Brandon Nimmo. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports

The Mets performance on Wednesday night was not pretty. They made two errors that lead to two runs, and made a couple of mental errors that changed innings. Despite all of that, they found a way to rally for a much-needed comeback win. The Mets defeated the Yankees 4-3 in 10 innings on a walk-off double from Brandon Nimmo.

The walk-off hit was a moment of redemption in a two ways for the Mets’ center fielder. Nimmo put the blame in Tuesday night’s loss on himself after he misplayed a fly ball that lead to the Yankees taking the lead. On Wednesday, Starling Marte brought in the tying run with a bases-loaded single, but Nimmo broke for third base despite Mark Vientos stopping at third, and he couldn’t make it back to second in time. The base-running mistake ended the inning with Jeff McNeil due up with the bases loaded.

“I told the guys when I was coming up in that situation that I was so glad that, coming into that situation, I was going to get the opportunity to come through for the boys,” Nimmo told reporters before quoting “Ted Lasso”. “You got to be a goldfish and you have to have a short-term memory. I was able to come through for the boys, and I was really happy about that because last night I feel like I let them down.”

The pitchers’ duel on Wednesday between Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole lived up to the billing. In their first head-to-head matchup since 2016, the former Houston Astros’ teammates were both brilliant. They both went six innings allowing just one run while racking up 14 combined strikeouts.

For Verlander, the outing was an encouraging bounce-back outing after he struggled in his last start in Atlanta. The future Hall-of-Famer allowed just the one run on three hits while striking out six over his six innings of work. It has been an inconsistent start to his Mets career, but Verlander stepped up when the Mets needed him most facing another ace in Cole.

“Justin gave us a chance,” Buck Showalter said following the game. “When you’re facing a good pitcher who is on top of his game, the key to staying engaged and winning those games is how well your starting pitcher does.”

When the Mets went to their bullpen in the seventh inning, the defense began to unravel. A throwing error by McNeil allowed the go-ahead run to score, and after Francisco Álvarez made the Mets’ second throwing error of the inning on a stolen base allowing Isiah Kiner-Falefa to get to third, the Yankees’ center fielder stole home with Brooks Raley pitching from the windup.

The Mets got their scoring started in the bottom of the fifth inning when Francisco Lindor and Tommy Pham both hit doubles off the wall against Cole to put the Mets in front. They fell behind by the time they came up in the bottom of the seventh, but Nimmo’s bases-loaded hit-by-pitch and Marte’s RBI single got the Mets even against a Yankee bullpen that leads the league in bullpen ERA.

After the Yankees scored two runs without recording a hit against Jeff Brigham, Raley, Adam Ottavino and David Robertson held the Yankees scoreless over 2 1/3 innings to get the game to extra innings, and Dominic Leone pitched a scoreless 10th inning to set the Mets up for their walk-off win.

Stat of the Game: Mark Vientos 114.9 MPH Exit Velocity

Mark Vientos‘ leadoff single in the sixth inning came off the bat at 114.9 mph. The single was the second-hardest hit ball Cole has allowed in the Statcast era, trailing just a 115.2 mph hit by Nelson Cruz in 2019. The hit was also the hardest hit ball by a Met this season.

Vientos has struggled in sporadic playing time since his call up to the majors, but the rocket he hit on Wednesday night was a glimpse into what he has done to earn himself a spot on the major league roster.

Player of the Game: Brandon Nimmo

Despite the costly mistake on the bases earlier in the game, Nimmo redeemed himself in the bottom of the tenth with the walk-off double. He went 2-4 at the plate for the second straight night, and drove in two runs. The walk-off was Nimmo’s third walk-off RBI of his career.

Nimmo now joins an illustrious list of Mets who have recorded a walk-off hit against the Yankees.

On Deck

Following their second off day of the week on Thursday, the Mets will begin a series with the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night at 7:10 p.m. ET at Citi Field. Tylor Megill (5-4, 5.14 ERA) will take the ball for the Mets against Miles Mikolas (4-3, 4.02 ERA) for St. Louis.

Megill is looking to rebound after struggling over his last four starts. He has allowed six earned runs in three of those outings while pitching to an 8.64 ERA over 16 2/3 innings in that stretch.

The game will be broadcast on SNY, and the radio call will be on WCBS 880.