop Gleyber Torres led to three runs in the Yankees' 10-3 loss on Friday night.
The Yankees lost their season-high seventh in a row and for the 11th time in 13 games following a 13-game winning streak. They remained a half-game ahead of Toronto for the AL’s second wild-card berth.
“I think we’re beyond frustrated,” second baseman DJ LeMahieu said, “but now’s not the time to point fingers at anyone, and just everyone to raise their game and collectively get out of it together.”
in a career-long seven innings, and
“Just a poor performance, period,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “It's a bit of a broken record. We got to keep grinding at it. We got to keep working at it and we will, and trust that it will turn, but it’s obviously going to take everyone and, obviously, that starts with me and making sure we’re ready to roll.”
This is the Yankees' worst 13-game stretch since losing 13 of their final 15 in 2000 — before rebounding to win their fourth World Series title in five seasons.
They wasted a 1-0 lead in the first when Sánchez bailed on a play at the plate and allowed
Plate umpire Ted Barrett called out Villar on Gallo’s throw, but a video review showed that by standing up and reaching out, Sánchez allowed the sliding Villar to get his foot on the plate before his helmet was tagged.
“Obviously he’s going to be out easy,” Boone said. "He got out of his crouch and athletic position. In that spot, where you’ve got a guy dead to rights, you got to just lower your body, maybe initiate the contact but remain athletic in your legs."
put the Yankees ahead 2-1, and the Mets burst ahead in a five-run third.
Montgomery forced in the tying run with
McNeil dragged a bunt to the first-base side on the next pitch for the Mets’ first run-scoring bunt hit since
and
Jordan Montgomery (5-6) allowed a career-high seven runs in 3 1/3 innings — just five earned.
The Mets, who closed within four games of a playoff spot, got their first win in four games this year while wearing black jerseys.
Megill (3-4) allowed two runs, four hits and one walk as the Mets got back to .500 at 71-71. The 26-year-old right-hander threw up to 97.2 mph, well above his 94.5 mph average coming in.
“I commanded the zone from bottom to top with all three of my pitches,” Megill said. “I was making them feel uncomfortable.”
WEB GEM
Mets RF
JUDGE
Judge nearly was hit by a drink that appeared to be thrown from the right-field seats in the seventh inning while Judge caught Pete Alonso’s fly ball.
SITTING
With the Yankees in an NL ballpark and no DH, Giancarlo Stanton was not in the starting lineup. He likely will play the outfield Saturday and Sunday. ... McNeil started in left over Dominic Smith, who has not been in the starting lineup since he was activated from the injured list on Monday.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole (left hamstring tightness) will throw a bullpen session Saturday and could start Tuesday, Boone said. ... RHP Michael King was activated from the 60-day IL and allowed two runs — one earned — in three innings. ... RHP Sal Romano was designated for assignment.
Mets: RHP Noah Syndergaard threw a bullpen session as he recovers from COVID-19. His last minor league rehabiliation outing was Aug. 26 as he tries to come back from Tommy John surgery on March 25, 2020. He threw rehab outings May 19 and 25, then was sidelined by elbow inflamation. “We feel like he might be able to pitch for us at some point,” Rojas said. ... Ace RHP Jacob deGrom, who hasn’t pitched since July 2 due to forear tightness, played catch at 90 feet, down from 120 feet.
UP NEXT
RHP Corey Kluber (4-3) starts for the Yankees on Saturday and RHP Taijuan Walker for the Mets (7-9). RHP Clarke Schmidt could be called up Sunday for his Yankees' season debut.
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