NEW YORK — At the tail end of a grueling road trip that’s included three rain delays, some very late-night travel and a doubleheader, the Mets finally ran out of gas on Monday night at Yankee Stadium. They lost 4-2 to their crosstown rivals, who won back-to-back games for the first time since July 29 and 30.
The trajectories of these teams heading into their Subway Series could not have been much different. The Yankees have been one of the worst teams in the league since the All-Star break and have been even worse when you limit the sample to just August. The Mets, meanwhile, have had a season with very few trials and even fewer tribulations. Even when their most recent road trip began with two pitchers leaving their starts with injury, the Mets escaped Atlanta and Philadelphia with a 4-4 record during that stretch.
Their first road game in their home city may have just been a “schedule loss.”
