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Cam Schlittler, the Yankees beat the Mets in the first game of the Subway Series

Cam Schlittler can add Queens to his list of conquests.

All the Mets needed to return to their pre-home run form on Friday was a visit from the Yankees ace, in his Subway Series debut, bearing the brunt of the team’s week-long slump.

The Mets didn’t touch him during a 5-2 loss at Citi Field that resulted in a three-game hitting streak.

Schlittler, in helping the Yankees to just their second win in seven games, allowed one run — on a homer by Juan Soto — after 6 ⅔ innings in which he gave up two hits and two walks with nine strikeouts.

He threw a season-high 106 innings, and his ERA remained at 1.35.

In all, the Mets managed five hits on the night as the Yankees got 2 2/3 solid innings from Fernando Cruz and David Bednar.

It was a slump for the Mets after blasting a season-high five homers the previous day to complete a three-game sweep of Detroit.

Cam Schlittler (31) throws during the Yankees’ win over the Mets on May 15, 2026. JASON SZENES IN NEW YORK

The Mets scored 22 runs in the three games and appeared to be on the offensive end after a big sleeper to complete their last outing.

Brett Baty singled with two outs in the second against Schlittler for the Mets’ only hit until Soto led off the seventh.

Schlittler had his fourth straight start allowing one run or less.

In his first start of the season, Clay Holmes went just 4 ⅓ innings and gave up four earned runs on seven hits, two walks and eight strikeouts.

It was the first time this season that Holmes failed to last at least five innings, and he had an eight-game hitting streak to start the season in which he allowed two earned runs or less.

Holmes got two outs in the third before allowing back-to-back singles to Ben Rice and Aaron Judge.

Holmes took a 1-2 lead on a count by Cody Bellinger, who turned on a curveball in the bottom of the hitting zone and hit a two-run homer to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.

New York Mets pitcher Clay Holmes (35) reacts as he returns to the dugout after finishing the third inning. JASON SZENES IN NEW YORK

Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with his fourth consecutive hit against Holmes, an RBI double.

Spencer Jones hit a 111 mph rocket off Holmes’ right foot for a single to start the fourth.

Holmes walked Anthony Volpe in three straight walks before hitting Austin Wells and Trent Grisham.

Rice’s next single loaded the bases before Judge was retired on a fly out to right.

Chisholm entered in the fifth, prompting manager Carlos Mendoza to replace Holmes with Austin Warren.

After a fielder’s choice moved Chisholm to second, Jones hit an RBI single to extend the Mets’ deficit to 4-0.

Anthony Volpe followed with a walk before Warren escaped by hitting Wells.

Soto ended the shutout bid with a single to left field, leading off the bottom of the seventh for his second homer in as many games.

New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. (13) responds after entering safely
second base for a two-run double in the third inning. Robert Sabo of the NY Post

Soto fell behind 0-2 in the count before hitting a 97 mph four-seam fastball off Schlittler for career homer No. 250.

Schlittler walked Baty with two outs in the seventh and was removed.

Cruz allowed a bunt single to Semien and dropped a wild pitch, advancing runners to second and third, before retiring AJ Ewing.

New York Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger (35) scored two runs during the third inning. JASON SZENES IN NEW YORK

Rice led off the ninth against Craig Kimbrel to extend the Yankees’ lead to 5-1. The blast was Rice’s 14th of the season, putting him within two judges of the team lead.

Bednar worked a scoreless ninth for the Yankees after Cruz’s perfect eighth.

Bednar walked Soto in the ninth before getting Mark Vientos into a double play.

MJ Melendez’s single extended the inning, and he stole second before Baty singled in the final out.

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