Man, you gotta love baseball sometimes, even when your team is having a rough year. The New York Mets, stuck in what’s been a genuinely terrible 2026 season, just lit up Yankee Stadium for a whopping *six* home runs! They handed their crosstown rival Yankees a brutal 12-2 beatdown today, and honestly, after a season full of disappointment, moments like this are pure gold for the fans, even if it messes with their draft odds.
Bombs Away in the Bronx
Seriously, the long ball was contagious out there. Francisco Lindor kicked things off right away in the first, launching a solo shot that just cleared the short right field porch off Gerrit Cole. Boom, 1-0 Mets! Then in the second, after Jared Young singled, Luis Torrens stepped up and absolutely crushed a two-run homer to left. Just like that, they were up by three. And did they stop? Nah, not even close. Carson Benge got in on the action in the third, sending a one-out solo blast to right-center. Before you could even blink, it was 4-0 and Cole was getting absolutely hammered. You love to see it when a team just keeps pouring it on, especially against your biggest rival. For a team that’s had a pretty awful run, these “good times” are exactly what fans are craving.
Thornton’s Grit and the Relentless Offense
Meanwhile, Zac Thornton was on the bump for the Mets, looking for a bounce-back after what was reportedly his worst start last weekend. And bounce back he did, starting with three perfect innings and three strikeouts! Talk about locking in. He did hit a bump in the fourth, giving up a leadoff double to Paul Goldschmidt and then a single to Cody Bellinger that put the Yankees on the board, making it 4-1. But Thornton settled right back down, getting the next two outs with no further damage. And the offense? They immediately got that run back in the fifth. Juan Soto doubled off Cole to start the inning, and Benge picked up his second RBI of the game with a single to center, bringing Soto home. That was it for Cole, whose stat line for the day , 4.1 innings, 9 hits, 5 earned runs , is one he’ll definitely want to forget. Thornton kept battling, making it through six innings on a super-efficient 66 pitches, even after Bellinger tagged him for a two-out solo homer in the sixth, cutting the lead to 5-2. But true to form, the Mets instantly responded and got that run right back. That’s the kind of resilience that makes even a “terrible” season fun to watch for a day.
So yeah, the 2026 Mets season has been brutal, and this win isn’t changing their overall narrative one bit. In fact, their “decent play over the past month” has actually made things *worse* for their draft odds, which is a wild thought for any fan looking to the future. But sometimes, you just gotta throw out the standings, forget the draft, and enjoy watching your team absolutely clobber a rival. Tonight was pure joy in the Bronx, a reminder that even in the final stretch of a disappointing season, there are still moments of glory. You just had to soak it all in.
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Originally reported by Amazin’ Avenue.
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