Mets stun Yankees with ninth-inning rally, win Subway Series finale
Tyrone Taylor’s ninth-inning blast and Carson Benge’s 10th-inning RBI fielder’s choice flipped a three-run hole into a 7-6 Mets win over the Yankees at Citi Field.
Tyrone Taylor turned a fading afternoon into a jolt for Queens, and the Mets used that surge to beat the Yankees 7-6 and take two of three in the first Subway Series set of the 2026 season. Taylor tied the game with a three-run homer in the ninth inning off All-Star closer David Bednar, pulling a first-pitch curveball just inside the left-field foul pole and forcing extra innings at Citi Field.
The finish belonged to Carson Benge, whose RBI fielder’s choice in the 10th brought home the automatic runner and sent the Mets to a comeback that had seemed out of reach after eight innings. The Yankees answered with a five-man infield in the 10th, but Benge’s two-hopper over the mound produced the out at first while the winning run crossed. It was the kind of late break that has defined the Mets’ better stretches this season, and the kind of collapse the Yankees could not afford after building a 6-3 lead.
New York’s American League club had controlled much of the day behind Anthony Volpe’s two-run single and a bases-loaded walk, and the Yankees had also benefited from Mets mistakes and scattered pitching struggles. But the Mets kept trimming the margin, then erased it in one swing from Taylor, whose homer changed the tone of the game instantly. The rally carried extra weight because the Mets had lost 91 straight games when trailing after eight innings before Pete Alonso’s homer in the 2024 NL Wild Card Series finally broke that run. This was not just a walk-off. It was a reminder that a club once stuck in hopeless late-game spots can now still believe in its own recovery.
The result also sharpened the broader rivalry picture. The Yankees won the opener 5-2 behind rookie Cam Schlittler, but the Mets answered with wins in the next two games to claim the set. The Yankees finished a 2-7 road trip, while the Mets improved to 10-5 in May, numbers that hint at how quickly perceptions can shift over a long season. For a Mets team dealing with injuries, the comeback reinforced bullpen resilience and clubhouse confidence. For the Yankees, it raised harder questions about how much trust remains in late leads, even with star power and an elite closer on the mound.
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