Cam Schlittler continued his impressive start by allowing one run over 6 2/3 innings Friday night for the visiting New York Yankees, who beat the New York Mets 5-2 in the first Subway Series game of the season.
Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. had consecutive RBI doubles during a three-run third for the Yankees, who won for just the third time in nine games. Spencer Jones hit an RBI single in the fifth and Ben Rice homered in the ninth.
Chisholm had three hits and a stolen base, while Rice also had three hits. Jones finished with two hits.
Juan Soto homered and Brett Baty had two hits, including an RBI single, for the Mets, who had their three-game winning streak snapped.
Schlittler (6-1) gave up just two hits and walked two while striking out nine and maintaining his majors-best 1.35 ERA. He has allowed two total runs over his last four starts, a span of 24 1/3 innings.
Baty’s single to cap a nine-pitch second-inning at-bat was the only baserunner Schlittler allowed before he walked Marcus Semien in the fifth.
The Mets mustered their lone threat in the seventh. After Soto’s leadoff homer, Schlittler retired Mark Vientos and MJ Melendez before walking Baty. Fernando Cruz entered and gave up a single to Semien and uncorked a wild pitch before getting A.J. Ewing to fly out to right to strand two in scoring position.
Cruz threw a perfect eighth inning before David Bednar gave up a walk and two hits, including Baty’s two-out run-scoring single, in the ninth.
Clay Holmes (4-4) took the loss for the Mets after allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over a season-low 4 1/3 innings.
The Yankees built their third-inning rally entirely with two outs. Rice and Aaron Judge singled before Bellinger’s hit scored Rice. Chisholm followed with a two-run double past a diving Vientos at first base.
Holmes exited after walking Chisholm in the fifth. Chisholm went to second on Ryan McMahon’s groundout and scored on Jones’ hit.
