Jeff McNeil, arms clasped behind his back, tossed his bat and shouted toward the New York Mets dugout, starting up the first base line as his go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning off Luke Weaver sailed into the second deck at Citi Field.

The New York Mets had stormed back twice. They knew their 6–5 lead in the top of the ninth inning wasn’t safe. Not with Aaron Judge waiting in the wings. For a moment, it looked like the New York Yankees would add yet another plot twist to Friday’s back-and-forth Subway Series

Jeff McNeil delivered the decisive blow in a back-and-forth Subway Series clash Friday afternoon, launching a go-ahead two-run home run in the sixth inning to lift the Mets (51-38) over the Yankees (48-40),