NEW YORK -- There's certainly one New York team elated about the limit on Matt Harvey's innings -- and it's not the first-place Mets.
Carlos Beltran, CC Sabathia and the Yankees took advantage of Harvey's early exit Sunday night, beating the sloppy Mets 11-2 to tighten the AL East race just in time for a critical trip to Toronto.
Dustin Ackley hit a three-run homer after Beltran's go-ahead double, and Sabathia (5-9) won for the first time since July 8 as the Yankees took two of three at Citi Field to win both Subway Series this season. The Yankees, who lead the wild-card standings, moved within 2½ games of the first-place Blue Jays heading into their three-game set beginning Monday night.
"I think you want a chance. That's all you can ask for in this game," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
The only bad news for the Bronx Bombers: Masahiro Tanaka won't make his scheduled start in the series because of a strained right hamstring.
Harvey looks fully healthy but was pulled after five scoreless innings. The Mets are curbing his workload down the stretch even as they try to close out an NL East championship -- and attending to both details became difficult Sunday night.
"The last thing I ever want to do, especially in a close game like that, is come out," said Harvey, scheduled for two more (probably abbreviated) starts during the regular season. "I'm going to be ready for my next start, whenever it is."
The loss reduced the Mets' lead to six games over Washington with 13 to play and kept the magic number to clinch at eight.
Harvey's previous turn was skipped after he got tagged by the Nationals on Sept. 8. Pitching for the first time in 12 days, the right-hander yielded only an infield single and struck out seven.
Six relievers followed Harvey to the mound, and none were particularly effective.
"It was extremely hard to take him out there," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Couldn't have set it up any worse than it was."
Once the Mets went to the soft part of their bullpen, the Yankees quickly erased a 1-0 deficit. Two of the Mets' four errors helped the Yankees score five runs -- four unearned -- off Hansel Robles (4-3) in the sixth.
Beltran hit a two-run double, and Ackley's drive made it 5-1.
Greg Bird added a three-run homer in a five-run eighth, long after Girardi was ejected by third-base umpire John Hirschbeck for arguing a checked-swing strike.
Girardi went nose-to-nose with Hirschbeck on the field but didn't realize he'd been tossed until Hirschbeck asked Girardi what he was still doing in the dugout an inning later.
Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits for the Yankees.
"It's huge for us," Beltran said. "They're in first place. We're trying to get there. It was a very meaningful ballgame."
Harvey has thrown 176⅔ innings in his first season back from Tommy John surgery, and agent Scott Boras has said doctors don't want the 26-year-old ace to surpass 180 -- although Harvey says he would be available for the playoffs.
"We'll stay with the plan for right now until we see where we are at the end of the month," Collins said.
Harvey got a normal reception in his first home start since the ruckus about his innings limit drew an avalanche of criticism early this month. After he was removed, he sat on the bench and lowered his head, nodding during a chat with Collins.
"It's hard for me to get it, because I am, at heart, the old-school guy," Collins said. "But I understand where it's coming from. Therefore, you adjust to it. Because I've said before, there's a lot of things in our game today I don't necessarily agree with. You adjust to it or get out. So I'm adjusting to it. I might get out here pretty soon, but I'm going to adjust to it right now."
BACK IN BUSINESS
Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes ended an 0-for-19 slump with a fifth-inning double.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: Tanaka got hurt running to first base after bunting Friday against the Mets. The team hopes he will miss only one turn. Struggling RHP Ivan Nova, recently removed from the rotation, will pitch in Tanaka's place Wednesday night.
Mets: All-Star pitcher Jacob deGrom will be pushed back in the rotation this week rather than skipped entirely, Collins said. The club is concerned about deGrom's recent slump in his first full major league season and wants to give him a breather. ... 2B Juan Uribe was removed in the fifth. He bruised his chest when he saved a run with a diving stop in the third. X-rays were negative, the Mets said, but Uribe will have an MRI on Monday.
UP NEXT
Yankees: RHP Adam Warren (6-6, 3.33 ERA) faces Blue Jays ace David Price (16-5, 2.42) on Monday night.
