Saturday afternoon in the Bronx, the Mets bounced back
behind 8 2/3’s innings from Matt Harvey and three long balls as they down the
Yankees 8-2. The Mets took a 1-0 lead
off the Yankees and C.C. Sabathia in the top of the 1st when Lucas
Duda hit a line drive homer, his 2nd on the year. In the bottom of
the 3rd Daniel Murphy’s third mental mistake at 2nd base
in three games lead to the Yankees first run on the day as Stephen Drew scored
on a double play. The Mets broke it open
in the 4th scoring 4 times.
Juan Lagares tripled over Jacoby Ellsbury’s head to score Murphy from
first to make it 2-1. Wilmer Flores
followed with an RBI single to center scoring Lagares and it was 3-1. Then
Kevin Plawecki connected on his 1st major league homer, a line shot
into the left field stands and the Mets led 5-1. In the 6th Eric
Campbell led off the inning with an opposite field homer, his 1st on
the year. Then Lagares, who had 4 hits on the day, singled went to 2nd
on a wild pitch, advanced to third tagging on a pop out that Drew caught
running down the right field line. He
then scored on Esmil Rogers second wild pitch of the inning. In the bottom of
the 7th Mark Teixeira continued to go yard hitting a solo homer off
Harvey, his 8th on the year to make it 7-2. In the top of the 8th following
singles by Lagares and Flores, Plawecki connected with an RBI single to make it
8-2. Harvey nearly went the distance going 8 2/3 allowing just 5 hits 2 runs (both
earned) he walked 2 and struck out 7. Carlos Torres came on in the bottom of the 9th to retire former Met Chris Young to seal the win. Harvey tossed 107 pitches joins Bartolo
Colon at 4-0 on the season. For the
bombers Sabathia had a rough day going 5 inning allowing 9 hits 7 runs (all
earned) striking out 3. He takes the loss falling to 0-4. Flores has now hit in 8 straight games. The
day after Lagares’ 10 games hit streak is snapped he goes 4 for 4. Flores went 2 for 4 and Plawecki went 2 for 4 with
the homer and 3 RBI as the Met offense
was powered by the bottom three in their lineup. With the win, the Mets improve
to 14-4 on the year and 4-4 on the road.
Sunday night it’s the rubber game of this 3 games set. Jonathon Niese (2-0 1.50) goes for the Mets,
Nathan Eovaldi (1-0 3.12) goes for the Yankees.
5 comments:
Harvey great, and boom, boom, boom, I love the offense. Hats off the K Plawecki, and some opposite field HR by Soup Campbell.
Murphy playing like he had money on the Yankees. I'm ready for Herrera. Send Muno down and Murphy to the bench if they can't get anything for him.
Thomas
It's nice when you lose players like Wright and d'Arnaud and you still have all 8 cylinders working.
One thing you have to love about Campbell and Plawecki is that they were both coached extremely well. They play the game the right way. Even when they go hitless they find ways to help their team win.
I hope that is something that is happening in the Mets system and I hope we continue to see it.
I hope so too, Richard.
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