Mets backup outfielder Tyrone Taylor wore a wide smile and carried the symbolic gold-encrusted championship belt out of the clubhouse after turning boos into cheers and happy chants at Citi Field. Taylor changed a huge game with one big, beautiful swing to help beat the crosstown rival Yankees. And for once, all felt right in Mets land.

“Bummed out to happy,” was how Taylor aptly described the mood swings.

All the Mets felt elation after Taylor turned the game around. But one overriding question remains: Can one surprise blast help turn a whole season around?

The Citi Field crowd had understandably thinned considerably by the time Taylor sent his ninth-inning, two-out, three-run, game-tying home run deep into the left field bleachers. By now, we get why the fans may not completely believe.

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The Mets were dead team walking late Friday night. A game was lost, and so was Clay Holmes for months with a fractured fibula. That left the Mets eight games under .500 and sensing that they had just suffered one key injury too many, this one to the most consistent player on the 2026 squad.

They were despondent. Reeling. Ready to be knocked out.

That the Yankees failed to seize on this moment says something, yes, about the Mets’ resolve. But it screams about the current state of the Yankees as well. They went on a nine-game road trip with the belief they were the majors’ best team. They will return to The Bronx having lost seven of nine and the soft spots on their roster exposed, notably an underwhelming bullpen.

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The Mets starter called the experience of starting in Sunday's win "Something that I'm probably never gonna forget."

Peralta pitched five innings for the Mets and allowed three runs on two hits and struck out four batters.

The Mets, on life support after a horrendous start to their season and with a roster filled with injured players, sure appeared to be on their way to another series loss, this time to the Yankees in the Subway Series.

Instead, they came away with a stunning win.

Down to their final out, Tyrone Taylor hit a game-tying three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.

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The Mets win 7-6 over the Yankees with Carson Benge hitting a chopper in the infield that drives in the winning run.

Tyrone Taylor sent Citi Field into pandemonium as he tied the game at 6-6 with a three-run home run.

Juan Soto grounds into a force out.

The Mets have runners on first and third with one out.