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In This Subway Series, the Mets Did All the Flexing

A bad stretch for the Yankees continued with a two-game sweep in Queens. But with the most wins in baseball, a double-digit division lead and a brand-new outfielder, they remain “unfazed.”

Starling Marte's R.B.I. single in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday gave the Mets a walk-off win and a two-game sweep of the Yankees.Credit...Frank Franklin II/Associated Press

The final hit on Wednesday night bounced into the glove of Aaron Hicks, and of course he didn’t want it. Hicks, the Yankees’ left fielder, gathered Starling Marte’s game-winning single, held it for a while and then flung it aside like a piece of gum.