Francisco Lindor homered twice and drove in five runs as the visiting New York Mets pulled away for a 12-3 rout of the New York Yankees on Wednesday to sweep the season series for the second time in team history.
In front of a season-high 48,760 fans at Yankee Stadium, the Mets swept the four-game season series for the first time since taking all four meetings in 2013. The Mets won two games against the Yankees in late June and two more this week.
At 53-48, the Mets are a season-high five games over .500 and improved to 31-15 since May 30.
In the fifth inning against Gerrit Cole, Lindor gave the Mets a 5-2 lead by blasting a cutter into the second deck in right field. The two-run shot gave him the seventh 20-homer season of his career.
Lindor added a three-run homer on an eight-inning fastball from Caleb Ferguson.
The 432-foot shot gave him his third multi-homer game this season and 18th of his career.
Pete Alonso hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fourth off Cole, sending the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner’s cutter into the left field seats.
Tyrone Taylor had three hits and hit the tying solo homer in the third for the Mets, who connected for seven homers in their two games against Cole this season. Taylor also had an RBI single that chased Cole in the sixth inning after the right-hander walked Francisco Alvarez on a pitch-clock violation.
Mark Vientos added a solo homer in the eighth and lifted a sacrifice fly to cap the six-run frame as the Mets finished the season series by outscoring the Yankees 36-14.
Cole (3-2) allowed six runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out four.
Gleyber Torres hit his first career leadoff homer and Juan Soto homered in the third to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead, but New York dropped to 10-22 in since June 15.
Mets starter Sean Manaea allowed two runs and three hits in 4 2/3 innings. The left-hander walked four and struck out four.
Manaea exited after walking Austin Wells to load the bases. Adam Ottavino (2-2) escaped the jam by retiring Anthony Volpe on a grounder. Ottavino was awarded the win despite facing just the one batter.