That was dangerously close to a Very Bad Loss. Instead, it goes down as a 7-6 win with no style points awarded. The Yankees survived a near ninth inning meltdown Saturday afternoon to take the middle game of this three-game series from the Mets.
Four In The Fourth
The Yankees didn’t do much against Steven Matz the first three innings Saturday. Aaron Judge had an infield single in the first and Aaron Hicks worked a walk in the third, but that was it. Matz was cutting them right down before the offense broke out for four runs in the fourth inning.