Starling Marte’s walkoff single leads Mets to Subway Series sweep

You would have to go all the way back to May 2014 to find out the last time the Mets swept a series from the Yankees. Jacob deGrom was still two days away from making his major league debut against the Yankees at Citi Field (as a relatively unknown and unheralded prospect) when the Mets took two games in the Bronx. That particular streak of futility against their crosstown rivals ended tonight, when the Mets defeated the Yankees 3-2 thanks to Starling Marte’s walkoff single in the ninth inning. Marte’s big hit helped the Mets sweep a two-game set at Citi Field and, more importantly, demonstrated that they can hang with the team with the best record in baseball in a potential World Series preview.