Yankees edge Mets 2-1 to avert longest slide in 25 years

NEW YORK (AP) — Clint Frazier scored the winning run on Dellin Betances' wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees averted their longest losing streak in a quarter-century Saturday with a 2-1 victory over the crosstown Mets.

J.A. Happ pitched brilliantly into the eighth at Yankee Stadium and Luke Voit homered early for the injury-ravaged Bronx Bombers, who stopped a seven-game slide that followed six straight wins. They haven't dropped eight in a row since August 1995 — just before their most recent dynasty of three consecutive World Series titles and four in all from 1996-2000.

The Mets had won three straight and six of eight, including a Subway Series doubleheader sweep Friday at Yankee Stadium.

Wilson Ramos greeted Yankees reliever Adam Ottavino with a tying home run in the eighth off the screen attached to the left-field foul pole. It was another failure for a vaunted Yankees bullpen that's blown late leads in all three games of this Subway Series so far.

Frazier drew a leadoff walk in the ninth from Betances (0-1), a four-time All-Star with the Yankees before signing with the Mets last offseason. Frazier went to third on a soft single to right by Jordy Mercer with one out, bringing up backup catcher Erik Kratz.

Kratz squared to bunt on an 0-1 pitch, then pulled his bat back when Betances' fastball sailed high and off Ramos' mitt. Frazier didn't break from third on the pitch, but scored easily when the ball went to the backstop.

Aroldis Chapman (1-1) threw a hitless inning, rebounding from a blown save and loss Friday night when he gave up a game-ending homer to pinch-hitter Amed Rosario.

Happ held the Mets to three hits in 7 1/3 shutout innings, becoming the first Yankees starter to reach the eighth this season. The 37-year-old...

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