Subway Series Recap

The Subway Series hit the Bronx this weekend for the first series between the teams. The Yankees took it, but let's look at the games a bit more.

Game 1 (Mets 1, Yankees 6)
Jacob deGrom faced Michael Pineda in the first game of the series. deGrom looked to continue the team's streak and the scoreless streak of his own. Unfortunately, things didn't go his way. The Yankees capitalized on his mistakes and the Mets lost 6-1. Pineda pitched a good game and held them to only one run that came on a sac-fly from Lucas Duda. Can't say much on this game. deGrom's gonna have a rough start, every pitcher does. Hopefully he has a good outing his next time out.

Game 2 (Mets 8, Yankees 2)
The Yankees had their way the first game but the Mets had their way in Game 2 with an 8-2 win. Matt Harvey (the Dark Knight) took the mound against Sabathia. Harvey gave up two runs while Sabathia gave up seven, including three home-runs to Duda, Plawecki, who hit his first major league home-run, and Campbell. Harvey nearly went the distance, going 8 2/3 innings, but was pulled after 107 pitches. Most people didn't necessarily agree with him being out there that long in a game that wasn't close, but I guess with the extra day of rest, Terry Collins figured he could go further. Majority would have liked him to be pulled out earlier in order to save him for those innings he'll need for later on in the season. If he was sent out there for the 9th, he had gotten 2 outs, he should have been allowed to get the 3rd one, but they had set him at 105 pitches for the night and he had reached that mark. Another positive note to this game was Juan Lagares going 4-4. Nice game for him.

Game 3 (Mets 4, Yankees 6)
Jon Niese faced off against Nathan Eovaldi and neither had a great night. Niese gave up six runs (four earned), one of which was a home-run to Alex Rodriguez, bringing him one closer to the magic number to tie Willie Mays on the all-time HR list that'll certainly begin a protest by the Yankees about the bonus that comes with it. Both pitchers made mistakes that the other times capitalized on. The play by Niese to snag Teixera's line drive directly to him was one of those lucky moments you see in the game every now and again -- a 'look what I found'. The game was certainly unbelievable to watch at times. With six errors from both sides in the game, the Mets had four of those, causing two unearned runs to score. They also had some mental errors. The errors were basic fundamentals that weren't executed. Those kill you in games like this one. Errors happen, but to have four in a game is too much. Another thing was Mayberry's pinch hit at-bat. Five straight balls, yet he still ran a 3-2 count and swung through the only pitch that was a strike. Not good at all. It's one thing to lose, but it's another thing to lose due to a sloppy game.

The teams face off again in September and who knows where either team will be at that point, but it will be a rematch with the Mets having home field. It was just another series and seemed to be that way for the fans too. Yes, The 7 Line Army showed up in full force on Friday night and there were some strong chants from Mets fans, but for the Yankees? Empty seats were throughout the stadium and their fans' presence wasn't really heard. Maybe the atmosphere will be different in September. For the Mets, it's important that they continue to play well and bounce back from Sunday's game. Every time has its hiccups, but they need to be hiccups and not something worse. They need to win series. They're still the best team in baseball, but they have to win for it to stay that way and series wins matter the most, especially against their division. They head to Miami to take on the Marlins tomorrow with Dillon Gee on the mound against Cosart.