The Mets and Yankees met on Tuesday night for the first of four games this season between New York City’s Major League Baseball teams.
Amsterdam News has been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective for 113 years. Donors who choose to give monthly or annually will receive Amsterdam News’ Weekly E-Edition and acclaimed weekday newsletter Editorially Black to their inbox!Mets third baseman Mark Vientos celebrates in the second inning hitting the first of his two home runs on Tuesday night in the Mets’ 9-7 win over the Yankees Tuesday night at Citi Field.
They opened the aptly named Subway Series headed in opposite directions and continued on different paths in the opener, with the Mets beating the Yankees 9-7 at Citi Field in Queens. It was the Mets’ 11th win in their previous 14 games to lift them to 38-39 after they were 24-34 to begin the month of June. The Mets are in third place in the National League East and were 13 games behind the division-leading Philadelphia Phillies before hosting the Yankees again last night at Citi Field.
In his second outing of the season on Tuesday after returning from right elbow nerve inflammation and edema, reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole allowed seven hits, including four home runs, and gave up six-earned runs while walking four and striking out none. Yankees center fielder Aaron Judge, who had five RBI, hit a grand slam in the eighth inning, his 29th homer this season, which led MLB as of yesterday, but the Mets held on.
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