Justin Hagenman had quite the day, but it's one that every player is willing to play for.

The righty had his first major league start fall on the first game of the second Subway Series of this season.

He threw for 4 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and four runs (all earned) while also tallying five strikeouts.

Prior to the Mets' 6-5 win on Friday, Juan Soto has gone 9-for-29 in the last nine games to bat .310 along with a 1.065 OPS. He also tallied three home runs and five RBIs in that time span with just two strikeouts.

On Friday, he went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs.

Soto said he is just "seeing the ball really well" right now.

Outside of hitting the go-ahead two-run home run in the seventh inning for the Mets to regain the lead in their 6-5 victory over the Yankees, Jeff McNeil made a big play in the top of the ninth as the Mets tried to hold the Yankees' bats off.

With one out, DJ LeMahieu hit a weird bouncing ground ball to second base that McNeil came down hard on the ground for, impressively trapping the ball in his glove to make the play at first for the second out.

When asked about the play after the victory, McNeil said "When that ball hit my glove, I said 'Oh s--t, it's in my glove!"

Soto went 3-for-4 on Friday with a home run, double, a single, and two RBIs in the Mets' 6-5 win over the Yankees.

His second inning home run was his first as a Met over his former team.

Prior to the Mets beating the Yankees 6-5 on Friday afternoon, Clarke Schmidt was getting an MRI after experiencing forearm tightness.

When asked for an update after the MRI, Aaron Boone said the Yankees are "still kind of going through it."

For more on Schmidt's injury, read here.

In the bottom of the third inning with the game tied 2-2 and Juan Soto on second base, Pete Alonso ripped a ball past Anthony Volpe, bouncing off his glove, into left field.

The Jasson Dominguez throw home wasn't in time to stop Soto from scoring, giving the Mets a 3-2 lead.

When asked about whether Volpe could have made that play, Boone came off frustrated for his shortstop in the postgame press conference.

"It's a rocket that's an in-between hop that he's trying to make a play on," he said. "So yeah, can he make that play? Of course. Is it a special play if he makes it? Yes. So, man [shakes his head]. So, yeah could have made the play. It's about as tough as one comes and, you know, we got a special defender out there and yeah, so could have made it."

The press conference concluded after the question.