NEW YORK -- On a night that felt more like October than late April, Michael Pineda gave the Yankees an impressive performance in a matchup all of New York could get behind in the World Series.
Pineda consistently threw deceptive strikes into the eighth inning, Mark Teixeira had a pair of two-run homers and the Yankees ended the crosstown rival Mets' 11-game winning streak with a 6-1 victory Friday night in the Subway Series opener.
"He's dominant," Yankees catcher Brian McCann said of the powerful right-hander.
Jacoby Ellsbury also connected off Jacob deGrom (2-2) for a third home run to the short right field in the Bronx as the Yankees ended a four-game home skid to the Mets.
Pineda (3-0) allowed five hits and a run in 7⅔ innings in his longest outing with the Yankees, who won for the seventh time in eight games. The NL East-leading Mets lost in their first game this season against a team outside the division.
"He's matured. He took a tough situation last year and figured out how to pitch in the cold," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said, referring to when Pineda was caught using pine tar at Boston. "On a night like tonight, it was extremely impressive."
For the first time since the start of interleague play in 1997, the teams entered a Subway Series game with each holding at least a share of first place in their divisions. Even with the Rangers playing an NHL playoff game at Madison Square Garden and the Islanders and Nets also in the postseason, baseball was abuzz in New York on a brisk, 46-degree night.
The banged-up Mets were coming off a perfect 10-game homestand that gave them the best record in baseball at 13-3, matching the 1986 team for best start in franchise history.
"It's disappointing because we were on a nice roll," Mets manager Terry Collins said, "and I know the Yankees have been playing very well, but we're surprised when Jake doesn't have his good stuff, and tonight he didn't have it."
While the Mets were playing in front of packed houses at Citi Field that started talk of a shift in the balance of New York baseball toward the club from Queens for the first time in more than 20 years, the Yankees were on a run of their own. They returned from a 7-3 road trip, including taking three of four in Detroit, tied with Boston atop the AL East after losing four of five to open the season.
And the Bronx Bombers quickly showed they're not ceding any bragging rights in the Big Apple.
Bernie Williams, who caught the final out of the 2000 Subway World Series, threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and then Pineda shut down the Mets with pinpoint control of his nasty breaking pitch. He struck out seven and didn't walk a batter, throwing 78 of his 100 pitches for strikes.
"That's what I'm looking for, attack the hitter for a first-pitch strike," Pineda said.
Teixeira homered in the first, a soaring shot down the right-field line that appeared to get some help from the gusting wind to keep it fair.
That drive ended an 18⅓-inning scoreless stretch for deGrom that began after he gave up a first-inning homer in his first start of the season. Teixeira hit a similar drive in the third three batters after Ellsbury barely cleared the right-field wall, 314 feet from home plate. The three homers matched the most deGrom has yielded in his career.
"I was throwing the ball fine in the bullpen, and when I went in the game I don't know if it was a little adrenaline or something but I was leaving the ball up," deGrom said.
DeGrom gave up eight hits and a career high-tying six runs that more than tripled his ERA to 2.96.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: GM Sandy Alderson said closer Bobby Parnell (Tommy John surgery) is being shut down for a week because of forearm soreness. Alderson said team medical director Dr. David Altchek found nothing wrong with the right-hander's surgically repaired pitching elbow.
Yankees: Carlos Beltran turned 38 Friday. He went 0-for-3 to lower his average to .173 with no homers and seven RBIs after having elbow surgery in the offseason.
UP NEXT
Mets: Harvey Day hits the road. Ace Matt Harvey tries to improve to 4-0 in his return from Tommy John surgery. In nine career April starts, the Dark Knight is 7-0 with a 2.12 ERA.
Yankees: Coming off his best start of the year -- eight innings in a 2-1 loss at Detroit -- CC Sabathia is looking for his first win since April 24, 2014. The big left-hander had knee surgery that limited him to eight starts last year.
SEE YA
Jonathon Niese, the Mets' Sunday starter, was ejected in the sixth inning, shouting at plate umpire and crew chief Doug Eddings during Juan Lagares' at-bat. "I told him make an adjustment, and he said he didn't want to hear another word," Niese said, "and I said, 'Well, then, make an adjustment,' and then he tossed me."
