{"id":52759,"date":"2022-08-22T10:48:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T10:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mets-have-nothing-to-prove-against-yankees-in-subway-series\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T10:48:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T10:48:52","slug":"mets-have-nothing-to-prove-against-yankees-in-subway-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mets-have-nothing-to-prove-against-yankees-in-subway-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets have nothing to prove against Yankees in Subway Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 The epitome of the team&#8217;s disciplined plate approach, Mark Canha, hit a shot into the left field seats after Sunday&#8217;s rain delay, in the seventh inning at Citizens Bank Park, and the Mets were back.<\/p>\n<p>They had withstood Jose Bhutto&#8217;s rough major league debut, received three terrific innings from a left-hander named Nate Fisher (also appearing in his first big league game), and were tied with the Phillies.<\/p>\n<p>Along came a hanging Trevor May slider in the eighth that left Jean Segura pumping his fist as he rounded first base, having smashed a go-ahead homer.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, Canha, in a rare display of emotion, flipped his bat and raised both arms as he rounded the bases to celebrate his two-run homer against David Robertson in the ninth.  The Mets had their first lead of the day and won 10-9, surviving rare ninth-inning drama involving Edwin Diaz, who allowed one run and stranded two runners.<\/p>\n<p>What a game.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, what a series for the Mets, who sent Trevor Williams, David Peterson and Bhutto to the mound behind Chris Bassitt and managed to win three of four games against a playoff contender.  The Braves lost, allowing the Mets to extend their NL East lead to four games.<\/p>\n<p>The road trip isn&#8217;t finished, even though the Mets were headed back to Queens after Sunday&#8217;s game.  On Monday, they will board buses for the seven-mile ride to Yankee Stadium, where a sputtering opponent (albeit one that remains in first place) will be awaiting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Mets_Phillies_Baseball.2.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mets\" class=\"wp-image-23553107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Mets_Phillies_Baseball.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Mets_Phillies_Baseball.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Mets_Phillies_Baseball.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Pete Alonso and Mark Canha celebrate during the Mets&#8217; win over the Phillies on Sunday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Buck Showalter, who managed the Yankees for four seasons in the 1990s, was asked what it will be like returning to The Bronx as the Mets manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProud,\u201d Showalter said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>The beauty of it from the Mets&#8217; perspective is they have nothing to prove against the Yankees at the moment.  The Mets are the better team, a fact established by their overall record, recent play and two-game sweep against the Yankees last month.  The Mets didn&#8217;t need to sweep that series \u2014 highlighted by Max Scherzer&#8217;s three strikeouts of Aaron Judge in the finale \u2014 to understand they were a good team, but it certainly didn&#8217;t hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt proved what we already knew,\u201d Francisco Lindor said.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees are not a measuring stick for the Mets as much as the powerhouse that will come to Citi Field next week.  That would be the Dodgers, who own the best record in the major leagues and could be the largest obstacle the Mets face in trying to reach the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the Mets went to Dodger Stadium and split four games.  Even without Scherzer or Jacob deGrom at that point, the Mets looked like a team capable of withstanding an October dogfight against the Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>Those comparisons are for next week.  For now it&#8217;s about lining up Scherzer and deGrom (or perhaps Scherzer and Taijuan Walker if Showalter wants to head in that direction, giving deGrom extra rest) and trying to win two games that might further their lead on the Braves.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Mets_Phillies_Baseball.4.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mets\" class=\"wp-image-23553126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Mets_Phillies_Baseball.4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Mets_Phillies_Baseball.4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Mets_Phillies_Baseball.4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Edwin Diaz<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf we had lost this game it would feel a lot different,\u201d Canha said, when asked about the wave of emotion the Mets will ride into the Subway Series.  \u201cI think it feels like we have got our groove back a little bit.  This is a tough opponent still, we have to go in there and have to play two more emotional games against the Yankees \u2014 who we know are more than capable of putting together good games \u2014 so we have got to go out there and play good baseball and win the Subway Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot on the line, I know for the fans, at least.  We have got to make them proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canha often rides the subway to Citi Field (he took that mode of transport during last month&#8217;s games against the Yankees) but isn&#8217;t so sure he&#8217;s ready to explore a new route, to The Bronx.  He was displaying his full Mets colors, in a playful rah, rah voice when talking to The Post before leaving the visitor&#8217;s clubhouse Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubway Series, got to beat them,\u201d Canha said.  \u201cSubway Series, it&#8217;s important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even so, the Mets have nothing to prove the next two games.  The Yankees just happen to be the next opponent on the schedule.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 The epitome of the team&#8217;s disciplined plate approach, Mark Canha, hit a shot into the left field seats after Sunday&#8217;s rain delay, in the seventh inning at Citizens Bank Park, and the Mets were back. They had withstood Jose Bhutto&#8217;s rough major league debut, received three terrific innings from a left-hander named Nate &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mets-have-nothing-to-prove-against-yankees-in-subway-series\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mets have nothing to prove against Yankees in Subway Series<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[17723,661,1476,1002,2505,307,11364],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52453,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mets-mark-canha-deliers-epic-bat-flip-after-hr-vs-phillies\/","url_meta":{"origin":52759,"position":0},"title":"Mets&#8217; Mark Canha deliers epic bat flip after HR vs.  Phillies","date":"August 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"New York Mets' Mark Canha showed Phillies fans what a bat flip looks like on Sunday. 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