Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam as the surging Mets crushed Gerrit Cole and the Yankees 12-2 in a lopsided Subway Series matchup.

New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole has now allowed seven home runs over his last two starts after a rough outing against the New York Mets on Saturday afternoon.

Zach Thornton gets the Yanks in order in the first. Judge (called out on strikes) is the Yanks' DH today, and Boone said Judge could be rested from the lineup Sunday or Monday at Minnesota. This is the captain's fourth game back from the IL (fractured rib) and his first start at DH.

Francisco Lindor hit a leadoff homer and added a grand slam in the eighth inning as the New York Mets chased Gerrit Cole early and pounded the crosstown Yankees 12-2 on Saturday.

Francisco Lindor, Luis Torrens and Carson Benge all took Cole deep during a lopsided afternoon in which the Mets erupted for six home runs.

It takes a village to score 19 runs, but impossible to lose in the shuffle was Michael Arroyo who started yesterday with no hits and no homeruns, and will enter tomorrow with three hits and a homerun already secured.

After wrapping up a 3-3 West Coast trip — including potentially their last series without Aaron Judge — the Yankees (81-62) flew home trailing the Rays by four games for the division with 19 games left, while the Red Sox crept within 2 ¹/₂ games of them for the top AL wild card.

The cameras had clicked off, but Gerrit Cole still had something to say. Looking back over his right shoulder as he padded out of the Petco Park visitors’ clubhouse last week, the Yankees’ right-hande