Grapefruit Juice: Mets 10, Yankees 4

The Mets defeated the Yankees today in Port St. Lucie by a score of 10-4. With a victory both today and on February 22, the Mets have swept the all-important Grapefruit League Subway Series. Look for celebratory merch ASAP.

Freddy Peralta struck out the first two batters to face him, but an outfield miscue by AJ. Ewing led to a triple by George Lombard Jr., who promptly singled Lombard in, giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. Jones then stole second and scored on a Spencer Jones single.
Peralta settled in, not allowing a baserunner in his second or third inning. Overall, Peralta gave up three hits, two runs, and one walk with four strikeouts.
Francisco Alvarez led off the second with a single, and was pushed to second base by a Tyrone Taylor walk. Carson Benge then singled in Alvarez, putting the Mets on the board. A Vidal Bruján walk loaded the bases for Ewing, who redeemed himself after his first inning snafu by driving in Taylor and Benge and giving the Mets a lead they would not relinquish.
In the third, the Mets added another pair of runs on doubles by Brett Baty and Taylor and then Bruján singled in Taylor to put the Mets up 6-3.
Carl Edwards Jr. pitched the fourth for the Mets and got himself into trouble early, allowing a Seth Brown single to start the frame and loading the bases on two walks before allowing a Jasson Domínguez single to bring in two and make it a 6-4 game.
Tyrone Taylor continued to have himself a day, driving in another run on a sac fly in the fourth.
Christian Arroyo, Ji Hwan Bae and Jose Rojas all drove in runs in the seventh to give the Mets a 10-4 lead.
Brett Banks got one out for the Mets, and Jonathan Pintaro pitched two and a third scoreless innings before being pulled in the top of the ninth after fatigue set in and he loaded the bases. Aaron Rozek threw one pitch for a ground ball double play to end the game.