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Mets defeated the Yankees today in Port St. Lucie by a score of 10-4. With a victory both today and on February 22, the Mets have swept the all-important Grapefruit League Subway Series. Look for celebratory merch ASAP.
- Freddy Peralta struck out the first two batters to face him, but an outfield miscue by AJ. Ewing led to a triple by George Lombard Jr., who promptly singled Lombard in, giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. Jones then stole second and scored on a Spencer Jones single.
- Peralta settled in, not allowing a baserunner in his second or third inning. Overall, Peralta gave up three hits, two runs, and one walk with four strikeouts.
- Francisco Alvarez led off the second with a single, and was pushed to second base by a Tyrone Taylor walk. Carson Benge then singled in Alvarez, putting the Mets on the board. A Vidal Bruján walk loaded the bases for Ewing, who redeemed himself after his first inning snafu by driving in Taylor and Benge and giving the Mets a lead they would not relinquish.
- In the third, the Mets added another pair of runs on doubles by Brett Baty and Taylor and then Bruján singled in Taylor to put the Mets up 6-3.
- Carl Edwards Jr. pitched the fourth for the Mets and got himself into trouble early, allowing a Seth Brown single to start the frame and loading the bases on two walks before allowing a Jasson Domínguez single to bring in two and make it a 6-4 game.
- Tyrone Taylor continued to have himself a day, driving in another run on a sac fly in the fourth.
- Christian Arroyo, Ji Hwan Bae and Jose Rojas all drove in runs in the seventh to give the Mets a 10-4 lead.
- Brett Banks got one out for the Mets, and Jonathan Pintaro pitched two and a third scoreless innings before being pulled in the top of the ninth after fatigue set in and he loaded the bases. Aaron Rozek threw one pitch for a ground ball double play to end the game.
The Mets are back on SNY tomorrow evening against the Marlins.
