
Matt Harvey held the baseball in his right hand, pointed to his chest and said ''Come on, let me get this guy,'' as his manager made a reluctant walk to the mound with two outs in the ninth inning. Terry Collins' ace had done his job. Harvey was lifted one out shy of a complete game, earning his first win against the team he grew up rooting for, and led the New York Mets to an 8-2 victory Saturday over the crosstown rival Yankees. ''This was his day and he needed to be out there, so I did the best I could to leave him out there.'' Kevin Plawecki hit his first major league homer and drove in three runs, and Lucas Duda and Eric Campbell also connected off an ineffective CC Sabathia (0-4).
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