Mets: The next 10 games are against Atlanta, Cincinnati and Philadelphia -- all currently at least 22 games under .500. LHP Jonathon Niese (8-10, 4.31 ERA) goes Monday night against Braves RHP Shelby Miller (5-15, 3.00), who is 0-14 in 22 starts since his most recent win on May 17.
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Carlos Beltran, CC Sabathia and the Yankees took advantage of Harvey's early exit Sunday night, beating the sloppy Mets 11-2 to tighten the AL East race just in time for a critical trip to Toronto.
Dustin Ackley hit a three-run homer after Beltran's go-ahead double, and Sabathia (5-9) won for the first time since July 8 as the Yankees took two of three at Citi Field to win both Subway Series this season. The Yankees, who lead the wild-card standings, moved within 2½ games of the first-place Blue Jays heading into their three-game set beginning Monday night.
"I think you want a chance. That's all you can ask for in this game," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
The only bad news for the Bronx Bombers: Masahiro Tanaka won't make his scheduled start in the series because of a strained right hamstring.
Harvey looks fully healthy but was pulled after five scoreless innings. The Mets are curbing his workload down the stretch even as they try to close out an NL East championship -- and attending to both details became difficult Sunday night.
"The last thing I ever want to do, especially in a close game like that, is come out," said Harvey, scheduled for two more (probably abbreviated) starts during the regular season. "I'm going to be ready for my next start, whenever it is."
The loss reduced the Mets' lead to six games over Washington with 13 to play and kept the magic number to clinch at eight.
Harvey's previous turn was skipped after he got tagged by the Nationals on Sept. 8. Pitching for the first time in 12 days, the right-hander yielded only an infield single and struck out seven.
Six relievers followed Harvey to the mound, and none were particularly effective.
"It was extremely hard to take him out there," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Couldn't have set it up any worse than it was."
Once the Mets went to the soft part of their bullpen, the Yankees quickly erased a 1-0 deficit. Two of the Mets' four errors helped the Yankees score five runs -- four unearned -- off Hansel Robles (4-3) in the sixth.
Beltran hit a two-run double, and Ackley's drive made it 5-1.
Greg Bird added a three-run homer in a five-run eighth, long after Girardi was ejected by third-base umpire John Hirschbeck for arguing a checked-swing strike.
Girardi went nose-to-nose with Hirschbeck on the field but didn't realize he'd been tossed until Hirschbeck asked Girardi what he was still doing in the dugout an inning later.
Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits for the Yankees.
"It's huge for us," Beltran said. "They're in first place. We're trying to get there. It was a very meaningful ballgame."
Harvey has thrown 176⅔ innings in his first season back from Tommy John surgery, and agent Scott Boras has said doctors don't want the 26-year-old ace to surpass 180 -- although Harvey says he would be available for the playoffs.
"We'll stay with the plan for right now until we see where we are at the end of the month," Collins said.
Harvey got a normal reception in his first home start since the ruckus about his innings limit drew an avalanche of criticism early this month. After he was removed, he sat on the bench and lowered his head, nodding during a chat with Collins.
"It's hard for me to get it, because I am, at heart, the old-school guy," Collins said. "But I understand where it's coming from. Therefore, you adjust to it. Because I've said before, there's a lot of things in our game today I don't necessarily agree with. You adjust to it or get out. So I'm adjusting to it. I might get out here pretty soon, but I'm going to adjust to it right now."
BACK IN BUSINESS
Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes ended an 0-for-19 slump with a fifth-inning double.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: Tanaka got hurt running to first base after bunting Friday against the Mets. The team hopes he will miss only one turn. Struggling RHP Ivan Nova, recently removed from the rotation, will pitch in Tanaka's place Wednesday night.
Mets: All-Star pitcher Jacob deGrom will be pushed back in the rotation this week rather than skipped entirely, Collins said. The club is concerned about deGrom's recent slump in his first full major league season and wants to give him a breather. ... 2B Juan Uribe was removed in the fifth. He bruised his chest when he saved a run with a diving stop in the third. X-rays were negative, the Mets said, but Uribe will have an MRI on Monday.
