Juan Soto, Jeff McNeil Power Mets Over Yankees

Juan Soto’s second Subway Series as a Met started off a lot better than the first. The slugger went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, and Jeff McNeil hit a go-ahead, two-run shot in the seventh inning to lift the Mets to a 6-5 victory in the opener of a three-game set against the Yankees at Citi Field.

Jeff McNeil (1) Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images

The Mets’ ever-thinning pitching staff bent, but didn’t break. Justin Hagenman, making his first major league start, gave up three solo homers...