A roadblock in the Bronx

The Yankees lost 12-2 to the Mets on Saturday, ending a four-game winning streak and stalling a season that had been rolling toward October.

The clinch has to wait

New York needed a win plus a Blue Jays loss to Baltimore to lock up a wild card. Now they wait until Sunday at the earliest.

Cole gets roughed up

His worst start since returning from Tommy John surgery. Three homers allowed, boos on the walk off in the fifth, and seven homers across his last two outings.

“He got roughed up. That's a hot team in here, swinging the bat well.”

Lindor sets the tone

The Mets shortstop jumped on Cole's third pitch of the game and drove it into the right field seats. He finished with two homers, including a grand slam.

“I did hear the fans. It's been an uphill fight all year.”

The homers kept coming

Luis Torrens added a two-run shot in the second. Carson Benge hit his 17th of the season in the third to make it 4-0, then singled home the run that ended Cole's day.

Six is the season high

It matched the most home runs the Yankees have allowed in any game this year, in front of a sold-out crowd that started chanting for the visitors.

“They're really passionate fans. We want to have a good day anywhere we go.”

Zac Thornton silenced them

The rookie lefty retired the first nine Yankees and needed just 81 pitches for seven innings, giving up two runs to a lineup energized by Aaron Judge's return.

The double play that sealed it

With two on in the seventh, Andy Green went to the mound. Thornton said he would get a double-play ball, then got Anthony Volpe to hit into one.

“He said he was gonna get a double-play ball.”

Too late, but still hot

The Mets are 22-13 since selling at the deadline and have won five of six. If that makes the crosstown path to October harder, they will take it.

“This is what we should have been doing since the beginning.”