NEW YORK _ Jeff McNeil thrust his right arm into the air before his third-inning, three-run home run had even disappeared over the short wall in right-center field at Yankee Stadium in Game 1 of the Subway Series doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon.
McNeil's blast off Masahiro Tanaka gave the Mets a three-run lead and energized the visiting fans in the surprisingly large crowd for the game, which was a makeup of Monday night's rainout.
Problem for the Mets was there was still a lot of game left. The Yankees brushed off McNeil's home run to score the next eight runs in a three-inning span and stormed to a 12-5 victory in a game pock-marked by errors by both squads.
