Overview

• The New York Yankees clinched the Subway Series with an 8-2 victory over the Mets, winning two of the three games at Yankee Stadium.
• Cody Bellinger’s ninth career grand slam capped a six-run eighth inning, breaking a 2-2 tie and sealing the win for the Yankees.
• Mets first baseman Pete Alonso committed a pivotal throwing error in the eighth inning, allowing the go-ahead run to score and shifting momentum to the Yankees.
• Juan Soto, in his first return to Yankee Stadium as a Met, struggled under intense fan scrutiny, going 1-for-10 across the series and facing boos throughout.
• Both starting pitchers, Max Fried for the Yankees and David Peterson for the Mets, delivered strong six-inning performances, each allowing two runs before the game was decided by the bullpen and late-game offense.