With whom Mets manager Carlos Mendoza recently called “one of the best right-handed hitters in the history of the game,” Yankees slugger Aaron Judge up to bat and the Mets up 2-1 with two outs and no one on base, Díaz knew he “wasn’t going to give up a bomb.”

Francisco Lindor hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the visiting New York Mets earned a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon to even the three-game Subway Series.

The Mets defeated the Yankees 3-2 on Saturday at Yankee Stadium to even this version of the Subway Series at 1-1.