Veteran Paul Goldschmidt, 37, was one of the first out of the dugout — sprinting like a kid himself to mob Dominguez at home plate. It was a moment that spoke volumes: part joy, part validation, all family. And the love didn’t stop when the lights went out.

Runs were hard to come by against Rangers righthander Jacob deGrom, the one-time Mets ace. However, the Yankees rode it out, rallied to tie the game in the eighth inning and managed to pull out a 4-3 victory on Jasson Dominguez’s 398-foot, walk-off home run to right in the ninth before 40,359 on a cold, raw night at the Stadium.