Here’s the best of Cam Schlittler, the rock of Yankees rotation
At Citi Field, Cam Schlittler improved his record to 6-1 with an MLB-leading 1.35 ERA in the Yankees' 5-2 win Friday night vs. the Mets.
NEW YORK – In still a relatively small sample, Yankees’ starter Cam Schlittler is gaining a reputation for craving the spotlight and elevating his game. Just like his playoff victory last October against the Red Sox , “you’re going to be a little extra locked in for situations like this,’’ Schlittler said of his first Subway Series start. “It’s a lot of fun to be a part of.
’’ There was a full house Friday night at Citi Field, but a loud majority of fans from the other side of town could be heard by the end of 5-2 win against the Mets. Like that 12-strikeout, eight scoreless inning gem in a Wild Card Series elimination game against Boston seven months ago, “I think you can notice when I get a little bit extra locked in,’’ said Schlittler. “There was a lot of buzz around’’ Friday’s game.
“Great atmosphere and it was good to get a win,’’ just the Yanks’ second win in their last seven games. Schlittler had a one-hit shutout going into the seventh, when he surrendered a leadoff homer to Juan Soto off an 0-and-2 fastball. But the Yanks had built a 4-0 lead, with two-out RBI hits by Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr.
in a three-run third off old friend Clay Holmes and Spencer Jones’ RBI single in the fifth. Turns out, Holmes pitched into the fifth inning with a right leg fracture – absorbing a 111-mph Jones’ comebacker in the fourth. “Says a lot about who he is to go back out there again the next inning with a broken leg,’’ said Jones, a friend of Holmes; they work out at the same Nashville facility in the offseason.