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09/11 21:14 CDT Bellinger hits 3-run homer as Yankees beat Mets 6-4 on 25th
anniversary of 9/11
Bellinger hits 3-run homer as Yankees beat Mets 6-4 on 25th anniversary of 9/11
By LARRY FLEISHER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Cody Bellinger hit a three-run homer in the second inning off
rookie Nolan McLean, and the New York Yankees beat the New York Mets 6-4 on
Friday night.
Ben Rice also homered as the Yankees (85-62) won for the 17th time in 24 games
and moved a season-high 23 games over .500 on a night the team remembered the
25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Rookie Spencer Jones added an RBI single in the first inning and Ryan McMahon
hit an RBI single in the eighth as the Yankees remained three games behind
Tampa Bay in the AL East and moved 5 1/2 ahead of Boston for the first American
League wild card.
Carlos Rodn (6-3) allowed two runs and three hits in a season-high 6 1/3
innings. The left-hander notched two of his eight strikeouts on slugger Juan
Soto, who heard boos from Yankee fans before each at-bat.
Bellinger homered after catching the ceremonial first pitch from Brielle
Saracini, whose father Victor Saracini was the pilot on United Airlines Flight
175, which was flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
Bellinger gave the Yankees a 4-1 lead by hitting a full-count curveball off
McLean (11-9) into the right field seats. Rice added his 37th homer by sending
a sinker the opposite way into the left field seats on the first pitch of the
fifth.
After scoring 31 runs in a three-game sweep at Miami, the Mets had their
four-game winning streak stopped. Christopher Morel hit a tying RBI groundout
in the second, A.J. Ewing had an RBI single in the seventh and homered on the
first pitch of the ninth.
After Ewing's homer, David Bednar retired Soto on a double play for his 33rd
save in 36 chances.
McClean allowed five runs and a career-worst 10 hits in five innings.
Up Next
Rookie LHP Zac Thornton (3-5, 3.53 ERA) starts for the Mets against RHP Gerrit
Cole (8-8, 3.41) on Saturday.
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