The Yankees grabbed the rubber-match of the Subway Series Part 2 this weekend, and took the overall season series 4-2 with a decisive 11-2 drubbing of the slumping Mets on Sunday night.
Carlos Beltran cracked a first inning, three-run blast and Brian McCann added a two-run shot in the sixth as the Yankees shut out the Mets 5-0 in second game of their subway series.
The Yankees offense put up 20 runs on Sunday, including nine in the seventh inning, to complete a three-game sweep of the Braves with a 20-6 win in Atlanta.
It seemed that after regaining first place by taking two of three from the Blue Jays last weekend, then sweeping the Twins this week, the Yankees had righted-the-ship and were gaining steam toward September.
It's been more than four months since David Wright pulled a hamstring and headed to the disabled list, leaving the Mets without their biggest offensive force, presumably, for 4-6 weeks. Roughly three months ago, Wright learned of his spinal stenosis condition and doubt arose about whether he'd ever be able to return to baseball.
The Mets' Kelly Johnson had three extra base hits and three RBI's, Curtis Granderson had a homer and drove in three and Juan Lagares added a pinch-hit, three-run blast in the eighth to cap a four-game sweep of the Rockies, 12-3 at Citi Field Thursday afternoon.
Jacob deGrom (11-6) struck out ten Rockies and allowed just two hits and four walks over seven-shutout innings to earn his eleventh win as the Mets beat Colorado 3-0 Wednesday night at Citi Field.
David Price struck out seven over seven brilliant innings and Justin Smoak smoked Ivan Nova for a sixth-inning grand slam as the Toronto Blue Jays won their seventh straight, making another statement with Saturday's 6-0 win in the Bronx.