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POSTGAME NOTES NEW YORK YANKEES (62-34) vs. NEW YORK METS (40-55) FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2018 R H E LOB SERIES NEW YORK METS 7 10 1 8 1 NEW YORK YANKEES 5 14 0 14 0 STARTING TIME: 7:09 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 3:46 GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 77 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 47,175 (Sellout #16) WINNING PITCHER: Noah Syndergaard (6-1) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Domingo Germán (2-6) Yankees: Domingo Germán (71/46) SAVE: Robert Gsellman (5) Mets: Noah Syndergaard (84/52) HOME RUNS (2018 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES METS None Yoenis Céspedes (#9 / 3rd / 0 on / 0 out / 3-0 / Germán / NYM 3 – NYY 0) NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees lost their first game out of the All-Star break. • With Boston’s win at Detroit, the Yankees are 5.5G behind Boston in the AL East, their largest deficit since the end of play on 4/22 (also 5.5G). • Are still 33-14 at Yankee Stadium this season, including 28-9 since 4/21. • Have lost consecutive games to the Mets for the first time since a six-game losing streak from 5/27/13-5/13/14…are 5-7 against the Mets at Yankee Stadium since the start of 2013. • At 3 hours, 46 minutes, was tied for the Yankees’ second-longest nine-inning game in terms of time this season: 7/3 vs. Atlanta (also 3:46) and behind 4/11 at Boston (3:59). • Yankees hitters were held homerless for just the second time in 16 games this month…matched their season high for hits without a home run in a nine-inning game (also 14H in 11-1 win on 4/28 at Los Angeles-AL)…each of their first 10 hits were singles until Walker’s two-run double in the sixth…went 2-for-13 with RISP (had hit .352 with RISP in their previous 8G). • Left 14 men on base, matching their high a nine-inning game (also had 14LOB in a 9-0 win on 7/11 at Baltimore)…stranded at least one runner in all nine innings. • All nine starters had hit safely by the end of the sixth…had at least 1H in each of the first eight innings…led off four different innings with hits but only scored in two of them. • SS Didi Gregorius (3-for-5) hit an RBI double in the eighth…is batting .433 (13-for-30) in his last 8G (since 7/9-G2). • DH Aaron Judge (3-for-5, 1R) tied a season high with 3H (seventh time, first since 7/1 vs. Boston)…has reached safely (via H/BB/HP) in 31-of-33 games since 6/12…the Yankees had won each of his previous 11 multi-hit games (5/29-7/9). • RF Giancarlo Stanton (1-for-3, 2RBI, 1BB, 1SF) drove in the Yankees’ first run with a third-inning sac fly and added an RBI groundout in the eighth…recorded his fifth OF assist of the season in the sixth inning. • Is batting .363 (41-for-113) with 16R, 7 doubles, 7HR, 20RBI and 10BB in his last 28 games. • 2B Neil Walker (1-for-4) hit a two-run double in the sixth…was the final Yankees starter to collect a hit, but had the team’s first extra-base hit. • Is hitting .292 (7-for-24) with 4R, 3 doubles, 1HR, 6RBI and 3BB in his last 7G (since 7/9)…has RBI in three straight games and five of his last seven. • 3B Miguel Andújar (2-for-5) has hit safely in 13-of-15 games this month. • RHP Domingo Germán (3.2IP, 5H, 4ER, 2BB, 3K, 1HR) started and took the loss…has completed 5.0IP in just one of his last five starts after going at least 6.0IP in each of his previous four…Mets hitters were 5-for-16 tonight, and opponents are batting .312 (29-for-93) over his last five starts. • Was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre following the game. • Allowed 3R on 3 doubles and 1BB in the first inning…has a 9.00 ERA (13.0IP, 14R/13ER) in the first inning in 13 starts this season. • Has a 6.18 ERA (67.0IP, 46ER) in 13 career starts (all this season). • Tonight marked the Yankees’ 16th home sellout in 47 gates in 2018, tied