The Yankees defeated the Mets 9-3 on Sunday afternoon despite hitting just one home run. Having been reliant on the long ball this season, the Yankees exploded for eight runs in the seventh inning thanks in part to four singles and a double. "We've been talking about playing small ball here for the last week or two, and I don't think it could have gone any smaller," Alex Rodriguez said. "Those are the things we have not been doing the last three or four weeks."