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McNeil's 2-run homer in 7th off Weaver lifts Mets over Yankees 6-5 in Subway Series opener
NEW YORK -- Jeff McNeil hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Luke Weaver in the seventh inning, leading the New York Mets over the Yankees 6-5 on Friday in a Subway Series opener between teams that faded badly after strong starts. Juan Soto hit a two-run homer among three hits against his former team and Brett Baty connected for a solo shot in the sixth off Ian Hamilton that cut the Yankees' lead to 5-4. Weaver (1-3) relieved with two outs in the seventh and walked Pete Alonso. McNeil drove a changeup into the right-field upper deck at Citi Field, sending the Yankees to their fifth straight loss during a slide that dropped them from the AL East lead. Jasson Domínguez ended a 32-game homerless streak, hitting a pair of opposite-field homers and driving in three runs. Domínguez and Judge hit back-to-back homers starting the game, Judge's 32nd this year, and Cody Bellinger also went deep for the Yankees. Huascar Brazobán (4-2) pitched a hitless seventh and Reed Garrett got six outs for his third save, helped by an outstanding defensive play from McNeil at second base in the ninth. The Mets were a big league-best 45-24 on June 12 and the Yankees 42-25 but the Mets are 6-14 since and the Yankees 6-15. With 13 Mets pitchers on the injured list, 28-year-old right-hander Justin Hagenman made his first major league start and allowed four runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings. Yankees starter Marcus Stroman gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings against his former team. Soto hit his 21st home run this season in the first after Domínguez misplayed Brandon Nimmo's leadoff double. McNeil's homer came on the fourth of six changeups Weaver threw him. Weaver has allowed homers in three straight appearances. After compiling a 1.05 ERA in his first 24 games, he has a 13.50 ERA in seven outings since returning from a strained left hamstring. Yankees LHP Carlos Rodón (9-5, 2.95 ERA) and Mets RHP Frankie Montas (0-1, 6.00) are scheduled to start Saturday.
Yahoo
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Mets hand Yankees 5th straight loss with 3 HR, including Juan Soto's 21st, in 6-5 win
Juan Soto hit his 21st home run of the season, leading the New York Mets to a 6-5 win over the New York Yankees on Friday. The Yankees have lost five straight games and six of their past seven. Jasson Domínguez and Aaron Judge led off the game with back-to-back home runs to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead against Mets rookie Justin Hagenman. Judge hit his 32nd homer of the season, yet still trails the Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh, who hit two on Friday to extend his MLB lead with 35. Advertisement The Mets answered in the bottom of the first inning on Soto's two-run shot off Yankees starter Marcus Stroman. Making his second start since returning from the injured list, Stroman allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings with four strikeouts. Pete Alonso put the Mets on top, 3-2, with an RBI single in the third inning. But the Yankees responded in the fourth with Cody Bellinger's 13th home run of the season, yanking a low, inside cutter from Hagenman into the right-field upper deck. Domínguez gave the Yankees a 5-3 lead in the fifth with his second homer of the game, launching a two-run shot off reliever Austin Warren. However, the Mets chipped away at their deficit one inning later with a Brett Baty homer off Ian Hamilton. That set up Jeff McNeil for some game-winning heroics in the seventh. Luke Weaver took over with two outs in the inning, but walked Alonso on six pitches. McNeil followed with his own six-pitch at-bat, turning on a changeup low and in for an upper deck homer and a 6-5 lead. "As soon as it left the bat, I knew it was gone," McNeil told SNY's Steve Gelbs after the game. "That was fun." Weaver has allowed two runs in three consecutive outings. Advertisement "I said I've been feeling good, that just might be a lie now, I don't know," said the Yankees' former closer. "It's hard to make sense of what's going on" McNeil clinched the win with his glove in the ninth, getting two consecutive groundballs at second base to close out the game. He got the second out of the inning with a diving stop on what looked like a base hit from DJ LeMahieu. "When that ball hit my glove, I said 'Oh s***, it's in my glove,'" McNeil told reporters afterward. "I knew it was a big play because I knew Judge was up fourth that inning. We don't want him coming to the plate and that's why I was so excited about that one." Judge was indeed left standing in the on-deck circle after Dominguez's game-ending groundout. For the Yankees, the defeat follows getting swept in a four-game series versus the Toronto Blue Jays that knocked them out of first place in the AL East. The Yankees are 1.5 games behind the Blue Jays, pending Toronto's matchup with the Los Angeles Angels on Friday. Advertisement Meanwhile, the Mets have won three in a row and are a half game behind the Philadelphia Phillies for the NL East lead.
