NEW YORK METS NOTES:
METSCELLANEOUS: The Mets returned to action with a 9-3 victory over the Yankees last night…The Mets are 11-7 through 18 games this month…The Mets have posted a 3.66 ERA, the fifth-lowest ERA in the majors and third-lowest in the National League in July…The Mets continue a five-game, six-day road trip (2-2) to Boston (1-2) and The Bronx (1-0)…On Thursday, the Mets return to Citi Field for a four-game series against the Washington Nationals.
HIP, HIP, JOSÉ!: José Quintana is slated to make his second start of the year tonight against the Yankees…He allowed two runs on six hit with three strikeouts over 6.0 innings of work in his first start of the year on July 20 vs. Chicago-AL… In six career starts (seven games) against the Yankees, Quintana is 3-2 with a 2.97 ERA (11 ER/33.1 IP) with 10 walks and 30 punchouts…He has allowed two earned runs or less in his last 15 starts dating to July 23, 2022.
MULTIPLICITY: Last night, Pete Alonso finished the game going 3-4 with two runs, two home runs, five RBI and a walk…He is the 11th player in franchise history to record a multi-homer game in the Subway Series, joining Francisco Lindor, José Reyes Jason Bay, Carlos Delgado, David Wright, Carlos Beltrán. Cliff Floyd, Ty Wigginto, Kaz Matsui and Richard Hildago…Alonso has recorded 16 career multihomer games…That is tied for the fifth-most in franchise history with Dave Dave Kingman and Lucas Duda…Only Darryl Strawberry (22), David Wright (21), Mike Piazza (17) and Carlos Beltran (17) have more.
FOR PETE’S SAKE: Over his last five games, Alonso is batting .474 (9-19) with five runs, two doubles, one triple, two home runs and six RBI…Alonso is one double away from 100 for his career.
INTERLEAGUE PETE: Pete Alonso has hit 39 home runs in Interleague Play since the 2019 season…His 39 home runs against the American League is a franchise record, and the most among any player since 2019…Mike Piazza was the previous record holder with 28 Interleague home runs.
LINSANITY: Over the last 30 games, Francisco Lindor is batting .279 (31-111) with 23 runs, five doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 18 RBI, 17 walks, 11 steals with a .374 OBP, a .550 SLG and a .924 OPS…Lindor has stolen 17 bases in 100 games this season, exceeding his total from 2022 (16 steals in 161 games)…His career-best is 25 steals 158 games in 2018…The shortstop ranks fourth in the majors with a 94.4% success rate in steals…He has gone 17 out of 18 in stolen base attempts in 2023.
SUBWAY SERIES: The Mets complete the 2023 Subway Series tonight in The Bronx…The Mets are 2-1 in the 2023 version of the series…Last year, each team earned a two-game sweep at their home stadium…The Mets went 4-2 against the Yankees in 2021, scoring a franchise-record 44 runs against their crosstown rivals… The two teams went 3-3 against each other in 2020.
STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING DOORS: The Mets are 31-42 against the Yankees in The Bronx…The Amazin’s are 62-79 vs. the Yankees all-time during the regular season…The Mets are 110-147-2 vs. the Yankees combined in the regular season, World Series, Spring Training, 2020 Summer Camp, Mayor’s Trophy Games, Mayor’s Challenge Games and the Big Apple Series.
YANKEE CLIPPERS: Jeff McNeil has hit .349 (30-86) with 12 runs, five doubles, two home runs, 13 RBI, six walks with a .404 OBP and a .477 SLG in 23 career games against the Yankees…His .349 average against the Yankees is the third-highest among active players (min. 80 PA)…McNeil has hit .354 (17-48) with eight runs, four doubles, one home run, seven RBI and four walks in 13 career games in The Bronx…Francisco Lindor has hit .316 (61-193) with 43 runs, 14 doubles, one triple, 10 homers, 22 RBI, 24 walks with a .394 OBP and a .554 SLG against the team from The Bronx.
ALL-AMERICAN: Jeff McNeil has batted .317 (111-350) with 46 runs, 17 doubles, seven home runs, 46 RBI, 24 walks with a .369 OBP and a .426 SLG in 94 career games against the American League…McNeil’s .317 average ranks fourth among active players in Interleague games.
TWO OF HEARTS: The Mets are looking for their first two-game sweep of the Yankees since July 26-27, 2022 at Citi Field…The last time the Mets swept a two-game set at Yankee Stadium was May 12-13, 2014.
