New York Yankees lose to the New York Mets

The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-5.  Domingo German started for the Mets and didn’t pitch very well, Adam Warren wasn’t good in relief but rest of pen was.  The Yankees offense struggled with runners in scoring position. 

German pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  German lost his sixth game of the season.  Warren pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with three walks and two strikeouts, Chasen Shreve pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out one and Chad Green pitched an inning with a walk.  Jonathan Holder pitched an inning and struck out one and A.J. Cole pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. 

Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and he pitched five innings giving up eight hits and a run with four strikeouts.  Syndergaard won his sixth game of the season.  Seth Lugo pitched two innings giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts and Robert Gsellman saved his fifth game of the season pitching two innings giving up two hits and two unearned runs with two walks and two strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Aaron Judge had three hits and Didi Gregorius had three hits and an RBI.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks had a hit and drew a walk and Gary Sanchez had a hit.  Greg Bird had a hit and drew a walk, Miguel Andujar had two hits and Neil Walker had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Walker and Gregorius each hit a double and the Yankees were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base.  Stanton had an outfield assist. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit and drew a walk, Yoenis Cespedes had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and an RBI.  Wilmer Flores drew a walk, Michael Conforto had two hits and three RBI and Jose Bautista had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Devin Mesoraco had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Matt den Dekker drew a walk, Cabrera, Conforto, Bautista, Mesoraco and Nimmo each hit a double.  Cespedes hit a homerun and the Mets were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Rosario committed an error. 

In the first Cabrera hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead, Conforto hit an RBI double and Bautista hit an RBI double to push the lead to 3-0.  In the third Cespedes hit a solo homerun to make it 4-0.  In the bottom of the third Stanton hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth Conforto hit an RBI single and Mesoraco hit an RBI single to increase their lead to 6-1.  In the bottom of the sixth Walker hit a two-run double to cut the lead to 6-3.  In the bottom of the eighth Gregorius hit an RBI double and Stanton an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 6-5.  In the ninth Conforto hit a sac fly to push the lead to 7-5 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon.  Sonny Gray and Steven Matz make the start and German was optioned to AAA after the game with Luis Cessa taking his spot in the rotation.