Mets co-ace Justin Verlander dueled his former Astros teammate and friend Gerrit Cole to a draw over six impressive innings.
Mets co-ace Justin Verlander dueled his former Astros teammate and friend Gerrit Cole to a draw over six impressive innings, which is to say Verlander showed significant signs he may be on the road back to his usual Hall of Fame form.
We’ve been complaining a lot lately about the Mets’ two $43 million men, which is what we do when folks get paid a ton and are less than perfect. But we should learn never to count Verlander out, or Scherzer, a mere youngster at 38, for that matter. Verlander delivered six efficient innings of one-run ball in his first Subway Series appearance and theat a sold-out Citi Field in rousing walk-off fashion four innings after he was gone.
Verlander made some mechanical adjustments, and his curveball and slider were back to normal, which means devastating. The timing couldn’t have been better, as Verlander loved his first foray into the Subway Series — although he was surprised there were so many Yankees fans . Don’t get me wrong. This is potentially the kind of victory that can turn things around. It’s always huge when you break out of a bad slump — the Mets had lost nine of 10 — but it’s especially notable when you beat the big-brother Yankees.Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
There was Francisco Alvarez throwing wildly into center field on a Kiner-Falefa steal of second, allowing IKF to take third.
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