YOU LOOK FAMILIAR: Buck Showalter is the fifth manager to manage both the Mets and Yankees joining Casey Stengel, Yogi Berra, Dallas Green and Joe Torre… There have been 155 players who have played for both clubs, including current players: RHP Adam Ottavino, RHP David Robertson and OF Billy McKinney.
THEY’RE OUT OF MY LEAGUE: The Mets are in a stretch of eight consecutive games and 14 of 18 games against American League opponents…They are 4-3 in that span…The new schedule format has New York playing a total of 43 Interleague games in 2023, more than double their previous high for a single season (20)…The Mets are 14-13 against the American League this year…Overall, New York owns a 249-240 record in Interleague play…The team’s .509 winning percentage is the second-best among National League clubs.
DR. ROBERTSON: David Robertson is 4-2 with 14 saves, and a 2.05 ERA (10 ER/44.0 IP) with 13 walks and 48 strikeouts in 40 games this year…He is holding lefties to a .185 (15-81) average this year…His 14 saves rank ninth in the National League…His 171 career saves are the eighth-most among active players.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: New York is 24-31 on the road this season…The team’s 55 road games are tied for the most in the in the majors.
INVADER NIM: Brandon Nimmo has hit 15 home runs in 98 games this season… Nimmo’s career-high is 17 home runs, which he accomplished in 140 games in 2018…The left-handed hitter smacked 16 home runs in 151 games last season.
DOING THE SPLITS: Brandon Nimmo is batting .290 (63-217) with 30 runs, nine doubles, three triples, six home runs, 28 RBI, 30 walks, a .379 OBP and a .442 SLG on the road…This compares to a .226/.332/.451 slashline with 18 extra-base hits at home…Francisco Lindor is a .258 (56-217) with 39 runs, 15 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs, 43 RBI, 20 walks, a .328 OBP, a .512 SLG and an .839 OPS on the road in 2023…He is slashing .195/.301/.371 with 14 extra-base hits at Citi Field this year.
IF YOU START ME UP: The Mets are 30-6 when the starting pitcher throws at least 6.0 innings…New York has gone 13-1 when its starter pitches 7.0+ innings and are a perfect 5-0 when the starter completes 8.0 innings.
SECOND HALF SQUAD: The Mets are 275-241 in the second half since 2015 (not including 2020)…New York has only posted a losing second half twice during that time frame (2021 and 2017)…New York’s .533 winning percentage during that span is the fifth-best in the NL, behind Los Angeles (.626), St. Louis (.596), Chicago (.578) and Milwaukee (.534).
STEAL MY SUNSHINE: New York has been successful in all 18 of their stolen base attempts in July, bringing their season tally to 79 steals in 86 attempts…The team’s 91.9 percent success rate is the best in the majors…The Mets had a franchise-record run of 35 consecutive stolen bases without being caught from May 14- June 29… Overall, New York has been successful in 53 of their last 54 stolen base attempts.
YOU CAN CALL ME AL: Francisco Alvarez is tied for the lead all major league catchers in home runs and is third among all rookies in homers…He is tied for second in home runs in the majors this month with seven…Only San Diego’s Manny Machado has hit more with 11 dingers.
STARTING PITCHER – JOSÉ QUINTANA LHP #62
2023 STATS: 0-1, 3.60 ERA
LAST TIME OUT: Quintana made his first start with the Mets on July 20 against his former team, the Chicago White Sox…Allowed two earned runs on six hits and no walks in 5.0 innings while fanning three batters….Quintana signed a two-year contract with New York on December 9, 2022…The southpaw began the season on the IL due to a stress fracture in his rib cage…Underwent surgery on March 17.
REHAB ASSIGNMENT RECAP: Made five appearances across St. Lucie (A), Binghamton (AA) and Syracuse (AAA) as part of his rehab assignment after being placed on the 60-day IL with a left rib fracture…Threw 15.2 innings in five games, four of which were starts, pitching to a 4.60 ERA (8 ER/15.2 IP) while tallying 16 strikeouts compared to eight walks.
YANKEE DOODLES: Tonight, Quintana will face the Yankees for the eighth time in his career…Through his first seven career outings (six starts) against the Yankees, Quintana is 3-2 with a 2.97 ERA (11 ER/33.1 IP)…Quintana’s last outing against the Yankees came on July 5, 2022 while with Pittsburgh…Allowed one run on six hits and no walks while striking out seven batters in a 5-2 Pirates victory at PNC Park.
