NEW YORK -- For one night, at least, the beneficiaries of the innings limits placed on New York Mets right-hander Matt Harvey were the Mets' biggest rivals.

Harvey was pulled after five innings despite working on a one-hit shutout, and the New York Yankees scored five runs in a sixth inning on their way to an 11-2 win in the Subway Series finale at Citi Field.

Second baseman Dustin Ackley's three-run homer capped the outburst by the Yankees (82-66), who won the final two games of the series to move within 2 1/2 games of the American League East-leading Blue Jays heading into a three-game series in Toronto beginning Monday.

The Mets (84-65) lost for the fourth time in five games as their lead over the Washington Nationals in the National League East fell to six games.

Harvey, making his first start since Sept. 10 and his second since agent Scott Boras declared the Mets would imperil Harvey if they allowed him to throw more than 180 innings in his first season following Tommy John surgery, allowed just a third-inning infield single by left fielder Brett Gardner. He walked one while striking out seven.

Harvey threw 77 pitches, 51 for strikes. However, manager Terry Collins said before the game that Harvey -- who has now thrown 176 1/3 innings this season -- would be on an innings count, so nobody in the sellout crowd of 43,571 was surprised to see right-hander Hansel Robles (4-3) trot out of the bullpen to start the sixth.

And it didn't take long in the sixth for Yankees fans to drown out their Mets counterparts. Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (3-for-5) beat out an infield single and went to second when second baseman Daniel Murphy's throw sailed beyond first baseman Lucas Duda.

Gardner followed with a bunt to Robles, whose throw to third beat Ellsbury, but third baseman David Wright dropped the ball.

Ellsbury and Gardner scored two pitchers later when right fielder Carlos Beltran doubled to the wall in center field. Robles struck out catcher Brian McCann, walked first baseman Greg Bird and struck out third baseman Chase Headley before Ackley homered over the right field fence.

Headley drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh. Ellsbury and McCann had RBI singles in the eighth before Bird launched a three-run homer.

Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia (5-9) fell behind 1-0 before recording an out but survived a 32-pitch first inning and ended up pitching six innings and earning his first victory since July 8. Sabathia, who went nine starts between wins, allowed one run on five hits and three walks while striking out seven.

Shortstop Ruben Tejada and Wright led the game off with doubles for the Mets, who loaded the bases with two outs but failed to add on when right fielder Michael Cuddyer popped out to first.

NOTES: Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka was scratched from his scheduled Wednesday start against the Toronto Blue Jays due to a Grade 1 right hamstring strain he suffered trying to beat out a bunt Friday. RHP Ivan Nova will start instead. Manager Joe Girardi said he hopes Tanaka only misses the one start. ... RHP Adam Warren and RHP Luis Severino, the Yankees' scheduled starters Monday and Tuesday, flew to Toronto on Sunday afternoon. ... Mets manager Terry Collins said RHP Tyler Clippard (back) was available to pitch Sunday after missing the previous two games. ... The first pitch was thrown out by former Mets star C Mike Piazza. ... Next year's Subway Series will be a four-game affair, with the teams hosting two games apiece -- the first two at Citi Field and the last two at Yankee Stadium -- from Aug. 1-4. They will be the first Subway Series games ever played in August.