For the Mets, the Subway Series has been pretty grand. For the Yankees, it’s been a sloppy reminder that the fundamentals matter. In the fifth game of the city’s annual home-and-home contest, the visitors fell behind early and never recovered.

Mets bats stayed hot in their post-July 4 rematch — their fourth head-to-head this season — against the flailing New York Yankees at Citi Field. After blasting three home runs on Friday, the Mets added three more to send their crosstown rivals home with their sixth straight loss.