New York at New York

The Yankees beat the Mets for the fifth straight time on Friday, 4-1, as Brett Gardner hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth off Jacob deGrom. The Mets continue to have one of the worst offenses on the Majors as they have scored a total of eight runs their last seven games and they haven't scored more than one run in any of their last five games. The Yankees are 8-1 their last nine interleague games and 16-5 their last 21 road contests. Also, the Mets are 2-14 their last 16 interleague games and they have lost 14 of their last 17 overall. Domingo German has been shaky this season, but he got through six-plus innings his last time out while allowing four runs against the Tigers. Steven Matz is 1-3 with a 4.75 ERA at home this year, and he was 0-4 with a 10.38 ERA at home in 2017. The Yankees are 20-8 their last 28 games versus left-handed starters. Play the Yankees.