The Mets came back to take the second game of the Subway Series by a 6-3 score this evening at Citi Field. The offense revived itself once more, and while the pitching staff got into some tight spots, they got back out again, with Luke Weaver seeming to create a miracle in the seventh.
Huascar Brazobán once again got the start and worked a one-two-three first inning. In the bottom of the first, Juan Soto hit a ground ball to right field for a single, but then Mark Vientos struck out to end the inning and strand
him. After the first out of the second inning, David Peterson replaced Brazobán and immediately gave up a double to Jazz Chisholm. Amed Rosario then grounded out, moving Chisholm to third, and Trent Grisham knocked an RBI single into left field to bring Chisholm home for the first Yankees run. Peterson gave up a four-pitch walk to Anthony Volpe, but struck out Austin Wells to limit the damage to one run. Although the Mets did not score in the first two innings, they forced Carlos Rodón to work for every out and drove his pitch count up early, which paid off in the third inning.
In the top of the third inning, Aaron Judge hit a single to right field, and Paul Goldschmidt smacked a line-drive single into left field, sending Judge to third base. However, Peterson followed up by striking out Chisholm to end the inning without allowing additional runs. In the bottom of the third, Luis Torrens struck out for the second out, but only after taking ten pitches from Rodón. Afterwards, Carson Benge smacked a two-out double into right field, and Bo Bichette worked a walk to bring up Soto. Soto also walked, and Vientos came to the plate, only for Rodón to throw a wild pitch that allowed Carson Benge to score. Rodón followed up the wild pitch with a throwing error that allowed Bichette to score. Vientos eventually finished his at-bat and grounded out to end the third inning with the score Mets 2, Yankees 1.
Peterson stifled all three Yankees batters in the top of the fourth, and in the bottom of the fourth, Austin Slater walked after two outs. Brett Baty belted an RBI double over Judge’s head into right field that to bring Slater in and forced Rodón out of the game, replaced by Jake Bird. Torrens struck out to end the inning. In the top of the fifth inning, Peterson hit Ben Rice with a pitch and followed up with a walk to Judge. Cody Bellinger grounded into a force out, reaching first, and allowing Ben Rice to reach third, with Judge out at second. Goldschmidt was up next and hit an RBI single into right field. Peterson struck out Chisholm again to end the top of the fifth, allowing the Mets to keep the lead. Benge led off the bottom of the fifth with a ground ball single to center field, and Soto drew his second walk of the night, this time from Yankees reliever Brent Headrick. Vientos followed by sneaking a 2-RBI ground-ball double past Rosario and into left field, bringing the score to Mets 5, Yankees 2.
Rosario followed up with his own double into left field at the top of the sixth inning, and after Peterson walked Volpe again, he was replaced by Brooks Raley. Raley wrapped it up quickly in the sixth, but things fell apart for him in the seventh. Judge led off with a double, and an error by Benge in right field allowed Bellinger to reach second base and Judge to score. Raley followed this by hitting Goldschmidt with a pitch, still with no outs. Chisolm bunted successfully right over Raley’s head to load the bases, at which point, Luke Weaver came in to take over.
Weaver worked his magic at this point and struck out Rosario and Grisham, and Volpe grounded into a force out at second to end the top of the inning with the Mets’ lead intact. Benge bounced back in the bottom of the seventh with a leadoff single from an infield hit. Bichette grounded into a forceout that took Benge out at second, and then Soto tapped a single into right field that allowed Bichette to reach third. Soto stole second base, and Vientos grounded out, but not before Bichette scored during the play as well. During Marcus Semien’s at-bat, Soto stole third base, but Semien wound up grounding out to end the inning Mets 6, Yankees 3.
Weaver returned for the top of the eighth and kept the Yankees bats quiet again. Paul Blackburn came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth for the Yankees, and A.J. Ewing led off with an infield single that skipped over Rosario’s glove. Ewing attempted to steal second base, but was called out after review. M.J. Melendez worked a walk while pinch-hitting for Austin Slater, but the other two outs came quickly, and Devin Williams was up for the top of the ninth. Williams wrapped up quickly as well with a one-two-three ninth to get the save and the Mets win to tie the series.
The Flushing edition of this year’s Subway Series concludes tomorrow when Freddy Peralta faces Elmer Rodriguez.
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Win Probability Added
Big Mets winner: Luke Weaver, +39.0% WPA
Big Mets loser: Brooks Raley, -27.0% WPA
Mets pitchers: +14.0% WPA
Mets hitters:
Teh aw3s0mest play: Bo Bichette and Juan Soto score on Carlos Rodon’s wild pitch + throwing error in the third, +20.7% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Cody Bellinger doubles, Aaron Judge scores on fielding error by Carson Benge in the seventh, +10.5% WPA