YOU GOTTA EARN ‘EM: Quintana has allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of his last 15 starts dating back to July 23, 2022…It is the longest such streak of his career and the longest such active streak in the majors by a starting pitcher (excluding openers).
HOT STREAK: Quintana has not allowed a home run over his last 66.2 innings dating back to August 4, 2022…Is the longest such active streak in MLB…Last season Quintana owned the lowest ERA (0.89) in Major League Baseball during the month of September last year and is the lowest ERA in any month in his career.
LEFT ‘EM SPEECHLESS: Reached 1,500 career strikeouts in his start vs. Colorado on August 16, 2022. Currently ranks fifth among active MLB lefties in strikeouts (1,535) behind Clayton Kershaw (2,912), Chris Sale (2,135), Madison Bumgarner (2,070) and Patrick Corbin (1,551).
NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees complete their five-game, six-day homestand tonight with the final game of the Subway Series vs. the New York Mets (0-1 thus far)…are 3-1 on their homestand after sweeping the Kansas City Royals in a three-game set this past weekend and dropping their series opener vs. the Mets…after this homestand, will travel to Baltimore for a three-game series (Fri.-Sun.).
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees fell to the Mets, 9-3, in their series opener on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium… RHP Domingo Germán (6.0IP, 7H, 6R/ER, 1BB, 9K, 3HR) started and took the loss…2B Gleyber Torres (1-for-4, 1BB) singled in the third inning to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games…SS Anthony Volpe (1-for-3, 1R, 1 double, 1RBI, 1BB, 1SB) drove in the Yankees’ first run with an RBI double in the seventh inning…DH Giancarlo Stanton (0-for-2, 1RBI, 2BB, 1SF) reached base twice and drove in the club’s second run with a sac fly in the seventh inning…PH/C Ben Rortvedt (0-for-1, 1RBI) drove in a run in the eighth inning…PH/LF Isiah Kiner-Falefa (1-for-1, 1R, 1HP) reached base twice…Yankees relievers allowed 3R/2ER in 3.0IP (5H, 2BB, 4K).
LEMACHINE: INF DJ LeMahieu walked a season-high three times on Tuesday…marked his most walks in a game since a career-high 4BB on 7/11/21 at Houston…marked just the seventh time in his career he has recorded at least 3BB in a game.
Is batting .304 (14-for-46) with 5R, 4 doubles, 1HR, 1RBI and 6BB in his last 13 games (since 7/6), hitting safely in 11 of those games.
Has reached base in 14 of his last 15 games (since 7/4) and 21 of his last 24 games (since 6/23).
In 62 career games vs. the Mets, has hit .302 (67-for-222) with 30R, 14 doubles, 2 triples, 2HR, 17RBI, 25BB and 5SB.
As a Yankee (since 2019), has hit .312 (104-for-333) with 62R, 17 doubles, 4 triples, 12HR, 34RBI and 42BB in 87 Interleague games.
STANTON ISLAND: DH/OF Giancarlo Stanton has hit 38 career home runs vs. the Mets, his most against a single opponent in his career (next: Washington – 36HR) and
the most by any active player vs. the Mets.
Has hit 6HR and recorded 14RBI in his last 12 games (since 7/8).
Has reached base multiple times in each of his last three games, reaching base in 6-of-13 PA over that span (4H, 2BB, .462 OBP).
FAN-TASTIC: The Yankees recorded their 13th sellout of the season on Tuesday with a paid attendance of 46,540…11 of their last 25 home gates have been sellouts…the Yankees have averaged 41,351 fans per home gate this season, the highest home average attendance in the American League and the third-highest in the Majors, trailing only Los Angeles-NL (48,167) and St. Louis (42,065).
WILD BILL: OF Billy McKinney has reached base in 9-of14 PA (3H, 5BB, 1HP, .643 OBP) over his last six games (since 7/16) and has reached base in 14-of-31 PA over his last 12 games (since 7/5), posting a .452 OBP in that span (6H, 7BB, 1HP).
HAWAIIAN PUNCH: INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa is batting .315/.418/.463 (17-for-54) with 11R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 9RBI, 10BB, 1HP, 2SF and 1SB in his last 21 games (since 6/22).
FOUR SCORE: The Yankees are 44-12 this season when scoring at least 4R…are 45-17 this season when holding their opponent to 4R-or-fewer.
