The Mets faced the Yankees in a tightly contested game, with David Peterson delivering six solid innings before Huascar Brazoban escaped a bases-loaded situation in the seventh. However, Ryne Stanek struggled in the eighth, allowing a walk and a double, leading to a costly error by Pete Alonso that allowed the go-ahead run to score, followed by a five-run inning for the Yankees capped by a Cody Bellinger homer. Alonso took responsibility for the misplay, which added to the Mets’ ongoing defensive issues that manager Carlos Mendoza acknowledged need improvement.
