NY Post · Sep 19, 2015
Steven Matz shuts down Yankees as Mets draw first blood
Masahiro Tanaka and Daniel MurphyThe 2015 Subway Series is even-Steven.
After watching the Yankees win two of three games in The Bronx earlier this season, the Mets unleashed rookie Steven Matz on Friday and received the kind of huge pitching boost they had been missing in recent days.
Matz overcame early shakiness and fired six strong innings in the Mets’ 5-1 victory before 43,602 at Citi Field that dealt a blow to their cross-town rival’s AL East title chances.
The Yankees fell 4 ½ games behind the Blue Jays — who beat the Red Sox — while the Mets’ magic number to clinch the NL East shrunk to eight as they awaited the Marlins-Nationals outcome.