Corey Oswalt received Yankee Stadium-ed, in keeping with his supervisor.
In evaluating the right-hander’s efficiency in Sport 2 of Sunday’s doubleheader, Luis Rojas was prepared to look past the three-run homer Oswalt surrendered to Gio Urshela within the second inning.
Luke Voit’s double and Rougned Odor’s bunt single had arrange the inning for the Yankees.
“Not to remove from anyone,” Rojas mentioned after the Mets’ 4-2 loss in The Bronx. “A cutter off the tip that turns right into a double after which a bunt single and a fly ball to proper — the brief porch in proper discipline. It’s a good recreation, we’re taking part in in the identical stadium, but it surely’s usually a fly ball to proper and he provides up three runs. I don’t suppose there’s something dangerous you’ll be able to say about him mistake-wise. He pitched rather well.”
Oswalt, who lasted 4 innings, was beginning for the primary time this season after beforehand giving the Mets two very good reduction appearances.
“It was my job to go on the market and hold the sport shut,” Oswalt mentioned. “Sadly, we didn’t deal with enterprise within the second recreation.”
Miguel Castro threw a wild pitch within the fifth that gave the Yankees their last run in Sport 2. Rojas earlier within the day prompt Castro’s heavy workload early within the season has contributed to his current shaky stretch — the right-hander didn’t retire any of the three batters he confronted Saturday after permitting two earned runs in a single inning towards the Nationals on Monday.
“The All-Star break goes to be big for him, each from a bodily and psychological standpoint so far as discovering out what’s occurring,” Rojas mentioned. “You take a look at him throwing triple-digit sinkers and his slider is nasty, we simply need to get him proper.”
Jonathan Villar was activated from the injured listing earlier than Sport 2 and Albert Almora Jr. optioned to Triple-A Syracuse. Villar had been sidelined for the final two weeks after straining his proper calf. Villar began at third base and struck out in all three of his plate appearances.
Jeurys Familia had a second dominant reduction look since his return from the IL. The fitting-hander pitched a scoreless sixth inning with two strikeouts within the Mets’ Sport 1 victory. A day earlier Familia pitched 1 ¹/₃ scoreless innings with three strikeouts.
Sean Reid-Foley was positioned on the IL with proper elbow irritation earlier than Sport 1. Yennsy Diaz was recalled from Syracuse to present the Mets one other reliever.
