Acce s the Mets beat like never before Dont mi s Mike Pumas text me sages from Queens and beyond hes giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Mets. Talk Miguel Rojas Jersey about finishing with a flourish. Mets closer Edwin Daz dialed it up to 99 mph to end Game 2 of the Subway/Soto Series on a whiff by the Yankees great No. 99 himself, whos the best hitter in these parts or any other. An unexpected perfect day, a needed recent breather and the adrenaline provided by a second straight sellout crowd at a typically raucous Yankee Stadium gave Daz just enough fuel to beat all-time great Aaron Judge on a heater that rode high and out of the zone. That fateful fastball that evened one of the most anticipated Subway Series matchups in years thanks to the defection of the $765 million man, Juan Soto, from the Yankees to the Mets. More From Jon Heyman The 47,510 fans were only 80 percent as loud for this one as Game 1 the night before, and happily, they sidelined the . But while fans here still enthusiastically disapprove of Sotos move from historys traditional darling to its little brother 8.5 miles to the south and east, it may actually be for the best for both teams. The Yankees pivot , with Cody Bellinger now heating up, Paul Goldschmidt looking almost like MVP Goldschmidt and Max Fried joining Tarik Skubal at the top of the AL Cy Young race. Meantime, with Judge entrenched here and conjuring the ghosts of Ruth and Gehrig, the Mets needed star power much more. Dave Roberts Jersey