NEW YORK _ 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 at Citi Field the Mets were victorious, beating the Yankees 2-0 to avoid a sweep in the Subway Series and snap an eight-game losing streak to avoid tying the team's worst homestand in franchise history.
Seth Lugo was brilliant starting in favor 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 batters in six scoreless innings and holding the Yankees to just two hits.
Todd Frazier delivered the big blow, a go-ahead 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 inning-ending double play, but Reyes never touched second base and threw the ball away on the play at first.
Reyes was bailed out by Robert Gsellman, who retired Gleyber Torres and Brett Gardner to escape the jam.
