Yankees blast two homers in shutout victory over Mets

Despite a left oblique injury that sidelined him from June 30 to July 19, Beltran is hitting.301 since with 16 homers and 49 RBIs since the start of May.

The Yankees and Mets will play each other again on Sunday at 8 p.m. ESD in Queens to finish up this three game series. Girardi said playing the field more often during the season might have decreased A-Rod’s production at the plate.

The Yankees will open the series Friday night with their ace with elbow questions, although Masahiro Tanaka’s recent performances haven’t had people talking about Tommy John surgery.

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Beginning with Matz, the Mets right-handed rookie made some history on his way to his fourth victory.

Beltran hit a three-run, second-deck home run on a 100-mile-per-hour fastball from Noah Syndergaard in the first inning, Michael Pineda pitched his best game in two months, and the Yankees beat the Mets, 5-0, Saturday to rebound from an opening loss in the weekend Subway Series. In his last 114 at-bats, he has 35 hits, which includes 15 home runs and 34 runs batted in. As a batter, he’s driven in five runs. But he’s not going to go deep into the game.

Then came a series of trades that transformed the team – the Mets are second in the majors in runs scored since the All-Star break.

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From there, it was a battle of the bullpens.

New York has been a pinstriped city for two decades but the Mets appear to be poised to light the Empire State Building orange and blue this fall thanks to a staff of young aces and a rejuvenated offense behind trade-deadline addition Yoenis Cespedes.

The Mets have already won the excitement battle. Their magic number is eight. They looked risky then, and despite never really asserting themselves in the division race, the Orioles remained extremely good at home.

TORONTO – Marcus Stroman continued his comeback from knee surgery with seven strong innings to lead Toronto to the win.

Syndergaard (L, 8-7) got off to a bad start by allowing consecutive singles to Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner to start the game. Since his return from a disc herniation, Duda is 3-for-25 (.120) in eight games.

With Friday’s 4-3 loss to the Oakland A’s, the Astros have now lost five straight and are getting dangerously close to losing their grip on a postseason spot. Now he’s started two games at second base in the past week. He allowed only a few hard-hit balls, but sometimes the baseball gods smite you with BABIP and sequencing.

Most of the damage was inflicted by journeyman infielder Danny Valencia.

Jorge Soler and Kris Bryant hit back-to-back solo home runs in the fifth inning as the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Saturday. “This is a game you can’t afford to give away”. In the nightcap, Garrett Richards gave up two runs and came within one out of a complete game in the Angels’ 5-2 decision over the Twins. Not with Sonny Gray waiting to take his turn.

CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Indians have been waiting all season for Carlos Santana to get on a roll.

The win pulled the Yankees within four games of the Blue Jays, scheduled to play the Red Sox later Saturday.