New York Mets at New York Yankees

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New York Mets

29-17, 12-12 Away

Final
3 - 2

New York Yankees

26-19, 14-9 Home

Lindor's 9th-inning sacrifice fly lifts Mets over Yanks 3-2 on another quiet day for Soto

Pete Alonso gets Mets on the board with RBI single

Juan Soto went 1 for 4 with a walk and is 1 for 6 in his first two games back in the Bronx since leaving the Yankees for a record $765 million, 15-year contract with the Mets.

In a matchup between division leaders, DJ LeMahieu and Cody Bellinger homered for the Yankees, who had won seven of their previous nine games.

Luis Torrens walked with one out in the ninth off Fernando Cruz (1-2), Brett Baty reached on an infield hit and Tyrone Taylor was hit by a pitch. Lindor's 293-foot fly easily scored speedy pinch-runner Luisangel Acuña.

Reed Garrett (1-1) retired LeMahieu on a bases-loaded flyout to end the eighth and Edwin Díaz got three straight outs, remaining perfect in 10 save chances.

LeMahieu put the Yankees ahead in the third with his first home run since July 31. an opposite-field drive 333 feet into right-field short porch.

The Mets took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on Pete Alonso's RBI single, a catchable ball that left fielder Jasson Domínguez allowed to drop, and Mark Vientos' sacrifice fly that scored Soto, who had singled and stolen third.

Bellinger's home run leading off the fourth tied the score 2-2 off Griffin Canning.

Clarke Schmidt tied his career high with five walks.

Mets right-hander Dedniel Núñez was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse to open a roster spot for left-hander José Castillo, acquired from Arizona. Infielder Ronny Mauricio, recovered from a torn right ACL sustained in December 2023, was activated from the 10-day injured list and optioned to Syracuse.

Key moment Baty was out at the plate trying to score on Taylor's double to the left-center gap in the seventh, with Bellinger throwing to shortstop Anthony Volpe, who relayed to catcher J.C. Escarra.

Key stats Aaron Judge was 0 for 5 with three strikeouts, dropping his MLB-leading average to .402.

Up next Yankees LHP Max Fried (6-0), who leads the major leagues with a 1.11 ERA, starts Sunday night's series finale against Mets LHP David Peterson (2-2, 3.05).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Judge struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rice lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Wells struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Díaz relieved Garrett
	9th Inning	Wells hit for Peraza
	9th Inning	Acuña at second base.

Statistics

NYM		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	17
6	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
133	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
8	Total Bases	15
38	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
3.6	Runs Created	4.6
.207	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.276	Slugging Percentage	.441
.310	Secondary Average	.324
.342	On Base Percentage	.316
.618	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.757
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.7
3.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.6
23.0	Batter Rating	24.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.50	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.069	Isolated Power	.206
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.158	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.088
6.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
74.3	MLB Rating	78.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0