If the New York Mets want to continue their current win streak, they'll have to take out their crosstown rivals in their house when the MLB's interleague action continues with the Subway Series live from Yankee Stadium Wednesday night at 7:05 pm ET.
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The Mets can record a season-high fourth consecutive victory Wednesday night by snapping a five-game road skid to the Yankees, who have dropped three in a row for the first time this season.
Though the first two months of the season have been rough for the Mets (20-29), they rebounded from a five-game slide to win three straight for the second time in 2013. Runs in the seventh and eighth innings gave the Mets a 2-1 victory over the Yankees (30-21) on Monday, then David Wright and Lucas Duda hit RBI singles off Mariano Rivera in the ninth for a victory by the same score Tuesday.
The blown save was the first of the season for Rivera and prevented budding Mets star Matt Harvey from being saddled with his first loss.
"I think we surprised ourselves," Wright said, "because when you get Mo coming in, it's usually game over."
Rivera converted the first 18 save opportunities during his farewell season.
"Hopefully, it's the last one," said Rivera, who has converted 22 of 25 save chances against the Mets, including postseason, during his stellar career.
Duda has batted .333 in his last 12 games while Wright has hit .407 with five RBIs in his past seven against the Yankees.
Though the Mets have built some momentum, they could face a stiff challenge the next two days in the Bronx, where they have been outscored 34-13 over the last five games. Since recording a sweep at Yankee Stadium in 2008, the Mets have dropped nine of 12 there.
Jeremy Hefner (0-5, 4.76 ERA) makes his 10th start in search of his elusive first victory for the Mets on Wednesday. The right-hander allowed a two-run homer and two other hits in six innings of a 7-5, 10-inning loss to Atlanta that was suspended by rain Friday and finished Saturday. He struck out seven.
"I was so excited that he pitched so well after he's been so down about not winning a game," manager Terry Collins said.