The Subway Series is back, back again.
This time the Mets and Yankees will play two games at Yankee Stadium. In this year’s previous Subway Series, the Mets swept the Yanks at Citi Field.
Luis Gil will get the nod for the Yankees as Jose Quintana will be on the mound for the Mets.
The Yankees hold the top AL wild-card spot and are 1.5 games back of the Orioles in the AL East while the Mets hold the third NL wild-card spot.
Follow The Post’s live updates for the latest Yankees-Mets news, score and highlights in this pivotal tilt.
Jeff McNeil says that "Happy Jeff" is "very happy" after tonight's game: Carlos Mendoza was asked why the Mets did not intentionally walk Aaron Judge in the 9th inning: Jeff McNeil talks about 'happy' stretch
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"Any day you go home from the ballpark happy is a good one." pic.twitter.com/LY9CjDyb3BCarlos Mendoza discusses decision to pitch to Aaron Judge in 9th inning
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"I don't know" 😂 pic.twitter.com/X522wkYdR3
Aaron Judge on the Mets: "They got a good ballclub." pic.twitter.com/BnvZkqmv0F
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Aaron Judge became the first player in Mets-Yankees history to walk four times in a single Subway Series game. The Mets pitched around Judge all night until the ninth, when Jake Diekman walked him. Without proper protection, there was no need to go after him. JD Davis and Ben Rice were a combined 0-for-5 hitting behind Judge.
"It's a team game. Even if I went 4-4 today, you know, we still might not win," Judge said.
Aaron Judge says he's not too frustrated about being walked four times tonight
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"It's a team game. Even if I went 4-4 today, you know, we still might not win." pic.twitter.com/vPPooSyh0r
Aaron Judge says he's not too frustrated about being walked four times tonight
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"It's a team game. Even if I went 4-4 today, you know, we still might not win." pic.twitter.com/4ExA4GLKxz
"For him to come out there and stay on the attack and throw strikes, it's a good sign."
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Carlos Mendoza talks about Jake Diekman's outing tonight and him getting the save: pic.twitter.com/snZwccVw8D
"Not nibble around the zone, but make quality pitches where I think the damage could be the least amount possible."
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Jake Diekman talks about his approach against Aaron Judge: pic.twitter.com/B8qMW7xCKi
"It's a really good team win."
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- Jake Diekman pic.twitter.com/JaxKvpcY0B
Aaron Boone on the Yankees' offense tonight:
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"Obviously didn't get a lot going... We had some decent at-bats in the big spots, even that last inning, felt like we had some good at-bats. Diekman made some pitches when he needed to. Tough one." pic.twitter.com/lj8zuadrii
Aaron Boone on J.D. Davis' performance tonight:
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"I think Quintana did a good job of slowing him down & speeding him up. I thought Quintana was on his game tonight." pic.twitter.com/cj8oaitkI5
After throwing 29 pitches yesterday. Edwin Diaz wasn't available. He had pitched three of four days. Jake Diekman got the call and came through.
"We've been saying, guys are going to get the big outs, they're going to get the opportunities. Huge spot for him," Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said.
Mendoza said he didn't think of walking Aaron Judge in the ninth.
"Feel for the game there, saw how Diekman was throwing the ball. Runner on second base probably a different story," Mendoza said.
Two teams trending in different directions of late stuck to the script on Tuesday night.
In a tense Subway Series battle that was left up to the bullpens, Jeff McNeil’s two-run homer off ex-Met Michael Tonkin in the sixth inning proved to be the difference in the Mets’ 3-2 win over the Yankees in The Bronx.
But the drama came to a crescendo in the bottom of the ninth.
Jake Diekman gets the job done. He strikes out Aaron Judge after walking Juan Soto and retires Ben Rice on a groundout. A very big win for the Mets and a brutal loss for the Yankees. Mets have won the season series and are now 3-0 against the Yankees this year.
The bullpen allowed one runs over four really strong innings. Diekman, who has really struggled, comes up big. Yankees decision to go with that odd lineup really hurt them.
Diekman gets Judge to strike out looking pic.twitter.com/iEDhQRi2n3
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