The victory was credited to Tommy Kahnle in relief of Jaime Garcia, who worked 5 1/3 innings of three-run ball. Rene Rivera hit a fifth-inning homer for the Mets, who have lost six of their last seven games at Citi Field, as well as all three games against the Yankees this week.
Gsellman lasted 5 1/3 innings, permitting three runs (two earned). Chase Headley and Garrett Cooper also drove in runs for the Yanks.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Call him 'Sir': Ronald Torreyes started the seventh with a double off Sewald and advanced on Brett Gardner's pinch-hit sacrifice bunt, preceding a walk to Jacoby Ellsbury.