for the second-most sellouts in a season at the current Yankee Stadium (20 in 2011; 16 in 2014)…have nine sellouts in their last 12 gates since 6/16. NEW YORK METS NOTES • The Mets are 15-34 in their last 49 games…improved to 2-2 vs. the Yankees this season and are 19-31 all-time at the current Yankee Stadium…are now 5-8 in Interleague play this season…improved to 17-15 in season-opening games this season. • Improved to 16-9 when scoring six-or-more runs this season. • Earned their first win of the season when allowing 14H-or-more…had previously been 0-7 this season in those games…was their first win in a game when allowing at least 14H since 8/27/17 at Washington (6-5 win, allowed 14 hits). • Mets batters recorded three extra-base hits in the first inning tonight, just the second time this season the team has combined for 3XBH in the first inning of a game (also on 6/9 vs. the Yankees with Germán pitching). • Tied their season high with 5 team doubles this season (fifth time, last on 5/30 at Atlanta)…all instances have occurred on the road this season. —more— • RHP Noah Syndergaard (5.0IP, 8H, 1ER, 0BB, 4K) made his first road start since 5/25 and improved to 2-0 with a 2.67 ERA (30.1IP, 9ER) in five starts on the road this season. • Recorded his 500th career strikeout tonight by striking out Neil Walker in the fourth, becoming the fastest to reach the mark in Mets history in terms of innings pitched (437.1IP)…reached the milestone in 75G, the second-fastest in terms of games played in Mets history (Dwight Gooden reached 500K in 61G, 445.1IP). • In two starts since returning from the D.L., is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA (10.0IP, 15H, 2ER, 2BB, 7K). • Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 12 straight starts (since 4/4 vs. Philadelphia), the second-longest active streak in the Majors (teammate Jacob deGrom, 16GS). • Has allowed 6H-or-more in four straight starts and in 8-of-13 starts this season. • Is undefeated in his last six starts, going 4-0 with a 2.65 ERA (34.0IP, 10ER) over the stretch (since 5/6 vs. Colorado). • Is now 1-1 with 4.91 ERA (11.0IP, 6ER) in two career starts vs. the Yankees…was his first career start at Yankee Stadium. • DH Yoenis Céspedes (2-for-4, 2R, 1HR, 1RBI, 1BB) hit his ninth home run of the season in his first game back from the 10-day D.L.…has homered in back-to-back games (also 5/13 at Philadelphia). • LF Michael Conforto (2-for-4, 1R, 3RBI) is hitting .280 (42-for-150) with 16XBH in 43 games on the road this season, while hitting just .156 (22-for- 141) with 6XBH in 43 games at home this season…recorded his 12th multi-hit game of the season and first since 6/21 at Colorado…10 of his 12 multi-hit games have come on the road this season. • 2B Asdrúbal Cabrera (2-for-5, 2R, 1RBI, 1K) has scored six runs in his last five games. • RF Brandon Nimmo (1-for-4, 1R, 1BB, 3K) scored his team-leading 49th run of the season in the first inning tonight…tied his career high with 3K (10th time, last on 7/8/18 vs. Philadelphia). • RHP Seth Lugo (2.0IP, 4H, 2ER, 2BB, 2K) leads all Mets relievers with 17 multi-inning relief appearances this season…allowed 2ER tonight and has a 6.75 ERA (8.0IP, 6ER) in his last four road relief appearances. • RHP Robert Gsellman (2.0IP, 2H, 2R/0ER, 2BB/1IBB, 2K) earned his fifth save of the season and second straight save of 2.0IP…three-of-five saves this season have been over 1.0IP appearances. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time-ET TV Sat., 7/21 vs. New York-NL RHP Sonny Gray (6-7, 5.46) vs. LHP Steven Matz (4-7, 3.38) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sun., 7/22 vs. New York-NL RHP Masahiro Tanaka (7-2, 4.54) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (5-4, 1.68) 8:05 p.m. ESPN On the Radio: All games carried by WFAN-AM 660/101.9FM and the Yankees Radio Network; Spanish on WADO 1280-AM and YES Network in SAP .