Mets Lose to Yankees 6-4 After Late Rally Comes Up Short

 

Yankees LHP Max Fried (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets lost to the New York Yankees 6-4 at Citi Field this afternoon to snap their four-game winning streak and dropped their record to 52-39.

RHP Chris Devenski got the start for the Mets as the "opener" out of the bullpen and did a fine job with tw scoreless innings.

Devenski gave up one hit and no walks with two strikeouts.

RHP Zach Pop made his Met debut in the top of the third and got hit early after he gave up a lead-off homer to catcher Austin Wells on the second pitch he threw.

Pop stayed in for the top of the fourth and had more troubles after he gave up a lead-off double to DH Giancarlo Stanton and then a single to LF Cody Bellinger.

Pop then gave up a RBI ground-out to SS Anthony Volpe and an infield hit to D.J. LeMahieu was then taken out.

LHP Brandon Waddell came in next and gave up a RBI ground-out to Wells and then picked up the last out in the top of the fourth,

Waddell stayed in for the top of the fifth and gave up a lead-off double to 1B Paul Goldschmidt and two batters later, a two-run homer to RF Aaron Judge.

Waddell stayed in for the top of the sixth and threw a scoreless inning and was taken out.

RHP Huascar Brazoban came in next in the top of the seventh and gave up a lead-off single to Goldschmidt and an infield hit to the following hitter CF Trent Grisham.

Brazoban then gave up a sacrifice fly to Judge and struck out Stanton, walked Bellinger and struck out Volpe to end the inning.

RHP Rico Garcia followed with two scoreless innings in the top of the eighth and ninth.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first four innings against LHP Max Fried, but came alive in the bottom of the fifth.

2B Jeff McNeil and catcher Hayden Sanger singled with one out and then DH Starling Marte singled to load the bases.

SS Francisco Lindor came up next and drove in McNeil and Senger for a two-run single, but then RF Juan Soto struck out and 1B Pete Alonso flew out to RF to end the threat.

In the bottom of the sixth, LF Brandon Nimmo led off with a hit by pitch and then pinch-hitters Ronny Mauricio and Brett Baty followed with singles to load the bases with no outs.

McNeil then hit a dribbler that reliever RHP Jonathan Loaisiga misplayed which allowed Nimmo to score and keep the bases loaded with one out.

However, Senger grounded into a double play to allow another run to score and then Marte lined out to Judge to end the inning.

In the bottom of the seventh, Lindor led off with a hit by pitch and then Soto hit a line drive to Bellinger who then made an outstanding diving catch to rob Soto of a double and threw Lindor trying to go back to first base.

In the bottom of the ninth, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was thrown out arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire John Bacon after catcher Luis Torrens struck out to lead off the inning and the Mets went down 1-2-3.

The Mets are off tomorrow and return back to action on Tuesday, July 8 at the Baltimore Orioles at 6:35 p.m.