Thursday night in Flushing Jacob deGrom made a stellar MLB debut but Yankees behind rookies Chase Whitley and Dellin Betances shut down the Mets bats for the 2nd straight game as they claim a split of this year’s subway series with a 1-0 win. deGrom took the hill and was terrific going 7 innings allowing just 5 hits 1 run he walked 2 and struck out 6. The only run he allowed came in the top of the 7th. The Mets failed to double up Brian McCann and the next batter Alfonso Soriano doubled to left center scoring McCann from first to make it 1-0. The Yankees pen behind an incredible performance by Betances made the lead stand up. Betances went 2 1/3 innings and struck out 6 of the 7 batter s to face him. Adam Warren and David Robinson finished up. In the process a combined 14 Mets struck out on the night. The Mets had a threat in the bottom of the 8th inning. They had 1st and 3rd with 2 outs and David Wright grounded to short to end the inning. The Mets only managed 3 hits on the night. A double by Daniel Murphy and singles by Ruben Tejada and Jacob deGrom. deGrom’s single in the 3rd inning was the first hit by a Met pitcher this year snapping a record 0 for 64 mark on the season. In his last regular season appearance at Citi field Derek Jeter went 0 for 4 and was removed in a double switch in the bottom of the 8th inning. deGrom falls to 0-1, Betances gets the win he's 2-0. Robinson got the 4 out save (7). The Mets now stand at 19-21 on the year and 9-12 at home. Friday night the Mets start a 3 game weekend series in our nation’s capitol against the Nationals. Jon Niese (2-2 2.17) goes for the Mets, Tanner Roarke (2-1 3.65) goes for the Nats.
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Another excellent game, but no win.
Do we walk away feeling good about this? I don't know anymore.
#freejuanlagares
I just cant get Terrys lineup deciscions
In the overall scheme of things I'll walk away from that rapt with deGrom. Take that and move on.
Collins has rocks in his head. I do not care if Tejada has played better of late. I keep saying it, this team needs all bats on deck. No way Lagares and Flores should sit. This team needs all its hitters, there is no room for defense first non-hitters (and I consider Lagares a true hitter). Back to back shutouts? Embarrassing. For Collins? Unacceptable. Tejada is fool's gold.
With all the focus on Mets' plethora of pitch prospects, Yanks roll out 1968 Bob Gibson in Betances. Same fastball and breaking ball. Severe. Duda gets a major smack in the head for not swinging in his K against Betances. SWING AWAY, LUCAS! Lastly, why was Chris Young playing slugger Soriano at little league depth. Where was our manager on that one? This team is "Agony Supreme," not Duda "Power Supreme," Terry.
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