New York Yankees vs New York Mets | Game Highlights (5/16/25)

So this place is going to be jammed for all three games. There's a game tomorrow afternoon, then Sunday night. Yankees and the Mets. Obviously, there'll be a majority of Yankee fans, but Mets fans will be represented as well. The Mets are in first place in the National League East, and the Yankees are in first place in the American League East. Carlos Rodon on the mound for the Yankees. This will be his 10th start. Peraza will bring up Soto. Let's listen. Well, you know what? Maybe his middle name's Lou Pitch outside to Soto. Soto had a wonderful first season with the Yankees, his only season with the Yankees, and left as a free agent, signing a 15-year deal with the Mets. 2-0. As we said in the opening, he's come on of late, but his numbers, at this point in the season, nowhere close to what they were last year with the Yankees. The one thing you wonder is how Soto will handle this, and Soto seems, throughout his young career, to be impervious to pressure. The bigger the moment, he seems like he steps up. Will this make him withdraw? Will it make him even better? Fastball in there for a strike. 3-1. It looks so easy. Lindor, strike one, strike two, and then a good changeup, and then he was, like, overthrown. As a pitcher, I mean, you hear the crowd. You want to probably try to do too much to get an out. Exactly. And Soto walks. Ball gets away from Wells. He finds it. So a one-out walk to Juan Soto. Soto, he's picked off, but they mishandled the throw, so he'll take second. He was off the first base by so much, and Rodon hesitated to throw to Goldschmidt. Well, Rodon did not look over there. I mean, at this point, right there, he's picked off, and he just didn't know, and by Wells' order to get over there, you know, you could have stepped off and gone to second base. See the both teams wearing camouflage hats. It's Armed Forces Weekend. Three-two. Line drive and caught by Peraza. Took a base hit away from Alonso. Two away. Well, you can't complain about Peraza and his defense. I mean, he is so good wherever you put him. This ball was in on him a little bit, which gave him a little bit extra time, but still a great play to save a run. Goldschmidt will beat the Antillans. No hits, no errors, and one man left. Back to him. We've got a cameraman in right field. He's all ready, so, yeah, this is a little bit different atmosphere than we've seen day in and day out. He's going to hear it now as he comes out of the dugout. That was such a place of love and glory here, and it's going to be a complete and Grisham will lead off against McGill. Pitch up and away, 1-0. Strangely, Soto would not speak to the media before the game, and there's a walk to Grisham. See, they send Grisham. Small lead, held there by Alonso. He does not go, and a swing and a miss. Judge swings through the fastball and went away. In the right center field, it's going to be a base hit. Taylor makes the play, moving to second is Grisham, so Bellinger extends his hitting streak to 11 straight. Nemo makes the play, tagging Grisham, who draws the throw, but he'll stay put at second. 3-2, swing and a miss. Leo, too, swing and a miss on the slider. Two away, and the lefty rocks and deals. Fly ball center field, Grisham makes the play. Line drive, it is going to be a base hit in front of Soto. Vivas with a leadoff single here in the third. Vivas leads off second, one man out, 3-1 count on the captain. And he walked him. Had such a great spring training, and started off slowly, and some of it had to do, remember, he had the food poisoning, and he had to sit out because of a sore lower back. Kind of fell out what he was doing so well in Tampa. Now it seems like he's finding it again. Yeah, if you watch him from the side, there's far less movement than there was early in the year, where he was trying to really make things happen quick. Going to be a real tough play. But first, not in time, he beat it out. A slow roller to Vientos, and the Yankees have the bases loaded. Broken back, up the middle, and grabbed there by Lindori as one player can't make it and gets away from Alonzo. Will score, and the Yankees lead. Bases loaded. Soto. Soto threw a two-hopper to the plate, and it just took up too much time. Make that three hops. Yeah, that's not good. That's not a good throw from right field from that depth at all. There's ball four, and the bases are reloaded. Ball four, that's going to force in a run. Goldschmidt jogs down the line, touches the plate, four, nothing. The Yankees, in that walk, knocks McGill out of the game. If I was not booing David's pitching decisions, booing Juan Soto, leaving out the fourth inning. There's a strike. Soto walked in the first, and he will walk for the second time. Well, that's one thing you've seen. If you remember from last year's, Juan Soto does not leave the strike zone very often. Line drive. It's a base hit past a diving peraza. Soto held up. He's going to round third. He's coming home. Here's a throw from Bellinger, and Soto's in there with the Met's first run, an RBI single for Nimmo, and it's 4-1, Yanks. Here's Marte. First and second, one man out. Hits shortly and grabbed there by Volpe. There's one on the first. Not in time. Fly ball right field. Judge. Three outs. So he pitches out of further trouble. Met's do get a run. There's a hard line drive and base hit. That one is lying down the right field line. It is a base hit. That'll go into the corner, playing to Carroll and to Soto. Judge rounds third. He'll stop right there. Another base hit for Bellinger. He's three for three. This one's a double. Grounded and through for a base hit. Past a diving Vientos. Judge scores. Bellinger advances to third. Hits an RBI single for Goldsman, and the Yankees lead 5-1. Chopped to second. They get one. On the first. Not in time. Bellinger scores. It's an RBI fielder's choice for Dominguez, and the Yankees are now up 6-1. Popped up shallow right. Oh, a play by Goldsman. He took a base hit away from Taylor, showing great range and staying in bounds for the first down. Look at Aaron Judge's reaction here. You think he doesn't know how hard a play that is? And he walks for the third time against Rodon. Swing and a miss. Got him on the slider. So Rodon gives the Yankees five innings. He gives up one run. Six rehab gains for Loaiza. They go 1.23 ERA. First appearance since April 3rd of 2024. Thrown right into the cauldron. Left center field. Cutting over Bellinger. But instead, Grisham will make the play for the final out. The Yankee pitcher is Devin Williams. Six of his last seven appearances, he is not allowed an earned run. Fastball. He was seeking change-up. He took a fastball right over the plate. 2-2. Swing and a miss on the change. Two away. Swing and a miss. That's an impressive eighth inning for Devin Williams. He strikes out the side. And the pitch. Ground ball and a base hit. Alvarez will score. McNeil will go to third. It's a double and an RBI for Lindor. Mets are still alive. Yankees lead by 4, 6-2. And, of course, it has to come down to this. Luke Weaver, the Yankee closer, facing Juan Soto. Now, it's not as dramatic as it could be because even if Soto hits one onto the grand concourse, the Yankees would still have the lead at 6-5, but it does add a little spice to this as Soto has walked three times. He grounded out with a runner at second base, so he struggled this year with runners in scoring position. He'll come up now against his former teammate, Luke Weaver. Well, you know, you bought a ticket tonight. This is kind of the situation you were looking forward to, to see Juan Soto in a big at-bat. And if you're a Yankee fan, you hope that Weaver can put him away. And if you're a Mets fan, you hope that Soto keeps it going. So Soto, this year, is 5 for 36 with runners in scoring position. Runners at second and third for the Mets, two outs here in the ninth inning, one run in. They're trailing by four, 6-2. Jumps on the first pitch and fouls it away. Trying to jump him, expecting a fastball. You know, he's been late on some fastballs today, which was, you know, you're not accustomed to seeing. He's so quick, especially inside. The O-line. This should do it. Fly ball center field. Grisham coming on, and that will do it. This one, 6-2. Higgins, he gets the win. Soto is returning back to the box. 0 for 2 with three walks. And the Yankees start this three-game set off with a victory.