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- Chicago Tribune
Chicago Cubs set a franchise record with 8 homers in 11-3 rout — but Jameson Taillon is out at least a month
The Chicago Cubs celebrated the Fourth of July by putting on the biggest fireworks display in franchise history. The Cubs hit a team-record eight home runs Friday — led by three from Michael Busch and two from Pete-Crow Armstrong — as they rolled to an 11-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series at Wrigley Field. 'It was just a fun game to be a part of,' Busch said. 'Baseball on July 4th, and especially to do it at Wrigley Field, to get out of here with a win and have so much excitement in the game, that's one game I'll never forget.' Seiya Suzuki, Dansby Swanson and Carson Kelly also homered for the Cubs (53-35) on a day that turned out to be historically sweet after starting on a sour note. Before the game, the Cubs placed starting pitcher Jameson Taillon on the 15-day injured list with a right calf strain, and manager Craig Counsell said he expects Taillon to be out 'more than a month.' Jordan Wicks was recalled from Triple-A Iowa. Taillon's injury will again test the depth of the Cubs pitching staff, just eight days after they got lefty Shota Imanaga back from a hamstring injury that sidelined him for nearly two months. Of course, it would help if the Cubs can continue to swing the bats with anywhere near the effectiveness they did Friday. The eight home runs, which included six off Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas, featured three instances of the Cubs going back to back. Suzuki and Crow-Armstrong did it in the first, Busch and Kelly in the second and Swanson and Busch in the seventh. Crow-Armstrong and Busch both blasted balls off the right-field video board in the third as well. After Swanson tied the franchise record with the seventh homer of the day, Busch broke it five pitches later. Busch, who is up to 17 homers on the season, became the first Cub to hit three in a game since Rafael Ortega against the Washington Nationals on Aug. 1, 2021. 'He's turned into, really, a great offensive player,' Counsell said of Busch. 'Last year it felt like there were ups and downs during the season. This year he's lengthened out the ups and shortened the downs, essentially, and you end up with what you've seen. 'It's a good hitter who's continuing to get better.' Busch and Crow Armstrong each went 4-for-4 as Crow-Armstrong raised his season total to 23 home runs, one behind Suzuki's team-high 24. Crow-Armstrong said the team expects to have offensive success on a daily basis. The Cubs rank second in the majors with 475 runs, trailing only the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, who had 494 entering Friday. 'Day in, day out, watching people's processes and how they dig themselves out of little holes and all that, it's nice to be able to join in on other people's successes,' Crow-Armstrong said. 'It's really easy to appreciate what we're doing right now. This is the best offense I've ever been a part of — ever seen.' It was the rivals' first meeting since a 3-0 Cubs win June 26 in St. Louis that ended with the benches clearing after closer Daniel Palencia and former Cub Willson Contreras exchanged words. Contreras was upset after getting hit by a pitch in the ninth inning. Contreras, who apologized after that game, received a fair number of boos from the crowd before each at-bat Friday as he went 0-for-3. While the Cubs were piling up runs, the Cardinals (47–42) — who had been shut out in three straight games by the Pittsburgh Pirates — managed just one hit through eight innings before scoring twice in the ninth on two hits with infielder Jon Berti on the mound for the Cubs. Colin Rea (6-3) went 6⅔ innings for the win, allowing only Brendan Donovan's homer in the fourth. Rea's strong outing was especially important ahead of what's expected to be a bullpen day Saturday in the wake of the injury to Taillon, who had been scheduled to start. Drew Pomeranz will be the opener. Going forward, Counsell said the Cubs could use Chris Flexen as a starter. Flexen made 30 starts for the Chicago White Sox last season and has revitalized his career in the Cubs bullpen this year, going 5-0 with an 0.62 ERA. Counsell also noted the upcoming All-Star break will give the team short-term flexibility with its pitching staff. As for Friday, though, there was plenty to celebrate. Busch, Crow-Armstrong, Suzuki, Swanson and Kelly posed for a postgame photo to mark the record occasion. 'You grow up dreaming of playing in the big leagues, and then to be able to get your name in Chicago Cub record books is pretty cool,' Busch said. 'I'm going to need to get that photo signed by all those guys.'
