Mets Rally To Beat Yankees 10-5 With Six Run Seventh Inning

Mets LF Dom Smith (Photo Credits to MetsMerizedOnline.com) The New York Mets beat the New York Yankees 10-5 this afternoon at Yankee Stadium in the first game of a doubleheader and improved their record to 43-36. The offense got off to a fast start in the first inning against RHP Gerrit Cole after LF Dom Smith hit a solo homer. The bats went quiet for the next two innings until the top of the fourth after RF Michael Conforto walked, 2B Jeff McNeil singled and LF Billy McKinney walked to load the bases. Catcher Tomas Nido then singled to bring in a run and after 3B Luis Guillorme struck out and then CF Brandon Nimmo hit a RBI single. SS Francisco Lindor followed with a single, but Nimmo was thrown out by RF Aaron Judge trying to make a wide turn past second. Smith then walked to load the bases, but 1B Pete Alonso grounded out back to the pitcher to end the inning. After a scoreless top of the sixth inning, Alonso led off the top of the seventh with a solo homer to tie the game against closer Aroldis Chapman. Conforto then was hit by a pitch and McNeil walked and then Chapman was taken out. Pinch-hitter Kevin Pillar then singled to load the bases for catcher James McCann. McCann struck out, but pinch-hitter Jose Peraza hit a ball to the left-field corner that was a caught by a Met fan leaning over the fence and the umpires ruled it a double. Nimmo then broke the game open with a two-run single and Lindor followed with a RBI single. RHP Marcus Stroman started out well with a scoreless bottom of the first inning, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the second after DH Giancarlo Stanton led off with a single and then 3B Gio Ursela reached on a fielding error by Lindor on what should have been a routine double play. SS Gleyber Torres then grounded into a force out which moved the runners to the corners and CF Brett Gardner was hit by a pitch which loaded the bases. Catcher Kyle Higashioka followed with a two-run double and LF Tim Locastro then hit a sacrifice fly. In the next inning, Judge and 1B Luke Volt singled and than Stanton grounded out into a double play which brought home a run. In the bottom of the fifth, Stroman gave up singles to 3B D.J. LeMahieu and Judge and then Stroman later gave a run on a wild pitch before getting two fly outs to end the innings and was taken out. His final line was 5 innings, 6 hits, 5 runs, 3 earned runs, 1 walk and no strikeouts. RHP Jeurys Familia followed with a scoreless bottom of the sixth inning. RHP Seth Lugo closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the seventh inning. The Mets next game is tonight at 7:10 p.m. in the second game of a doubleheader.