RIGHT HAND MAN: RHP Ian Hamilton has not allowed an earned run in 19 of his last 22 appearances (since 4/13), going 1-0 with one save, a 1.38 ERA (26.0IP, 4ER) and 29K in that span.
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres owns a career-high 14-game hitting streak (since 7/6), the longest by a Yankee this season…is just the second Yankee in the last four seasons (since 2020) to record a hitting streak of at least 14 games and is just the third Yankee in the last six seasons (since 2018) to do so, joining Isiah Kiner-Falefa (15-game streak from 7/10-29/22) and DJ LeMahieu (14-game streak from 6/14-30/19)…also marks the second-longest active hitting streak in the Majors, trailing only Los Angeles-AL’s Mickey Moniak’s 15-game streak (since 7/2)…is batting .368/.387/.561 (21-for-57) with 10R, 1 triple, 3HR, 7RBI, 3BB, 2SF and 1SB over his 14-game hitting streak. Has hit safely in 19 of his last 21 games (since 6/29) and 21 of his last 24 games (since 6/25), batting .316 (30- for-95) with 15R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4HR, 13RBI, 7BB, 2SF and 2SB over that 24-game stretch…since 6/25, his 30H are tied for the third-most in the AL and tied for the ninth-most in the Majors in that span.
Has reached base in 23 of his last 25 games (since 6/24) and 36 of his last 39 games (since 6/8-G1).
Is batting .321 (26-for-81) with 13R, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 4HR, 11RBI, 6BB, 2SF and 2SB in 20 games during July.
Is batting .342 (27-for-79) with 11R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 3HR, 9RBI and 5BB in the first inning this season… has reached base in the first inning in nine of his last 11 games, 10 of his last 13 games and 11 of his last 16 games.
FREE THROW: New York Liberty Guard and two-time WNBA All-Star Sabrina Ionescu will throw out tonight’s ceremonial first pitch…Ionescu is the the reigning and record-breaking WNBA three-point champion and the NCAA all-time leader in career triple doubles.
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: INF Anthony Volpe drove in the Yankees’ first run on Tuesday with an RBI double in the seventh inning…also stole his 18th base of the season in the fifth inning.
His 18SB are the most by a Yankees rookie since Eduardo Núñez’s 22SB in 2011.
Is just the second Yankee in the last 12 seasons (since 2012) to record at least 18SB through the club’s first 101 games of a season, joining Jacoby Ellsbury (28SB in 2014).
NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo is batting .343/.418/.443 (24-for-70) with 4 doubles, 1HR, 8BB and 1HP vs. left-handed pitchers this season…among Major League left-handed batters, ranks second in OBP (second in AL) and fourth in BA (second in AL) vs. left-handed pitchers… among all Major League hitters, is third in OBP (third in AL) and ninth in BA (fourth in AL) vs. left-handed pitchers.
DARTH BADER: OF Harrison Bader has reached base safely in each of his last eight games (since 7/15), 10 of his last 11 games (since 7/8), 13 of his last 15 games (since 7/3), 15 of his last 19 games (since 6/28) and 17 of his last 22 games (since 6/24).
Is batting .316/.372/.816 (12-for-38) with 3 doubles, 2 triples, 4HR, 3BB and 1HP vs. left-handed pitchers this season.
TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT: The Yankees are 7-4 in their last 11 games vs. left-handed starters (since 5/8/23).
HOLMES SWEET HOLMES: RHP Clay Holmes has not allowed a run in 27 of his last 30 appearances (since 5/6), going 4-0 with nine saves and a 0.91 ERA (29.2IP, 3ER) in that span…his 0.91 ERA since 5/6 is the second-lowest ERA among all Major League pitchers in that span (min. 25.0IP), trailing only Baltimore’s Félix Bautista (0.52).
BEST VS. THE METS: The Yankees are 79-62 (.560) all-time vs. the Mets…marks the highest win total by any team over any single opponent in the history of Interleague play (next: Tampa Bay’s 76 wins vs. Miami).
TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: LHP CARLOS RODÓN (0-3, 7.36 ERA)
LHP Carlos Rodón will make his fourth start of the season in tonight’s series finale vs. the Mets…the 30-year-old will pitch on extended six days’ rest…last pitched on 7/19 at Los Angeles-AL, recording the loss after allowing a season-high 6ER in 4.1IP (4H, 5BB, 3K, 2HR)…made his Yankees debut on 7/7 vs. Chicago-NL at Yankee Stadium, recording the loss despite allowing 2ER in 5.1IP (4H, 2BB, 2K, 1HR, 1WP)…was returned from rehab and reinstated from the 60-day injured list prior to the game…missed 88 team games…began the season on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to 3/27) with a left forearm strain and was transferred to the 60-day injured list on 6/1…finished sixth in the NL Cy Young voting in 2022 after going 14-8 with one complete game and a 2.88 ERA (178.0IP, 131H, 59R/57ER, 52BB, 237K, 12HR) over 31 starts with the San Francisco Giants…the two-time All-Star (2021 with Chicago-AL and 2022 with San Francisco) has finished in the top-six of Cy Young voting twice (fifth in 2021 and sixth in 2022)…over the previous two seasons (2021-22), went 27-13 with two complete games and a 2.67 ERA (310.2IP, 222H, 98R/92ER, 88BB, 422K, 25HR) in 55 starts…over that span, led the Majors in K/9.0IP (12.23) and opponents’ SLG (.307), ranked second in opponents’ BA (.196) and opponents’ OPS (.567), third in WAR among pitchers (11.1, FanGraphs), fourth in ERA (2.67), opponents’ OBP (.259) and double-digit strikeout games (16), fifth in HR/9.0IP (0.72), tied for sixth in wins and seventh in strikeouts…was originally selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 16th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign and went on to play three seasons at North Carolina State University (2012-14)…was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the first round (third overall) of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft…signed a six-year Major League contract with the Yankees extending through the 2028 season on 12/21/22.
LAST TIME OUT: Made his third start of the season on 7/19 at Los Angeles-AL, recording the loss after allowing a season-high 6ER in 4.1IP (4H, 5BB, 3K, 2HR)…marked his 150th career start…his 6R/ER were his most allowed in a game since 5/15/22 at St. Louis with San Francisco (8R/ER)…his 5BB were a season high and his most in a game since 4/20/21 at Cleveland with Chicago-AL (5BB).
VS. NEW YORK-NL/INTERLEAGUE: Will make his second career start vs. New York-NL…made his first start vs. the Mets at Citi Field on 4/20/22 with San Francisco, earning the win after tossing 5.0 scoreless innings (3H, 2BB, 8K).
Will make his third Interleague start this season (also 7/7 vs. Chicago-NL and 7/14 at Colorado)…is 12-10 with a 3.80 ERA (132.2IP, 110H, 58R/56ER, 48BB, 144K, 14HR) in 26 career Interleague games (25 starts)…is 8-2 with a 1.91 ERA (56.2IP, 12ER) and 63K over his last 10 Interleague starts (since 8/7/21 at Chicago-NL with Chicago-AL).
Went 5-0 with a 1.44 ERA (31.1IP, 5ER) and 35K in five Interleague starts in 2022.
HOME SWEET HOME: Will make his second home start this season…made his Yankees debut on 7/7 vs. Chicago-NL at Yankee Stadium, recording the loss despite allowing 2ER in 5.1IP (4H, 2BB, 2K, 1HR, 1WP)…surrendered a solo HR to Cody Bellinger in the third inning and an RBI single to Nico Hoerner in the fifth.
In 74 career games (72 starts) at home, has gone 29-21 with a 3.52 ERA (406.2IP, 352H, 170R/159ER, 153BB, 463K, 44HR).
Over his previous two seasons at home (2021-22), went 14-5 with a 2.07 ERA (147.2IP, 99H, 35R/34ER, 41BB, 206K, 9HR) in 26 starts…opposing batters hit .187 (99-for-530)…allowed 2R-or-fewer in 22 of those starts, 1R-or-fewer in 18 of those starts and seven of those starts were scoreless. Made four career starts at Yankee Stadium as the opposing starting pitcher, going 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA (25.0IP, 12H, 6ER, 11BB, 24K, 1HR)…all four starts were quality starts.
Went 8-2 with a 1.93 ERA (84.0IP, 61H, 19R/18ER, 26BB, 121K, 5HR) in 15 starts at home in 2022 with San Francisco…opponents batted .199/.263/.301 (61-for-306)… 10 of his 15 starts at Oracle Park in 2022 were quality outings.
His 1.93 home ERA last season was the second-lowest by a qualified Giants starter in a single season since Oracle Park opened in 2000, trailing only Tim Lincecum’s 1.88 home ERA in 2009…was also the fourth-lowest ERA at home in the Majors.