Pineda consistently threw deceptive strikes into the eighth inning, Mark Teixeira had a pair of two-run homers and the Yankees ended the crosstown rival Mets' 11-game winning streak with a 6-1 victory Friday night in the Subway Series opener.
"He's dominant," Yankees catcher Brian McCann said of the powerful right-hander.
Jacoby Ellsbury also connected off Jacob deGrom (2-2) for a third home run to the short right field in the Bronx as the Yankees ended a four-game home skid to the Mets.
Pineda (3-0) allowed five hits and a run in 7⅔ innings in his longest outing with the Yankees, who won for the seventh time in eight games. The NL East-leading Mets lost in their first game this season against a team outside the division.
"He's matured. He took a tough situation last year and figured out how to pitch in the cold," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said, referring to when Pineda was caught using pine tar at Boston. "On a night like tonight, it was extremely impressive."
For the first time since the start of interleague play in 1997, the teams entered a Subway Series game with each holding at least a share of first place in their divisions. Even with the Rangers playing an NHL playoff game at Madison Square Garden and the Islanders and Nets also in the postseason, baseball was abuzz in New York on a brisk, 46-degree night.
The banged-up Mets were coming off a perfect 10-game homestand that gave them the best record in baseball at 13-3, matching the 1986 team for best start in franchise history.
"It's disappointing because we were on a nice roll," Mets manager Terry Collins said, "and I know the Yankees have been playing very well, but we're surprised when Jake doesn't have his good stuff, and tonight he didn't have it."
While the Mets were playing in front of packed houses at Citi Field that started talk of a shift in the balance of New York baseball toward the club from Queens for the first time in more than 20 years, the Yankees were on a run of their own. They returned from a 7-3 road trip, including taking three of four in Detroit, tied with Boston atop the AL East after losing four of five to open the season.
And the Bronx Bombers quickly showed they're not ceding any bragging rights in the Big Apple.
Bernie Williams, who caught the final out of the 2000 Subway World Series, threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and then Pineda shut down the Mets with pinpoint control of his nasty breaking pitch. He struck out seven and didn't walk a batter, throwing 78 of his 100 pitches for strikes.
"That's what I'm looking for, attack the hitter for a first-pitch strike," Pineda said.
Teixeira homered in the first, a soaring shot down the right-field line that appeared to get some help from the gusting wind to keep it fair.
That drive ended an 18⅓-inning scoreless stretch for deGrom that began after he gave up a first-inning homer in his first start of the season. Teixeira hit a similar drive in the third three batters after Ellsbury barely cleared the right-field wall, 314 feet from home plate. The three homers matched the most deGrom has yielded in his career.
"I was throwing the ball fine in the bullpen, and when I went in the game I don't know if it was a little adrenaline or something but I was leaving the ball up," deGrom said.
DeGrom gave up eight hits and a career high-tying six runs that more than tripled his ERA to 2.96.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: GM Sandy Alderson said closer Bobby Parnell (Tommy John surgery) is being shut down for a week because of forearm soreness. Alderson said team medical director Dr. David Altchek found nothing wrong with the right-hander's surgically repaired pitching elbow.
Yankees: Carlos Beltran turned 38 Friday. He went 0-for-3 to lower his average to .173 with no homers and seven RBIs after having elbow surgery in the offseason.
UP NEXT
Mets: Harvey Day hits the road. Ace Matt Harvey tries to improve to 4-0 in his return from Tommy John surgery. In nine career April starts, the Dark Knight is 7-0 with a 2.12 ERA.
Yankees: Coming off his best start of the year -- eight innings in a 2-1 loss at Detroit -- CC Sabathia is looking for his first win since April 24, 2014. The big left-hander had knee surgery that limited him to eight starts last year.
SEE YA
Jonathon Niese, the Mets' Sunday starter, was ejected in the sixth inning, shouting at plate umpire and crew chief Doug Eddings during Juan Lagares' at-bat. "I told him make an adjustment, and he said he didn't want to hear another word," Niese said, "and I said, 'Well, then, make an adjustment,' and then he tossed me."
