Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Nuno loses control early as Mets beat Yankees again, 12-7

At least McCann played well. 

Coming off last Wednesday's dominant performance in Anaheim, Vidal Nuno looked destined for a repeat performance tonight.

The young right-hander, going into this one with a 1-0 record in three starts, instead struggled from start to finish, surrendering 5 earned runs in just 4.1 innings as the Yankees were beaten by the Mets, 12-7.

The first hitter Nuno faced this evening, Chris Young, was hit by a pitch, beginning a four-run top of the first highlighted by a three-run home run from Curtis Granderson. 

At that point, the Yanks looked to be in for a long night, but an RBI Single from Mark Teixeira and a 2-run shot to right field from Brian McCann quickly brought the Pinstripes to within one. 

Their momentum, unfortunately, would stop there, as struggling reliever Alfredo Aceves surrendered four trips around the bases in his 1.2 frames of relief.

Around that time Aceves was getting roughed up, the Bombers did cross home a few more times, as Brett Gardner and Alfonso Soriano hit run-scoring singles in the fifth and sixth respectively.

The Yanks, interestingly, also scored meaningless runs in this game's eighth and ninth, when Yangervis Solarte hit his first Yankee Stadium home run of the season and McCann lined another base hit to right.

With this loss, the Pinstripes have now lost a dissapointing four consecutive games, dropping their record to a now .500 19-19.

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