Eduardo Escobar touched home plate, threw down his helmet and began sprinting toward second base to celebrate with his teammates.
The player they were chasing was Starling Marte, who hit an RBI single in the ninth inning that gave the Mets a 3-2 victory over the Yankees at Citi Field on Wednesday night in a two-game Subway Series.
Escobar’s leadoff double in the ninth against Wandy Peralta fueled the winning rally. Tomas Nido sacrificed Escobar to third and Brandon Nimmo reached on a single before Marte ended it.
The Mets won their third straight and extended their NL East lead over the Braves to three games.
Gleyber Torres resurrected the Yankees with a two-run homer off David Peterson in the eighth that tied the game at 2-2. It came after Max Scherzer, on his 38th birthday, managed the Yankees for seven innings.
Left-hander Peterson walked Anthony Rizzo to start the eighth before Torres singled over the right-field fence. The blast was the 16th of the season for Torres, who entered with an .846 OPS over his previous 18 games. Peterson was whistled off the field after hitting Matt Carpenter.
The Mets celebrate their victory over the Yankees. Jason Senes. Starling Marte’s walk-off single gave the Mets a win over the Yankees. Jason Senes
The Yankees went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position, leaving them hitless in 15 at-bats in those situations for the series.
Scherzer mostly owned Aaron Judge, who he struck out three times. The last of those collisions came in the seventh when Scherzer gave Judge a fourth slider in five pitches to hit him with the tying runs on base. Scherzer left the field to the Mets’ dugout, where his night’s work was celebrated.
Overall, Scherzer allowed five hits and walked two with six strikeouts and one hit, lowering his ERA to 2.09. In five starts since returning from the disabled list — he missed nearly seven weeks with a strained oblique muscle — Scherzer has pitched to a 1.39 ERA with 45 strikeouts and four walks.
Pete Alonso celebrates his home run against the Yankees on Wednesday. Robert Szabo Max Scherzer walks off the mound after striking out Aaron Judge. Robert Szabo
Scherzer faced his first big test in the third when Judge battled with two runners on base — Aaron Hicks and DJ LeMahieu singled — and two outs. Scherzer threw five pitches to Judge, hitting his fourth slider of the contest.
The Yankees had another shot against Scherzer in the fifth after Josh Donaldson doubled to lead off and Kyle Higashioka had two outs. But Scherzer retired LeMahieu on a line drive to Francisco Lindor, preserving the Mets’ two-run lead.
Pete Alonso’s homer leading off the second gave the Mets the lead. The homer was Alonso’s 26th of the season and extended his MLB lead in RBIs to 84, a night after he reached base four times in a Mets victory.
A two-run homer by Gleyber Torres (L) credited with the Yankees’ only runs. Jason Senes
Lindor hit a ground-breaking RBI single against Domingo German in the third inning that gave the Mets a 2-0 lead. Nido doubled to lead off the inning.
The Mets blew a chance against German in the fourth. Daniel Vogelbach and Mark Canha reached on back-to-back singles to start the inning before Germany retired Jeff McNeil, Escobar and Nido in succession.
German lasted 4 ²/₃ innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. The right-hander was removed on 82 pitches in the fifth innings. Both Lindor and Alonso pitched in the inning, but were stranded when Lucas Luege retired Vogelbach.
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