UP NEXT
Yankees: RHP Adam Warren (6-6, 3.33 ERA) faces Blue Jays ace David Price (16-5, 2.42) on Monday night.
Mets: The next 10 games are against Atlanta, Cincinnati and Philadelphia -- all currently at least 22 games under .500. LHP Jonathon Niese (8-10, 4.31 ERA) goes Monday night against Braves RHP Shelby Miller (5-15, 3.00), who is 0-14 in 22 starts since his most recent win on May 17.
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Citi Field, New York, New York
Citi Field, 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Ellsbury struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Gardner struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Beltrán grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Tejada doubled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Wright doubled to right center, Tejada scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Céspedes struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Uribe struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| d'Arnaud walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Duda walked, Wright to third, d'Arnaud to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Cuddyer fouled out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| McCann grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Bird struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Headley walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Ackley lined out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Lagares popped out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Harvey struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Tejada lined out to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Gregorius lined out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Sabathia struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Ellsbury safe at first on error by pitcher Harvey. | 0 | 1 |
| Ellsbury stole second. | 0 | 1 |
| Gardner reached on infield single to second, Ellsbury to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Beltrán flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Wright flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Céspedes flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Uribe grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| McCann struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Bird flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Headley struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| d'Arnaud grounded out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| Duda flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Cuddyer doubled to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Lagares intentionally walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Harvey struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Harvey pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Murphy at second base. | 0 | 1 |
| Ackley grounded out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| Gregorius lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Sabathia struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Tejada grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Wright grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Céspedes doubled to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Murphy struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Hansel Robles pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Robles relieved Harvey. | 0 | 1 |
| Ellsbury reached on infield single to second, Ellsbury to second on throwing error by second baseman Murphy. | 0 | 1 |
| Gardner grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Ellsbury to third on error by third baseman Wright. | 0 | 1 |
| Beltrán doubled to center, Ellsbury and Gardner scored. | 2 | 1 |
| McCann struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Beltrán to third on wild pitch by Robles. | 2 | 1 |
| Bird walked. | 2 | 1 |
| Headley struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Ackley homered to right, Beltrán and Bird scored. | 5 | 1 |
| Gilmartin relieved Robles. | 5 | 1 |
| Gregorius singled to right. | 5 | 1 |
| Sabathia lined out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 2 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Drew at second base. | 5 | 1 |
| d'Arnaud struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Duda struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Cuddyer singled to right. | 5 | 1 |
| Lagares grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Eric O'Flaherty pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| O'Flaherty relieved Gilmartin. | 5 | 1 |
| Ellsbury singled to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Gardner grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Ellsbury out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| Beltrán flied out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| McCann hit by pitch, Gardner to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Gardner to third on wild pitch by O'Flaherty. | 5 | 1 |
| Bird walked, McCann to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Goeddel relieved O'Flaherty. | 5 | 1 |
| Headley walked, Gardner scored, McCann to third, Bird to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Drew flied out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Nick Rumbelow pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Rumbelow relieved Sabathia. | 6 | 1 |
| Granderson hit for Goeddel. | 6 | 1 |
