The first two games of this series have been a microcosm of the 2018 season for the Mets. They started great before collapsing. The Mets were 11-1 at one point and now they’re 27-34 with the NL’s third worst record. They’ve lost their last eight games overall and their last ten home games, if you can believe that. Seems impossible.
Anyway, this is a Yankees blog, not a Mets blog. The Yankees are looking for the Subway Series sweep tonight. They’re also looking for their fifth straight win, their tenth win in their last eleven games, and to improve their MLB best 42-18 record. The Red Sox already lost today, so the Yankees are four games up in the loss column right now. Pretty great. Beat the Mets, enjoy the off-day tomorrow. Here are the starting lineups:
New York Yankees
1. LF Brett Gardner
2. RF Giancarlo Stanton
3. 1B Greg Bird
4. C Gary Sanchez
5. SS Didi Gregorius
6. CF Aaron Hicks
7. 3B Miguel Andujar
8. RHP Luis Severino
9. 2B Gleyber Torres
New York Mets
1. 2B Asdrubal Cabrera
2. 3B Todd Frazier
3. LF Brandon Nimmo
4. RF Jay Bruce
5. C Devin Mesoraco
6. CF Michael Conforto
7. 1B Adrian Gonzalez
8. RHP Seth Lugo
9. SS Amed Rosario
There is on-and-off rain in the forecast tonight but it doesn’t appear to be anything that will postpone the game. Or at least I hope not. They might have to play through some wet stuff for a while. We’ll see. Tonight’s series finale will begin at 8:05pm ET and you can watch on ESPN. Enjoy the game.
Injury Update: Aaron Judge and his jammed thumb are “good,” according to Aaron Boone. He’s just taking advantage of tomorrow’s off-day to give Judge back-to-back days off. I’m going to pretend the Yankees are trolling ESPN after the whole Sunday Night Baseball scheduling snafu.
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