The Mets, on life support after a horrendous start to their season and with a roster filled with injured players, sure appeared to be on their way to another series loss, this time to the Yankees in the Subway Series.
Instead, they came away with a stunning win.
Down to their final out, Tyrone Taylor hit a game-tying three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.
And in the 10th, after Devin Williams got Austin Wells to hit into an inning-ending double play with runners on the corners to keep the game tied, Carson Benge won it in the bottom of the inning with a grounder up the middle that scored Marcus Semien from third in a 7-6 win at Citi Field.
It was the first win by the Mets when trailing entering the ninth since Pete Alonso’s famous home run off Williams in the 2024 NL wild-card series.
With Tim Hill on the mound, A.J. Ewing bunted automatic runner Semien to third and with a five-man infield playing in, Luis Torrens was hit by a pitch. That brought up Benge, who hit a chopper over the mound. Extra infielder Max Schuemann and shortstop Anthony Volpe collided, allowing Semien to score without a throw.
The Mets trailed by four runs before they came back with a pair in the bottom of the sixth and survived a standout day by Anthony Volpe, who had his first two hits of the season and added three RBIs.
The drama began in the bottom of the ninth, when Benge and the slumping Bo Bichette led off with singles.
Juan Soto grounded into a forceout and Mark Vientos whiffed before Taylor’s blow down the left field line.
In the 10th, Ryan McMahon swiped third with one out, but Schuemann struck out. Volpe walked before Carlos Mendoza went to the mound to talk to Williams, who got Wells to ground to first, where Vientos started the double play.
The Yankees had seemingly broken open a tie game in the top of the sixth — despite the lineup picking up just one hit in the frame, a two-run single by Volpe.
After Freddy Peralta walked Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. to open the inning, the right-hander was replaced by the struggling Sean Manaea.
McMahon bunted the runners over and Paul Goldschmidt — pinch hitting for Spencer Jones — was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Volpe.
Volpe, who had doubled in the second for his first hit of the season, followed with a two-run single to left to give the Yankees the lead.
Amed Rosario, hitting for J.C. Escarra, added a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1 before Trent Grisham popped up to shallow left, where Bichette dropped the ball. That allowed Volpe to score the fourth run of the inning.
The Mets got back in the game in the bottom of the inning. They had runners on first and second with one out as Jake Bird replaced Ryan Yarbrough and another pinch hitter, Torrens (hitting for Hayden Senger) doubled down the right field line to drive in a pair and cut the Yankees’ lead to two runs.
But Manaea faltered again in the seventh, loading the bases by walking Max Schuemann after singles by Bellinger and Chisholm. Making matters worse, Manaea walked Volpe to force in a run.
The Yankees threatened in the first off Peralta, who walked Aaron Judge and Bellinger with two outs, but Chisholm struck out to end the inning.
They went ahead in the third with Ben Rice’s 15th homer of the season, a solo shot to right-center off Peralta, who again walked a pair of batters later in the inning before getting McMahon to ground out to avoid further damage.
The Mets tied the game in the fourth with a two-out run.
With two on, Semien doubled to right to score Vientos from second and make it 1-1. Yarbrough replaced Rodriguez with one on and one out in the fifth and gave up a single to Vientos.
With runners on the corners and two out, pinch-hitter Taylor hit a liner to center, where Grisham made a diving catch to prevent a run.
