2nd Game Of the Subway Series An Opportunity For New York Yankees
The 2nd game of the “Subway Series” was a great opportunity for the Yankees to take a commanding 2-0 lead, but they lost 3-2. The Yankees needed to win this second game because they needed to beat good teams and continue to build their lead. Plus, there is a great incentive to defeat former Yankee Juan Soto. The Yankees had their opportunities in this game, but failed to take advantage of them. It is important to take advantage of your opportunities in baseball. Do you think it is important to take advantage of your opportunities in life?
Lineups For For Great 2nd Game
The New York Mets had Francisco Lindor as the shortstop and batting leadoff in the 2nd Game of the series. Juan Soto was the right fielder and batted second. Pete Alonso was the first baseman and batted third. Brandon Nimmo was the left fielder and was batting fourth. Mark Vientos was the designated hitter, batting fifth. Jeff McNeill was the second baseman and batted sixth. Luis Torrens was the catcher and batted seventh. He is but one of the former Yankee catchers around the league. Luisangel Acuna ran for him in the ninth inning, he stayed in to play second base. Brett Baty was the third baseman and batted eighth. Tyrone Taylor was the center fielder and batted ninth.
In the 2nd game of this series against the Mets, Ben Rice batted first for the Yankees and was the designated hitter. Aaron Judge was the right fielder and batted second. Cody Bellinger batted third and was the center fielder. Paul Goldschmidt was the first baseman and batted fourth. Jasson Dominguez was the left fielder, batting fifth. Anthony Volpe was the shortstop and batted sixth. JC Escarra was the catcher and batted seventh. DJ LeMahieu was the second baseman, batting eighth. Jorbit Vivas played third base and batted ninth. Trent Grisham pinch-hit for him in the seventh inning. Oswald Peraza came in to play third base. Austin Wells pinch-hit for him in the ninth inning.
Scoring Summary
In the third inning of the 2nd game of the series, LeMahieu hit a solo home run. That gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the fourth inning of the 2nd game of the series, Alonzo singled, and Lindor scored. That tied the score at 1. Also in the fourth inning, Vientos hit a sacrifice fly and Soto scored. That made the score 2-1, Mets.
In the sixth inning, Bellinger hit a solo home run. That tied the game at 2. It also extended Bellinger’s hitting streak to 12 games. In the ninth inning, Lindor hit a sacrifice fly. The Mets took a 3-2 lead.
Game Notes
Brandon Hyde was fired today as the manager of the Baltimore Orioles. It was about time. The Orioles are in last place in the American League East and were forecast to win 100 games. The weather was perfect in The Bronx for the 2nd game of the series. At game time, it was 74 degrees and sunny. There was no threat of precipitation.
Fans continued to boo Soto. They booed him lustily last night in Soto’s return to. He spurned the Yankees to sign a 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets. Also, last night, Devin Williams struck out the side in the eighth inning. That run included Williams sticking out Alonso. The “Polar Bear,” as Alonso is called, hit a home run off him in the playoffs last year.
The Yankees now have the largest division lead, at five games, of any team in baseball. A win in the 2nd game of the series would have gone a long way to extending that lead and would put the Yankees in a good position with Max Fried pitching tomorrow.
The Yankees essentially replaced Soto with Goldschmidt, who has been great, and Cody Bellinger, who is now heating up. On this day in 1996, Mariano Rivera got his first career save. He was the greatest pitcher ever. Judge was 0-of-5. That dropped his batting average to .402.
Conclusion
In the 2nd game of the “Subway Series” between the New York Yankees and the New York Mets, Yankees Starting Pitcher Clarke Schmidt had 5 walks and 5 strikeouts. He kept the Yankees in the game, but the Yankees need him to pitch better and lengthen their rotation.
