The New York Mets used a ninth-inning homer from Tyrone Taylor and an infield hit by Carson Benge to win in 10.
The New York Mets came from four runs down against the New York Yankees to tie the game in the ninth then win it in the tenth, 7-6, as they took the rubber game of the home edition of the Subway Series.
It started out as a pitchers duel featuring Freddy Peralta for the Mets vs. 22-year old Elmer Rodriguez for the Yankees. Both pitchers were on their game, although Peralta struggled with his control and ended up walking six.
The Yankees struck first on a solo home run by Ben Rice in the third inning, and the Mets countered in the fourth as Mark Vientos and Brett Baty singled, with Marcus Semien doubling home Vientos to tie the game at 1-1.
Peralta ran out of gas in the sixth, and the last two walks of his outing got him in trouble. Sean Manaea entered in relief, and Ryan McMahon laid down the Yankees first sacrifice bunt of the season to get them in scoring position. Manaea then hit Paul Goldschmidt with a pitch to load the bases.
Anthony Volpe then lined his second hit of the day for an RBI single, with two runs scoring. J.C. Escarra got the third run of the inning home with a sacrifice fly to right, and just like that the Mets were down 4-1. The Mets added a bad error by shortstop Bo Bichette on a pop-up to short left that brought home another run to make it 5-1.
The Mets rallied to get back into the game in the bottom of the inning, though, starting when Semien singled and A.J. Ewing walked off reliever Ryan Yarbrough. Pinch hitter Luis Torrens then came through with a two-run double off reliever Jake Bird to make it 5-3.
Manaea pitched the Mets back in trouble again in the seventh, as he walked two hitters to help load the bases, then walked Volpe to make it 6-3.
The Mets bats went silent after that until the ninth, when they got the tying run to the plate in the form of Juan Soto after singles by Carson Benge and Bo Bichette. But Soto grounded into a force out at second, and Mark Vientos struck out. It looked like this one was over, but Tyrone Tyler stepped to the plate and delivered a massive three-run homer to left off Yankees closer David Bednar to tie the game at 6-6.
Devin Williams came in to pitch the tenth inning, and he struck out Max Schuemann, but the Mets made yet another mental error by allowing ghost runner Ryan McMahon to steal third. Williams was able to bail himself out, however, by getting Austin Wells to ground into a 3-6-2 double play after walking Volpe.
Marcus Semien became the ghost runner for the Mets, and A.J. Ewing laid down his first professional sacrifice bunt to get Semien to third. Luis Torrens walked, and Benge hit a chopper over the mound to score the winning run on an infield hit and give the Mets a 7-6 win. It was by far the Mets' biggest win of the young season, as they managed to turn a sloppy, subpar effort into a thrilling victory with their late heroics.