SUBWAY GAMEDAY

DATE: June 10, 2018 Where: Citi Field

Perhaps the loud “Let’s go Yankees” chants reverberating throughout Citi Field early Sunday night convinced the Mets they were no longer playing at home.

For the first time this homestand and in the last 10 games in Flushing the Mets were victorious, beating the Yankees 2-0 to avoid a sweep in the Subway Series and snap an eight-game losing streak. They also avoided tying the worst home stand in franchise history.

Seth Lugo was brilliant starting in place of Noah Syndergaard, who was scratched from his start following a setback with his strained ligament in his right index finger, striking out a career-high eight in six scoreless innings and holding the Yankees to just two hits.

Todd Frazier delivered the big blow, a two-run home run with two outs in the fifth inning off Yankees ace Luis Severino to break a scoreless tie.

Severino had struck out the first two batters of the inning before Jose Reyes — who entered the game an inning earlier for an injured Asdrubal Cabrera — lined a single into right field. Frazier followed by drilling a 1-2 slider that hung over the plate into the left field seats.

The Yankees threatened in the eighth inning when pinch-hitter Aaron Judge grounded to short in what could have been an inningending double play, but Reyes never touched second base and threw the ball away on the play at first.