Amid road struggles, Cody Bellinger delivers in Yankees’ win over Mets to open Subway Series
NEW YORK — Cody Bellinger’s left-handed swing is ideal for Yankee Stadium, and he has the early-season production there to match. But hits away from home have been harder to come by for the Yankees’ left fielder. Entering Friday night’s Subway Series opener at Citi Field, Bellinger was hitting .
188 with two extra-base hits and a . 516 OPS on the road, compared to . 377 with 16 extra-base hits and a 1.
259 OPS in the Bronx. Yankees manager Aaron Boone doesn’t expect those splits to remain so extreme. “Do I pay attention to it?
He’s gonna be in the lineup every day,” Boone said before the game. “Look, part of it is [that] he is cut out for our ballpark. One of the reasons we went and got him was we feel like he’s set up for Yankee Stadium.
But that said, I would expect these things to balance itself out a little bit with how good of a player Belli is. ” Bellinger took a step toward accomplishing that Friday, delivering a tie-breaking RBI double in the Yankees’ 5-2 win over the Mets. With the game scoreless and two outs in the third, Bellinger lined a 1-2 curveball from Mets starter Clay Holmes into right field, sending Ben Rice home from second base.