NEW YORK — Luke Weaver told Clay Holmes a fib and was proud of it.After escaping a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the New York Mets’ 6-3 Subway Series win over the Yankees on Saturday night, Weaver made sure to speak to the teammate who left the previous day’s loss with a broken leg.“When I saw him I just was like: `That was in honor of you. I even had your name written in my hat,'” Weaver recalled saying.Only, the reliever admitted he invented that extra bit of inspiration.“I didn’t, but it just felt right to say,” he told reporters. “Kids, don’t lie to your parents.”“Clay would probably be disappointed that I wasn’t thinking about him out there on the mound,” Weaver added, “but the situation obviously presented itself pretty quickly.”A night after Holmes broke his right fibula when struck by Spencer Jones’ comebacker, the Mets led 5-2 when the Yankees loaded the bases in the seventh after rookie right fielder Carsen Benge dropped Cody Bellinger’s fly ball, allowing Aaron Judge to score.Weaver, who left the Yankees in December for a $22 million, two-year deal with the Mets, sprinted in from the bullpen to relieve Brooks Raley. Weaver concentrated on “not twisting an ankle or something.”“I run in pretty fast. I just think that’s more of an adrenaline spike,” he said. “but the first few steps always are unpleasant and then the ankles start to loosen up a bit.”He struck out Amed Rosario and Trent Grisham on changeups after getting ahead of both 0-2, then got Anthony Volpe to ground into an inning-ending forceout.“He was pretty fired up,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said.Weaver’s fastball averaged 96.1 mph, 1.4 mph above his season average.Popular Reads“I don’t think he’s extra fired up. I think that’s who he is. I think that’s what he brings to the table every time,” said Juan Soto, who had a pair of hits and walked twice.Weaver went back out for the eighth, his first two-inning outing since May last year. He ended the eighth by retiring Judge on a flyout.“A little smirk,” Weaver revealed. “I did say I would acknowledge him at the plate. I didn’t do that a few years ago, and he let me have it. But yeah, it was a cool opportunity to finish that outing against one of the greatest we …