7:05PM,EDT,April 24,2015
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Granderson struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Lagares struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Duda flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Ellsbury flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Gardner singled to right center. | 0 | 0 |
| Rodriguez flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Teixeira homered to right (361 feet), Gardner scored. | 0 | 2 |
| McCann singled to shallow right. | 0 | 2 |
| Beltrán flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Cuddyer lined out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Murphy flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Campbell struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Headley flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Drew grounded out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Flores grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 2 |
| Plawecki struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Nieuwenhuis doubled to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Granderson grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Ellsbury homered to right (358 feet). | 0 | 3 |
| Gardner singled to right, Gardner thrown out at second attempting to advance on play. | 0 | 3 |
| Rodriguez walked. | 0 | 3 |
| Teixeira homered to right (375 feet), Rodriguez scored. | 0 | 5 |
| McCann singled to shallow center. | 0 | 5 |
| Beltrán walked, McCann to second. | 0 | 5 |
| Headley singled to shallow right, McCann to third, Beltrán to second. | 0 | 5 |
| Drew hit sacrifice fly to center, McCann scored. | 0 | 6 |
| Gregorius flied out to right. | 0 | 6 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Lagares grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 6 |
| Duda struck out looking. | 0 | 6 |
| Cuddyer popped out to second. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Ellsbury fouled out to third. | 0 | 6 |
| Gardner lined out to left. | 0 | 6 |
| Rodriguez lined out to center. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Murphy grounded out to first. | 0 | 6 |
| Campbell doubled to deep left center. | 0 | 6 |
| Flores singled to right, Campbell to third. | 0 | 6 |
| Plawecki struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| Nieuwenhuis grounded out to first. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Teixeira flied out to left. | 0 | 6 |
| McCann struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| Beltrán flied out to center. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Granderson reached on infield single to second. | 0 | 6 |
| Granderson to second on wild pitch by Pineda. | 0 | 6 |
| Lagares flied out to right, Granderson to third. | 0 | 6 |
| Duda hit sacrifice fly to left, Granderson scored. | 1 | 6 |
| Cuddyer flied out to right. | 1 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Sean Gilmartin pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Headley grounded out to first. | 1 | 6 |
| Drew struck out looking. | 1 | 6 |
| Gregorius popped out to second. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Murphy struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Campbell grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 6 |
| Flores grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Sean Gilmartin pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Ellsbury reached on infield single to third. | 1 | 6 |
| Gardner grounded into fielder's choice to second, Ellsbury safe at second on error by second baseman Murphy. | 1 | 6 |
| Robles relieved Gilmartin. | 1 | 6 |
| Rodriguez reached on infield single to shortstop, Ellsbury to third, Gardner to second. | 1 | 6 |
| Teixeira fouled out to third. | 1 | 6 |
| McCann struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Beltrán struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Plawecki fouled out to catcher. | 1 | 6 |
| Nieuwenhuis grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 6 |
| Granderson doubled to left center. | 1 | 6 |
| Shreve relieved Pineda. | 1 | 6 |
| Lagares struck out looking. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Erik Goeddel pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Headley grounded out to first. | 1 | 6 |
| Drew struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Gregorius doubled to right. | 1 | 6 |
| Ellsbury popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Chasen Shreve pitching for New York | NYM | NYY |
| Duda grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| Cuddyer safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Headley. | 1 | 6 |
| Murphy grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Cuddyer out at second. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granderson RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .222 | .382 | .259 |
| Lagares CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .254 | .271 | .269 |
| Duda 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .333 | .414 | .500 |
| Cuddyer DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .254 | .333 | .390 |
| Murphy 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .158 | .234 | .263 |
| Campbell 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .259 | .389 | .333 |
| Flores SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .275 | .315 | .471 |
| Plawecki C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .200 | .273 | .200 |
| Nieuwenhuis LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .067 | .176 | .133 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 115 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Nieuwenhuis (1, Pineda); Campbell (2, Pineda); Granderson (2, Pineda) RBI: Duda (10) SF: Duda GIDP: Murphy Mets RISP: 1-6 (Granderson 0-1, Flores 1-1, Nieuwenhuis 0-1, Plawecki 0-1, Lagares 0-2) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Murphy (3, ground ball) Outfield Assist: Granderson (Gardner at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| P NIESE EJECTED TOP 6TH (ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES) |
Game Information
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 45,310 (92.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:33 |
| Weather | 49 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 13 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Doug Eddings, First Base - Adrian Johnson, Second Base - Jim Wolf, Third Base - Adam Hamari |
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