After silencing Aaron Judge, Mets' superstar closer sends clear message before Subway Series decider

New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge was nowhere to be found in Game 2 of the Subway Series against the Mets. Judge was blanked in five at-bats, including the last out of the game wherein he was struck out by Mets' star closer Edwin Diaz.

Heading into the contest, Judge was tied for the second-most home runs across the league with 15, leads the league in batting average, slugging and on base percentage at .414/.500/.775, respectively. The Yankee captain also possess the highest OPS with 1.275 and the most hits with 70 and RBI with 41. However, it was no match to Diaz, who sent a clear message after the win.

"Great win #SubwaySeries let's go Mets" - Diaz

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Upon the star closer's insertion in the game, the Queens-based squad were leading the Yankees, 3-2. Diaz would then finished the game of with ease as gained an Austin Wells punch out and a Ben Rice ground out before ultimately drawing the strikeout against the hottest hitter in MLB.

With the victory, Edwin Diaz claimed his tenth save this year. After a grueling 2024 campaign back from injury, the 31-year-old is slowly gaining back his All-Star form as he's posted a 3.00 ERA and 26 strikeouts across 18 innings.

Mets outlast Yankees to tie up Subway Series

In a thrilling affair, the New York Mets edged out the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the Subway Series in MLB's first-ever Rivalry Weekend. The orange and blue came away with a narrow 3-2 win after a pitching duel between the two crews.

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Both Griffin Canning and Clarke Schmidt had respectable starts for their respective squads as they both gave up just two runs each in a nip-and-tuck battle. Canning ended the game with two earned runs on seven base hits with a walk and four strikeouts for the Metropolitans while Schmidt gave up the same number of earned runs on three base hits with five walk and five punch outs for the Bombers.

Runs were scarce in the contest as it wouldn't be until the third inning wherein DJ LeMahieu opened it with a solo home run. The visitors would answer back half an inning later as Pete Alonso smacked an RBI-single that brought home Francisco Lindor. This would be followed up by Mark Vientos' sacrifice fly that drove in Juan Soto.

In the bottom of the sixth, Cody Bellinger hit a solo shot — his sixth as a Yankee, to tie the score. However, it would be Francisco Lindor's sac fly in the ninth that drove in the go-ahead run for the 3-2 victory.

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Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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