Mets Stun Yankees in 10 Innings Behind Taylor’s Heroics

The Mets showed more resilience on Sunday than a cockroach in a New York subway tunnel, clawing back from the brink against their cross-town rivals to snatch a 7-6 victory in 10 innings. This wasn’t pretty baseball, but it was the kind of gutsy, never-say-die performance that actually matters when October comes calling. The Yankees had every opportunity to put this game away, and instead they got punched in the mouth by a Mets squad that refused to quit.

Yankees Build Lead, Then Collapse

Ben Rice gave the Yankees an early spark with a solo home run in the third inning, one of the few moments of offensive clarity in a game that felt like watching paint dry on a humid Sunday afternoon. Anthony Volpe was the real story for New York, driving in three runs and looking like the competent player the organization desperately needs him to be. A two-run single in the sixth and a crucial bases-loaded walk in the seventh put the Yankees up 6-4, and everything pointed to another dreary Yankees victory.

But here’s where the Mets separated themselves from the also-rans: they didn’t pack it in. Luis Torrens came off the bench in the sixth with a two-run double that cut the deficit to one, signaling that this game had more chapters to write. The Yankees, meanwhile, seemed content to ride out the final innings with a narrow lead and hope nobody embarrassed them.

Taylor’s Heroics in the Ninth, Benge Finishes It

Enter Tyrone Taylor in the ninth inning, a guy nobody’s writing think pieces about before Sunday. His three-run homer off the Yankees bullpen didn’t just tie the game at 6-6, it completely shifted the momentum and exposed the fragile mental state of a team that had been sleepwalking through seven innings. It was the kind of at-bat that separates teams that finish third in their division from teams that actually compete in October.

The extra inning was merely a formality. Carson Benge, another unlikely hero, ended this thing with a walk-off fielder’s choice in the tenth, plating Marcus Semien with the winning run. Devin Williams got credited with the victory despite throwing just one inning, which tells you everything about how this game spiraled for the Yankees down the stretch. Tim Hill took the loss for New York, though his appearance was so brief it barely registers as consequential.

Sunday’s result won’t reshape the entire season, but it’s a microcosm of why the Mets should never be counted out and why the Yankees, despite their October pedigree, remain a team capable of finding creative new ways to disappoint their suffering fan base. This Subway Series encounter belonged to the Mets, and they seized it when it mattered most.