David Bednar let up two hits and one run with one strikeout in a five-out save against the Mets on Friday.

With the Yankees’ bullpen reeling lately, Bednar entered this game with a three-run lead, one out, and the bases loaded in the eighth after Brent Headrick made a mess. He got out of that with just one run home on two lazy fly balls. Then, after the Yankees got him one more run of support after that, A.J. Ewing got him for a lead-off home run in the ninth to put the lead right back at two. The game hung in the balance just after with Juan Soto up just after, but Bednar forced him into a game-ending double play. It was his first time working more than an inning in nearly a month the trusted closer gears up for the playoffs.