Acce s the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. For the first two games of the Queens edition of the Subway Series, the Mets stadium operations crew has acted as if it wants to ensure the invading Yankees fans have Eric Gagne Jersey a good time (and, of course, return). There have been sing-alongs to My Girl, Francisco Lindors walk-up song; entreaties for peace between the fan bases while Why Cant We Be Friends plays; extended, elongated sketches involving the Bronx Giraffe, who is on the lam, or something; a bit involving a Yankees fan deciding the le s traditional environment at Citi Field is more fun than Yankee Stadium and thus trading his allegiances. As Mets marketing execs try to outdo their counterparts, the on-field product has reflected that the home team is doing just about everything better. Pete Alonso (20) blasts a three-run home run during the seventh inning when the New York Mets beat the New York Yankees on Saturday, July 5, 2025 Robert Sabo for NY Post The Yankees are playing sloppy baseball, and the Mets already have slugged their way to a Subway Series victory before Sundays finale. The Mets thoroughly outplayed the Yankees again in a 12-6 dusting in front of 41,401 on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in which the sun appropriately shined longer on the home teams dugout. The Mets (52-38) seem to have brushed off their June swoon and have won four straight behind just enough pitching and an offensive awakening. Brandon Nimmo smacked his second grand slam in four days to get the party going, and Pete Alonso added two more homers up to 246 for his career, six shy of Darryl Strawberry for the franchise record to gain more than enough separation. I feel like both of these teams are right now like heavyweights at the end of a 15-round match, just trying to throw some haymakers, said Nimmo, whose first-inning haymaker against Carlos Rodn set the tone. Both teams are pretty beat up right now. Explore More The Yankees (48-41) much more so, having dropped six straight in what sure feels like a rock bottom. This free fall often has seen them hurt themselves, which in one case, involving Aaron Judge and Anthony Volpe on Saturday, became literal. An all-around miserable day for the Yankees included: Aaron Boone signaling Clarke Schmidt . Judge getting , a throw from Volpe catching No. 99 by surprise. He wore a bandage near his eye afterward. Countle s misplays, including an airmailed throw to first base from Jazz Chisholm Jr. that led to a run in the second inning, and a booted seventh-inning ball from Trent Grisham, who might have had a chance at throwing out Ronny Mauricio at the plate on a Lindor single. Lindor then, too, came around to score. Brandon Nimmo crushed a grand slam off Carlos Rodon. Robert Sabo for NY Post The two officially scored errors made the Mets path to victory in a game in which they stitched together nine competent innings from Frankie Montas (four runs in 5 / innings), Richard Lovelady, Chris Devenski, Ryne Stanek and Edwin Daz, Carlos Mendoza asking for a third game in four days from the latter two surprisingly smooth. After shots from Chisholm, Austin Wells and Volpe, the Yankees have smacked seven homers in two games and lost both because their pitching and particularly their defense have been regrettable. New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor had a big Saturday against the Yankees. Robert Sabo for NY Post Jazz Chisholm homered for the Yankees in the lo s. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post Just got to play better, thats what it comes down to, said Judge, who added he was fine after the friendly fire from Volpe. Its fundamentals, making the routine plays routine. Its just the little things. Well clean some things up. The statements from the two clubs one that kept making mistakes and another that took advantage arrived immediately. Carlos Rodon took the lo s on Saturday against the Mets. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post In the bottom of the first, Starling Marte doubled on what probably should have been a single, Ja son Domnguez taking a poor route. After a Lindor walk, Juan Soto laid down the third sacrifice bunt of his career, which prompted Rodn to pitch around Alonso who took first base on Ball 4 as Wells tried a snap throw to third, a base that Chisholm was not near. With the bases loaded, Rodn, too, made a mistake in hanging a 1-2 slider in the middle of the plate, Nimmo launching a shot to right for his second grand slam in four days. Any drama the rest of the way was drained by Yankees miscues. Frankie Montas got the start for the Mets on Saturday. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post Were playing complete baseball on both sides of the ball, said Alonso, who added a two-run shot in the fifth and a three-run homer in the seventh against a team that has been playing poorly on one side of the ball. Its been a terrible week, Boone said. Hopefully, as trite as it sounds, as corny [as it sounds], these are the moments that build character within a team and also help find out and define what the heck you need moving forward. Anthony Banda Jersey