The New York Yankees avoided a weekend sweep and halted a six-game slide by defeating the New York Mets 6–4 in Sunday’s Subway Series finale at Citi Field. Aaron Judge belted his 33rd home run and finished with three RBIs, while Max Fried improved to 11-2 after working five-plus innings. Devin Williams closed the door with a perfect ninth for his 12th save. The Mets trimmed a 5–0 deficit to one run on a two-run single by Francisco Lindor and RBI hits from Jeff McNeil and Hayden Senger, but the Yankees’ defense preserved the lead. Right fielder Judge made a run-saving diving grab in the sixth, and left fielder Cody Bellinger turned a shoestring catch of a Juan Soto liner into a critical double play in the seventh—one of three twin killings turned by New York. Sunday’s result followed two Mets victories to open the series. On Friday, McNeil’s two-run homer off reliever Luke Weaver in the seventh lifted the Mets to a 6–5 win. Saturday’s game was decided early, with Pete Alonso hitting two homers and Brandon Nimmo adding a grand slam in a 12–6 rout. The Mets entered the finale on a four-game winning streak, while the Yankees had dropped 16 of 22. With the win, the crosstown rivals split their six meetings this season, each club taking one series at the other’s ballpark. The Yankees return home Tuesday to face Seattle, and the Mets travel to Baltimore to open a series the same night.
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