New York Mets at New York Yankees

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New York Mets

69-79, 35-39 Away

Final
12 - 2

New York Yankees

85-63, 41-32 Home

Francisco Lindor hits leadoff homer and grand slam as Mets pound Gerrit Cole and rout Yankees 12-2

Carson Benge makes diving grab to take a hit away from Aaron Judge

Luis Torrens added a two-run homer in the second and an RBI double in a five-run eighth at Yankee Stadium. Rookie Carson Benge had a solo drive and an RBI single in the fifth that chased Cole (8-9), who was tagged for five runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Juan Soto homered in the seventh as the Mets totaled 13 hits and won for 22nd time in 35 games since the Aug. 3 trade deadline. Jared Young also homered for the Mets, who slugged six homers against the Yankees for the first time.

Mets rookie Zac Thornton (4-5) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings during an impressive Subway Series debut. He ended his outing by getting a double-play grounder from Anthony Volpe.

Cody Bellinger homered and hit an RBI single off Thornton as the Yankees' four-game winning streak ended.

The Yankees (85-63) lost for the eighth time in their past 25 games.

In his last three Subway Series starts, Cole is 0-3 with a 10.92 ERA and has permitted 10 homers.

On the fifth anniversary of his three-homer game against the Yankees at Citi Field, Lindor got the Mets started by lining Cole's 1-1 changeup into the right-field seats. It was Lindor’s fifth leadoff homer this year and 36th of his career.

Lindor finished off his 24th career multi-homer game and sent many in the sellout crowd of 46,864 to the exits with a towering drive off rookie Bradley Hanner.

With his eighth career grand slam, Lindor joined Mike Piazza (2000) and Carlos Delgado (2008) as Mets with a grand slam in the Bronx.

Up next RHP Cam Schlittler (13-6, 2.01 ERA) starts for the Yankees against Mets RHP Christian Scott (4-4, 3.81) in Sunday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lombard Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ramos to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Jones struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rosario flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Ramos singled to left.
	9th Inning	Semien fouled out to catcher.

Statistics

NYM		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	6
7	Strikeouts	6
12	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	33
6	Home Runs	1
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
22	Fly Balls	21
1	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	106
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
34	Total Bases	11
42	Plate Appearances	34
972.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
8	Extra Base Hits	2
11.3	Runs Created	2.1
.350	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.850	Slugging Percentage	.333
.525	Secondary Average	.152
.381	On Base Percentage	.235
1.231	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.569
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
11.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.1
84.0	Batter Rating	20.0
6.7	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.81	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.12
.500	Isolated Power	.121
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.048	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.175	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.061
24.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.9	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
123.0	MLB Rating	73.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0