New York Yankees at New York Mets: Final Score & Recap

The New York Mets walked off the New York Yankees 7-6 in ten innings on May 17, 2026, at Citi Field, completing a dramatic comeback that left the DiamondIQ model's pre-game home win estimate of 38 percent climbing all the way to 100 percent by the final out. The Yankees carried a lead into the bottom of the ninth, having built a 6-4 advantage through six-plus innings on the strength of a four-run sixth, but the Mets refused to let the game end in regulation.

The decisive swing of the contest came in the bottom of the ninth when Tyrone Taylor drove a home run off David Bednar to tie the game, a blow the DiamondIQ model measured at plus-47.8 percent in win probability and the single largest play of the night. The game moved to extras, where both sides jockeyed for position. Anthony Volpe drew a walk off Devin Williams in the top of the tenth, a play worth plus-24.7 percent in win probability that briefly shifted the game back toward New York, but Austin Wells immediately erased that opening by grounding into a double play off the same pitcher, a swing of minus-14.7 percent that left the Yankees without a run. In the bottom of the tenth, A.J. Ewing executed a sacrifice bunt off Tim Hill worth plus-19.5 percent, advancing the automatic runner into scoring position, and Carson Benge then ended it with a fielder's choice worth plus-16.9 percent, bringing home the winning run.

By accumulated win probability, Anthony Volpe led all players at plus-43.9 percent with a RE24 of plus-2.7, while Taylor's home run anchored his plus-40.4 percent evening. Ewing finished third among batters at plus-30.6 percent with a RE24 of plus-1.5. On the mound, Camilo Doval led New York's relievers with plus-6.3 percent, while Fernando Cruz at plus-5.2 percent and Freddy Peralta at plus-4.8 percent were the Mets' most effective arms by that measure. New York finished with six hits and no errors; the Mets collected eleven hits and committed one error in the victory.