Lindors 9th Inning Offer Fly Lifts Mets over Yanks 3-2 on another quiet day for Soto

New York (AP) -Francisco Lindor hit a binding sacrificial fly in the ninth innings and New York Mets beat the Yankees 3-2 in the Subway series on Saturday to stay the only team without a three-game loss line this season. Juan Soto went 1 for 4 with a hike and is 1 for 6 in his first two games back in the Bronx in a match between divisional leaders since leaving the Yankees for a record $ 765 million, 15 years with the Mets. DJ Lemahieu and Cody Bellinger showed himself to the Yankees, who won seven of their previous nine games. Luis Torrens walked with one in the ninth of Fernando Cruz (1-2), Brett Baty reached a hit on the interior and Tyrone Taylor was hit by a pitch. Lindor’s 293-feet fly easily recorded the quick pincher Luisangel Acuña. Reed Garrett (1-1) retired Lemahieu on a base-loaded fly to end the eighth and Edwin Díaz got three direct outs, which remains perfect in ten chances. Lemahieu led the Yankees in third place with his first home game since July 31. A conflicting field ride 333 feet in the short porch with the right field. The Mets took a 2-1 lead in fourth place on Pete Alonso’s RBI singles, a catchable ball that left field worker Jasson Domínguez to drop, and Mark Vientos’s sacrificial fly that Soto achieved third place. Bellinger’s home game leading fourth place linked the score 2-2 from Griffin Canning. Clarke Schmidt tied his career high with five hikes. Mets’ right hand, Dedniel Núñez, was selected for Triple-a Syracuse to open a grid for left-hander José Castillo, obtained from Arizona. The Infielder Ronny Mauricio, who was sustained from a torn judge ACL in December 2023, was activated from the 10-day injured list and selected to Syracuse. Baty was in seventh place on the plate that tried to score on Taylor’s double to the left center gap, while Bellinger threw to the short stop Anthony Volpe, which transferred to the catcher JC Escarra. Aaron judge was 0 for 5 with three strokes, which dropped his MLB front average to 0.402. Yankees LHP Max Fried (6-0), leading the big leagues with a 1.11 era, begins Sunday night’s final against Mets LHP David Peterson (2-2, 3.05). ___