The Warm-Up: Yanks gain ground — Mets storylines — Jets & Giants buzz

Sept. 21, 2021 · Get Today’s New York Sports Here The Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. 🌅 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📅 Tonight's sports schedule - Yankees vs. Rangers, 7:05 p.m. ⚾ - Mets at Red Sox, 7:10 p.m. on SNY ⚾ --------------------------------------------------------------- 📺 SNY originals - [BNNY]( Are Jeff McNeil and Dominic Smith Mets fits going forward? - [Carton & Roberts]( Why the Nets and Islanders are saving New York Today's word count: 604 Game 151: The Yankees get a needed win and a needed Blue Jays loss Vincent Carchietta/USA TODAY Sports YANKEES 4, RANGERS 3 -- Thanks to 4.2 scoreless innings from the bullpen, the Yankees held on for a desperately-needed win against Texas last night. Two more things: - Much-maligned Gary Sanchez hit the only home run of the game for the Yankees - Chad Green, Clay Holmes, Joely Rodriguez, and Aroldis Chapman were lights out after Nestor Cortes, Jr. allowed three runs in 4.2 IP. Chapman has not allowed any earned runs over his last five outings AL Wild Card Watch: The Blue Jays lost to the Rays, so the Yankees -- after a weekend of being lambasted -- are only a half-game out of the second Wild Card spot. [Monday's takeaways]( | Tonight's probable starter: Jordan Montgomery On SNY.tv: - MCCARRON: [Amid Yankees' chaos, here is their potential path to the playoffs]( - [How the Yankees can utilize Luis Severino and Domingo German]( Trivia time Who holds the Giants' franchise record for TD passes in one season? Answer at the bottom Monday's Jets & Giants headlines Geoff Burke/USA TODAY Sports 1. It turns out Kenny Golladay, whose frustration during Thursday's game was caught on camera, [was directing his anger toward Giants OC Jason Garrett](. "I let emotions get the best of me," he said Monday. "It was pretty much just me talking to J.G. a little bit. ... Me and him spoke right after the game -- it was nothing." It looked during the broadcast like he might've been yelling at Daniel Jones. Golladay has seven catches and no TDs through two games. 2. Robert Saleh still wants Zach Wilson to embrace his mantra, All Gas, No Brakes. But ... he wants him to channel all that forward motion into being less risky. "That ‘All Gas, No Brakes’ mantra for [Wilson] is be boring," Saleh said Monday. "It’s not about being electric and making the plays. You just trust if you stay ahead of the chains and stay within yourself and you play the game of football and keep the team in an advantageous situation, other teams will panic.” [Read his full comments here]( 3. After Thursday's loss, Giants rookie WR Kadarius Toney wrote on Instagram that 's--t just be lame," which as a general sentiment holds some merit but probably isn't a great thing to post following a game with -2 receiving yards. On Monday, Joe Judge [said it had nothing to do]( with the Giants. "The initial whatever it was had absolutely nothing to do with the New York Giants, the National Football League, or football in general," he said. On SNY.tv: - VACCHIANO: [Wilson has good company when it comes to rookie struggles]( Five things worth following as the Mets' season winds down SNY graphic A playoff push for the Mets may be going the way of the flip phone, but there is still plenty to care about and monitor over the final two weeks of the season. Including ... - The potential return of the second best pitcher in the league. (Aaron Loup is already active) - The subtle but intriguing change in Javier Baez's plate approach. He's walked 11 times in 37 games with the Mets, compared to 15 in 91 games with the Cubs. Also, he's a free agent after the season For the rest of the storylines, [you have to click here]( 09/21/1986: Jets 51, Dolphins 45 USA TODAY Sports archive: Wesley Walker celebrates on Sept. 21, 1986 On this day 35 years ago, the Jets played perhaps their most exciting regular season game in franchise history, beating the Dolphins in overtime, 51-45. - The two teams combined for 13 TDs (10 passing) and 1,066 total yards - Miami's Dan Marino had six TDs and 448 yards, while New York's Ken O'Brien had 479 yards and four TDs But the true star was Jets WR Wesley Walker, who caught all four of O'Brien's TDs for 179 yards. His TD catches went for 21, 65, 50, and 43 yards, the last of which was the game-winning score in OT. [Here's the box score]( and [here's the entire game]( The New York Minute - READ: [Travis Zajac signed a one-day contract to retire with the Devils]( - READ: [Robert Saleh isn't surprised by his team's solid pass coverage so far]( - WATCH: [Zach Wilson can't let one bad game turn into something bigger]( TRIVIA ANSWER: Y.A. Tittle (36, 1963) That's the buzzer. Enjoy your Tuesday (Have feedback for The Warm-Up? Click [here](. Copyright © 2021 SNY- Sportsnet, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SNY- Sportsnet 150 Greenwich St Fl 50New York, NY 10007-2444 [Add us to your address book]( [update your preferences]( | [unsubscribe from this list]( [Mailchimp Email Marketing](