Yankees, Mets lineups | Gary Sanchez benched; Corey Kluber vs. Taijuan Walker (9/11/21)

NEW YORK — The Yankees need a win over the Mets on Saturday night at Citi Field to avoid their longest regular-season losing streak in 26 seasons.

The Mets won Friday night’s Subway Series opener 10-3, handing the Yankees a seventh loss in a row. The Yankees’ last eight-game losing streak was in 1995. They also dropped eight streak in 2000, the final seven of the regular season and then their postseason opener before rebounding to win their third World Series in a row.

First pitch of Saturday night’s game is scheduled for 7:45 p.m., after a ceremony for the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

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The pitching matchup has Yankees right-hander Corey Kluber (4-3, 3.69) facing Mets righty Taijuan Walker (7-9, 4.15).

The Yankees’ lineup excludes Gary Sanchez, who was benched the day after his terrible blooper in the first inning of Friday night’s game.

Here is the Yankees’ lineup:

1. DJ LeMahieu, 2B

2. Brett Gardner, CF

3. Aaron Judge, RF

4. Giancarlo Stanton, LF

5. Anthony Rizzo,1B

6. Gleyber Torres, SS

7. Gio Urshela, 3B

8. Kyle Higashioka, C

9. Corey Kluber, RHP

Here is the Mets’ lineup:

1. Jonathan Villar, 3B

2. Francisco Lindor, SS

3. Michael Conforto, RF

4. Pete Alonso, 1B

5. Javier Baez, 2B

6. Jeff McNeil, LF

7. Kevin Pillar, CF

8. James McCann, C

9. Taijuan Walker, RHP

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Randy Miller may be reached at rmiller@njadvancemedia.com.