Luke Weaver was a pleasant dream for his latest team and a nightmare for his old one Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Carson Benge\u2019s muff on a fly ball for an error in the seventh inning had the Yankees ready to pounce. <\/p>\n
One run already across with nobody out, Weaver entered with the bases loaded and produced his signature moment to date in a Mets uniform.<\/p>\n
The right-hander struck out Amed Rosario and then Trent Grisham before getting Anthony Volpe to hit a ground ball that became the final out, averting a crisis. <\/p>\n
The Mets held on for a 6-3 victory at Citi Field, setting up a Subway Series rubber game on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Juan Soto singles during the Mets\u2019 May 16 win against the Yankees. Jason Szenes for the NY Post<\/p>\n
Weaver, who signed a two-year contract worth $22 million with the Mets last offseason after the Yankees showed only mild interest in retaining him, wasn\u2019t finished after saving the Mets in the seventh. <\/p>\n
He returned for the eighth and pitched a scoreless inning, highlighted by his sprint to cover first base that completed a 3-6-1 double play on Ben Rice\u2019s grounder.<\/p>\n
The Mets, who won for the fourth time in five games, received a big night from another former Yankee: Juan Soto reached base four times to lead the offensive attack. <\/p>\n
If that wasn\u2019t enough, Devin Williams \u2014 who pitched last season in The Bronx \u2014 got the final three outs for the save.<\/p>\n
Brett Baty reacts after hitting an RBI double during the Mets\u2019 6-3 win over the Yankees on May 16, 2026 at Citi Field. Jason Szenes for the NY Post<\/p>\n
Carlos Rod\u00f3n, in his second start for the Yankees since returning from offseason elbow surgery, threw 88 pitches over 3 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on three hits and three walks with six strikeouts.<\/p>\n
Huascar Brazob\u00e1n, working as an opener for the third time this season, retired all four batters he faced.<\/p>\n
Jazz Chisholm Jr. greeted David Peterson with a double in the second inning and Grisham\u2019s RBI single with two outs produced the game\u2019s first run.<\/p>\n
Rod\u00f3n gifted the Mets two runs in the third to put the Yankees in a 2-1 hole. <\/p>\n
Mark Vientos rips a hit during the Mets\u2019 May 16 game. Jason Szenes for the NY Post<\/p>\n
After Benge delivered a two-out double and Bo Bichette and Soto walked to load the bases, Rod\u00f3n unloaded a wild pitch. <\/p>\n
Rod\u00f3n fielded the carom off the back wall bare-handed and attempted to nail Benge at the plate, but threw wild. <\/p>\n
Bichette also scored.<\/p>\n
The Mets got frisky again with two outs in the fourth. <\/p>\n
Rod\u00f3n walked Austin Slater before Brett Baty\u2019s ensuing RBI double placed the Yankees in a 3-1 hole.<\/p>\n
It was the final batter Rod\u00f3n faced. <\/p>\n
Jake Bird needed only three pitches to strike out Luis Torrens, ending the inning.<\/p>\n
Peterson plunked Rice with one out in the fifth and walked Aaron Judge on a full-count pitch.<\/p>\n
After Bichette failed to turn an inning ending double play on Cody Bellinger\u2019s grounder \u2014 his throw to first was late after stepping on second \u2014 Paul Goldschmidt stroked an RBI single that sliced the Mets\u2019 lead to 3-2. Peterson struck out Chisholm to escape further damage.<\/p>\n
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Vientos\u2019 two-run double in the fifth widened the Yankees\u2019 deficit to 5-2. <\/p>\n
Benge singled to begin the rally and Soto walked against lefty Brent Headrick before Vientos\u2019 smash eluded the diving Amed Rosario at third base to bring in both runners.<\/p>\n
Rosario doubled leading off the sixth against Peterson, who struck out Grisham but was then removed after walking Anthony Volpe for the second time. <\/p>\n
Brooks Raley struck out Austin Wells and retired Rice to leave both runners on base.<\/p>\n
Carlos Rod\u00f3n (55) reacts during the Yankees\u2019 May 16 loss to the Mets. Jason Szenes for the NY Post<\/p>\n
Peterson created plenty of traffic in his appearance, allowing six hits and three walks that produced the Yankees\u2019 two runs over four innings. <\/p>\n
The lefty threw 82 pitches in his third straight outing in a bulk relief role.<\/p>\n
Judge doubled leading off the seventh and Bellinger\u2019s fly to right should have been the first out. <\/p>\n
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But the ball ticked off Benge\u2019s glove for an error, allowing Judge to score. <\/p>\n
Raley drilled Goldschmidt and allowed a bunt single to Chisholm that loaded the bases before departing with nobody out. <\/p>\n
Weaver got the next three outs, without a run scoring.<\/p>\n
The Mets reclaimed the run in the bottom of the inning on Vientos\u2019 RBI groundout after Benge and Soto each singled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke Weaver was a pleasant dream for his latest team and a nightmare for his old one Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10094,35580,20,9,11,320,10,321,319,78605],"class_list":["post-234381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-aaron-judge","tag-mark-vientos","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sports","tag-subway-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}