The New York Mets rough up the New York Yankees once again

The New York Yankees were defeated by the New York Mets by the score of 7-2 on Wednesday afternoon.  The game took place at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.  Masahiro Tanaka made the start and pitched pretty well, the bullpen was bad.  Chase Headley led the Yankees offense with a couple of hits.  Rafael Montero started for the Mets and pitched well and Travis d'Arnaud and John Mayberry Jr. each had a couple of hits. 

Tanaka pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out seven and took his first loss of the spring.  Dellin Betances pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run, Andrew Miller pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Justin Wilson retired the only two batters that he faced.  Andrew Bailey gave up a walk in his one inning and he struck out two, Chase Whitley pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and David Carpenter pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Montero pitched four innings giving up three hits and a run with four strikeouts.  Sean Gilmartin pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts, Chase Bradford pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and Zach Thornton pitched to one batter and struck him out.  Chase Huchingson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Jon Velasquez pitched to one batter and retired him. 

Headley had two hits and an RBI, Ramon Flores drew a walk and Mark Teixeira had a hit.  Alex Rodriguez had a hit, Nick Noonan had a hit and an RBI and Didi Gregorius had a hit.  Gregorius and Headley each hit a double and the Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Murphy and E. Rodriguez each committed an error. 

Juan Lagares had two hits and two RBI for the Mets.  Matt den Dekker had a hit and an RBI, Lucas Duda drew a walk and Mayberry Jr. had two hits and an RBI.  Cesar Puello had a hit, D'Arnaud had two hits and an RBI and Anthony Recker had a hit and an RBI.  Dustin Lawley had a hit, Matt Reynolds had a hit and drew a walk and Lagares, Reynolds, Recker, Lawley and den Dekker each hit a double.  Mayberry and Lagares each hit a homerun and the Mets were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Lagares and Reynolds each stole a base and Campbell committed an error. 

In the first Lagares stole third and a throwing error allowed him to score to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Headley hit an RBI double to tie the game at one in the third inning.  In the fourth Mayberry Jr. hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 2-1 lead.  In the fifth Lagares hit a two run homerun giving the Mets a 4-1 lead.  d'Arnaud hit an RBI single in the sixth and the Mets lead increased to 5-1.  Recker hit an RBI double in the eighth and den Dekker hit an RBI double in the ninth to increase the Mets lead to 7-1.  The Yankees scored a run in the ninth on a Noonan RBI single and the final score was 7-2. 

The Yankees will play the Tampa Bay Rays away on Thursday afternoon and the Mets will play the Washington Nationals in Viera, Florida on Thursday evening.