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NEW YORK -- Even before taking the mound against the New York Yankees, Jacob deGrom was excited: Jay Bruce was in the lineup, a day after the Mets acquired him in a trade with Cincinnati.Were definitely pumped about it, deGrom said.The right-hander pitched seven innings to extend his scoreless streak to 14, Alejandro De Aza and Travis dArnaud homered off Masahiro Tanaka, and the Mets offense woke up in a 7-1 Subway Series win on Tuesday night.Just like last season, the Mets hope a new bat will spark them to a second-half spurt.What we went through last year is pretty much what were going through this year, dArnaud said. Weve all -- or most of us -- have experienced coming back and taking over.Bruce went 0 for 4 and took a pair of called third strikes in his Mets debut, but his new team scored its most runs since July 7 and won for the second time in seven games.Last in the NL in batting average, the Mets acquired the All-Star outfielder from the Reds on Monday in an attempt to replicate the spark Yoenis Cespedes provided after he was obtained at last years trade deadline.A guy like that brings a lot of offense to this lineup, deGrom said.Cespedes, who hasnt started since Saturday because of an injured quadriceps, pinch-hit and had a run-scoring infield single in a four-run seventh. He is expected to be the Mets designated hitter on Wednesday when the series switches to the Bronx.The problem is that once I take a couple days off I feel better, but once I go full speed is when the pain returns, Cespedes said through a translator.DeGrom (7-5) escaped a two-out jam in the first by striking out Didi Gregorius, then got out of runners-at-the-corners trouble in the second by fanning Tanaka, who had trouble picking up signs from Yankees third base coach Joe Espada.The 2014 NL Rookie of the Year gave up just two hits after that and wound up pitching four-hit ball with eight strikeouts and one walk. He retired 12 in a row before Mark Teixeiras one-out double in the sixth. He also had two hits at the plate.Jakes had one start that wed like to throw out in the last couple months. Otherwise, hes done what we expected him to, Mets manager Terry Collins said.Jon Niese, reacquired by the Mets from Pittsburgh on Monday, finished with two-hit relief, allowing Gregorius ninth-inning homer.Alex Rodriguez, who said before the game he was at peace with myself if the rebuilding Yankees release him, was booed when he pinch-hit in the ninth and ended the game with a flyout.Tanaka (7-4) lasted 6 1/3 innings and allowed eight hits and seven earned runs -- his most since coming to the major leagues in 2014 -- as his ERA rose to 3.46. He left the mound before Yankees manager Joe Girardi arrived.I saw the next pitcher coming out, so I just kind of walked toward Joe and gave him the ball, Tanaka said through a translator. No bad intentions there.De Aza hit a two-run homer in the third and dArnaud added a solo drive in the fifth, just the third home run of the season for each. Coming in, only two of the 12 home runs off Tanaka this year had been hit on the road.The Yankees dropped to 53-53 in a season when finishing above .500 is one of the few goals remaining after they traded Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller, Carlos Beltran and Ivan Nova.The only thing to do is focus on baseball, Gregorius said. Whatever happened in those days is gone.CROWDSThe crowd of 42,819 was the Mets eighth sellout, their most in a season at Citi Field, which opened in 2009.SPEEDYBrett Gardners first-inning trip around the bases Monday, when he was thrown out while trying for an inside-the-park home run, was the fastest in the majors this year at 14.89 seconds, according to Statcast. The previous fastest was 15.20 seconds by both the Dodgers Yasiel Puig and Clevelands Jason Kipnis.TRAINERS ROOMMets: SS Asdrubal Cabrera was placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday, with a strained patella tendon in his left knee. Collins said the injury was about as severe as the one that sidelined Cabrera for a little more than two weeks during spring training. OF Justin Ruggiano (strained left hamstring) also was put on the 15-day DL.UP NEXTLHP Steven Matz (8-7) starts for the Mets on Wednesday and RHP Chad Green (1-2) for the Yankees. Green, taking Novas slot in the rotation, will be making his fourth start this season, his first since July 8. Matz beat the Yankees last September at Citi Field.Custom Orlando Magic Jerseys .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final. Custom New Orleans Pelicans Jerseys . 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George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up.The Baltimore Ravens and kicker Justin Tucker have agreed on a four-year contract, the team announced Friday.The deal is worth $16.8 million and includes a $6 million signing bonus and $10.8 million in guaranteed money, a source told ESPNs Adam Schefter.Tucker, the second-most-accurate kicker in NFL history, received the Ravens franchise tag worth $4.572 million on Feb. 26 and signed it on March 4.Tucker also becomes the NFLs highest-paid kicker in terms of guaranteed money. His $10.8 million tops the $10.1 million guaranteed that the?New England Patriots Stephen Gostkowski?received last July.Justin has become a cornerstone for our team, and we are happy to get this contract completed, Ravens general manager and executive vice president Ozzie Newsome said in a written statement. What is good for the Ravens right now is that we have our Pro Bowl special teams group - Sam [Koch], Morgan [Cox] and Justin - signed through the next three seasons.Baltimore has a history of using the tag to extend negotiations. Before Tucker, the past four players (cornerback Chris McAlister in 2003, linebacker Terrell Suggs in 2008, defensive tackle Haloti Ngata in 2011, running back Ray Rice in 20122) tagged by Baltimore signed long-term deals after receiving the tag.ddddddddddddTucker, 26, has converted 87.8 percent of his field goal attempts, which ranks second to only Dallas Dan Bailey (90.6 percent) in NFL history.Tuckers 130 field goals and 529 points since entering the NFL in 2012 are second only to Gostkowski (135 field goals, 618 points) in that span. However, Tucker is coming off the roughest season of his four-year career, converting a personal-low 82.5 percent of his field goal attempts.He had a decisive kick in overtime or with no time remaining in regulation in three of the Ravens five wins. Hes also connected on 12 of his past 13 field goals (92.3 percent), and his touchback percentage on kickoffs (85.1 percent) was second in the NFL.Tucker, who went undrafted, never received a signing bonus as a rookie and made minimums in 2012 ($390,000), 2013 ($480,000) and 2014 ($570,000). He was a restricted free agent last season who got a second-round tender at $2.356 million.ESPN Ravens reporter Jamison Hensley contributed to this report. ' ' '