Yankees 1, Mets 0: Alfonso Soriano doubled in Brian McCann in the seventh inning as the visiting Yankees blanked the Mets for the second straight night to earn a split of the home-and-home series.

Soriano was the only player to finish with two hits and Jacoby Ellsbury also doubled for the Yankees, who blanked the Mets in consecutive games after surrendering 21 runs in a pair of losses to their cross-city rivals earlier in the week. Dellin Betances (2-0) got the final out of the fifth on a groundout in relief of starter Chase Whitley and struck out the next six batters he faced to get the decision.

Jacob deGrom (0-1) took the hard-luck loss in the first battle between starting pitchers making their major-league debut since Sept. 7, 2010, yielding one run on four hits and two walks while fanning six over seven frames. Daniel Murphy, Ruben Tejada and deGrom each recorded a single to account for the only three hits the Mets could muster off four Yankee pitchers.

The Mets left a runner on third base in the third and stranded a pair in scoring position in the fifth to leave the door open for the Yankees. After issuing a two-out walk to Brett Gardner with two outs in the third, deGrom did not allow another baserunner until Mark Teixeira drew another walk with one out in the seventh.

McCann followed with a fielder’s choice grounder and Soriano found the gap in left-center two pitches later, allowing McCann to score when Tejada’s relay throw sailed several feet over catcher Juan Centeno’s head. Adam Warren put runners on the corners with two outs in the eighth, but David Robertson got David Wright to ground out to end the threat and tossed a perfect ninth for his seventh save.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Yankees SS Derek Jeter, who announced his retirement before the start of the season, went 0-for-4 in his final regular-season game versus the Mets. He ended his career with a .364 average against them. …Whitley became the first Yankee starter to not allow a run in his major-league debut since Sam Militello on Aug. 9, 1992. … Of the 67 outs Betances has recorded this season, 39 have come via the strikeout.... DeGrom singled in the third to end the Mets pitching staff's major league-record 0-for-64 start to the season.