Heroes, zeros and the within pitch from the Mets’ 6-5 win over the Yankees on Friday afternoon within the Subway Sequence in Queens:
Hero
Jeff McNeil smoked a two-run homer off Luke Weaver with two outs within the backside of the seventh that gave the Mets the lead for good.
The versatile McNeil, enjoying second base, additionally made a terrific diving play on DJ LeMahieu’s delicate liner that appeared on its method to proper discipline for a single with one out within the high of the ninth.
Zero
Weaver, so good final yr and the early a part of this season till being sidelined with a hamstring harm, has allowed a homer and a number of runs in every of his final three appearances.
They usually’ve all are available defeats.
Unsung hero
Can a $765 million participant be unsung? Possibly not, however McNeil’s late heroics overshadowed Juan Soto’s early dominance, which helped preserve the Mets within the sport.
He homered within the backside of the primary to tie the sport and doubled and scored within the third to start to place his previous depressing Subway Sequence exhibiting in The Bronx behind him.
Key stat
4 Consecutive losses by which the Yankees have allowed at the least six runs and three homers.
Quote of the day
“I believe when you again us right into a nook, we’re gonna battle our manner out of it.’’
— Reed Garrett