| Granderson flied out to left. | 6 | 1 |
| Conforto hit for Tejada. | 6 | 1 |
| Conforto struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| Wright struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Carlos Torres pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Torres relieved Goeddel. | 6 | 1 |
| Flores at shortstop. | 6 | 1 |
| Gregorius grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 1 |
| Rodriguez hit for Rumbelow. | 6 | 1 |
| Rodriguez walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Noel ran for Rodriguez. | 6 | 1 |
| Noel stole second. | 6 | 1 |
| Ellsbury singled to left center, Noel scored. | 7 | 1 |
| Gardner struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Beltrán walked, Ellsbury to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Stauffer relieved Torres. | 7 | 1 |
| McCann singled to center, Ellsbury scored, Beltrán to second, Beltrán to third on error by center fielder Lagares. | 8 | 1 |
| Bird homered to left center, Beltrán and McCann scored. | 11 | 1 |
| Headley walked. | 11 | 1 |
| Drew flied out to center. | 11 | 1 |
| 5 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chris Capuano pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Young in right field. | 11 | 1 |
| Ryan at third base. | 11 | 1 |
| Murphy catching. | 11 | 1 |
| Capuano relieved Rumbelow. | 11 | 1 |
| Heathcott in center field. | 11 | 1 |
| Campbell hit for Céspedes. | 11 | 1 |
| Campbell doubled to right. | 11 | 1 |
| Murphy singled to right, Campbell scored. | 11 | 2 |
| Recker hit for d'Arnaud. | 11 | 2 |
| Recker struck out swinging. | 11 | 2 |
| Duda grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Murphy out at second. | 11 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Tim Stauffer pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Nieuwenhuis in right field. | 11 | 2 |
| Campbell at third base. | 11 | 2 |
| Herrera at second base. | 11 | 2 |
| Recker catching. | 11 | 2 |
| Young Jr. in left field. | 11 | 2 |
| Refsnyder hit for Gregorius. | 11 | 2 |
| Refsnyder struck out swinging. | 11 | 2 |
| Heathcott flied out to right. | 11 | 2 |
| Young struck out swinging. | 11 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Nick Goody pitching for New York | NYY | NYM |
| Goody relieved Capuano. | 11 | 2 |
| Drew at shortstop. | 11 | 2 |
| Refsnyder at second base. | 11 | 2 |
| Young Jr. popped out to shortstop. | 11 | 2 |
| Lagares grounded out to shortstop. | 11 | 2 |
| Flores lined out to right. | 11 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Ellsbury CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .259 | .317 | .345 |
Young RF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .247 | .309 | .450 |
| Gardner LF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .264 | .347 | .416 |
| Beltrán RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .278 | .338 | .469 |
Ryan 3B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .270 | .345 |
| McCann C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .241 | .327 | .463 |
Murphy C
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .322 | .417 |
| Bird 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | .250 | .336 | .518 |
| Headley 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 29 | .264 | .331 | .380 |
Capuano P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Goody P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Ackley 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .232 | .281 | .412 |
Drew 2B-SS
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .201 | .271 | .381 |
| Gregorius SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .264 | .312 | .368 |
b-Refsnyder PH-2B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .357 |
| Sabathia P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Rumbelow P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Rodriguez PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .255 | .359 | .501 |
Noel PR
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Heathcott CF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .368 | .368 | .737 |
| Totals | 38 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 184 | |||
| a-walked for N Rumbelow in the 8th b-struck out swinging for D Gregorius in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Beltrán (32, Robles) HR: Ackley (8, 6th inning off Robles 2 on, 2 Out); Bird (8, 8th inning off Stauffer 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: Beltrán 2 (58), Ackley 3 (25), Headley (61), Ellsbury (31), McCann (90), Bird 3 (24) 2-out RBI: Ackley 3, Headley, McCann, Bird 3 Yankees RISP: 6-11 (Beltrán 1-2, Gardner 1-2, Ackley 1-1, Bird 1-1, Drew 0-1, Ellsbury 1-1, McCann 1-2, Headley 0-1) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Ellsbury (19, 2nd base off Harvey/d'Arnaud); Noel (3, 2nd base off Torres/d'Arnaud) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Capuano-Gregorius-Bird). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| MGR GIRARDI EJECTED TOP 2ND (ARGUING). |
| 2B URIBE (COLLARBONE) LEFT GAME TOP 5TH. |
Game Information
| Stadium | Citi Field, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 43,571 (103.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:35 |
| Weather | 69 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 13 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Laz Diaz, First Base - John Tumpane, Second Base - James Hoye, Third Base - John Hirschbeck |
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