Cam Schlittler, Yankees overpower Mets in first game of Subway Series
Cam Schlittler can add Queens to his list of locales conquered.All it took for the Mets to revert to their pre-homestand form on Friday was a visit from the Yankees ace, in his Subway Series debut, carrying the weight of the team’s weeklong downturn.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.
The Mets barely touched him in a 5-2 loss at Citi Field that snapped their three-game winning streak.Schlittler, in helping the Yankees win for only the second time in seven games, allowed one run — on a Juan Soto homer — departing after 6 ⅔ innings in which he surrendered two hits and two walks with nine strikeouts.He threw a season-high 106 pitches, and his ERA remained at 1.35.Overall, the Mets managed five hits on a night the Yankees received 2 2/3 solid innings in relief from Fernando Cruz and David Bednar.It was a comedown for the Mets after blasting a season-high five homers a day earlier to complete a three-game sweep of Detroit.The Mets scored 22 runs in the three games and appeared on track offensively after a deep slumber to complete their last road trip.Brett Baty singled with two outs in the second against Schlittler for the Mets’ only hit until Soto homered leading off the seventh.
Schlittler had a fourth straight start of allowing one run or less. In his first underwhelming start of the season, Clay Holmes lasted only 4 ⅓ innings and surrendered four earned runs on seven hits with two walks and eight strikeouts.
It was the first time this season Holmes failed to last at least five innings, and he snapped a streak of eight straight starts to begin the season in which he allowed two earned runs or fewer.Holmes got two outs in the third before allowing consecutive singles to Ben Rice and Aaron Judge.Holmes got ahead 1-2 in the count to Cody Bellinger, who swung at a curveball below the strike zone and golfed a two-run double to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.Ja...