The Mets bounced back with a win this afternoon at Yankee Stadium, as a late sac fly from Francisco Lindor and a fantastic bottom of the ninth by Edwin Díaz capped a 3-2 victory to even up the Subway Series.
DJ LeMahieu opened the scoring in this one with a certifiably cheap Yankee Stadium III solo home run in the bottom of the third, but that was all that Mets starter Griffin Canning allowed through his first five innings of work.
The Mets’ lineup was able to take the lead with an RBI single from Pete Alonso to tie things up in the top of the fourth and a sac fly later in that inning from Mark Vientos to put them up 2-1.
Cody Bellinger tied the game with a solo home run off Canning in the top of the sixth, and after the Yankees hit back-to-back one-out singles, Carlos Mendoza turned to Huascar Brazobán to get out of the jam. And as has almost always been the case this year, Brazobán delivered, getting the Mets out of the inning without allowing either inherited runner to score. He tacked on a scoreless bottom of the seventh, to boot.
The Mets had a big opportunity to score in the top of the seventh, but a terrible send by Mets third base coach Mike Sarbaugh resulted in Brett Baty being thrown out at home plate on a Tyrone Taylor double. Had Baty been held, the Mets would’ve had runners on second and third with one out and Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto due up. With just the runner on second and two outs, Lindor grounded out thanks to a very nice play by LeMahieu at second base.
In the bottom of the eighth, Reed Garrett ran into plenty of trouble as he issued three walks, but he induced a ground ball double play from Paul Goldschmidt immediately after a leadoff walk. He still wound up loading the bases after that, but a well-hit line drive by LeMahieu wound up being pretty easy for Juan Soto to catch in right field to end the inning.
The Mets finally retook the lead in the top of the ninth after loading the bases on a walk, an infield single, and a hit-by-pitch. Luisangel Acuña, who entered as pinch runner after Luis Torrens drew the walk to start that sequence, stood on third as Lindor came up in another big spot. And Lindor hit a fly ball to not-that-deep left-center, but Acuña broke perfectly while a weak throw from Bellinger had absolutely no chance at throwing him out at the plate.
That was it for the Mets’ scoring, as Soto grounded out on a very hard ground ball to ened the top of the inning. That slim lead was plenty for Edwin Díaz, though, as he retired the Yankees in order, striking out Aaron Judge on high heat to end the game.
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Big Mets winner: Huascar Brazobán, +26.4% WPA
Big Mets loser: Mark Vientos, -15.5% WPA
Mets pitchers: +44.3% WPA
Mets hitters: +5.7% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Paul Goldschmidt grounds into a double play in the eighth, +14.4% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Cody Bellinger ties the game with a home run in sixth, -18.5% WPA
