The Mets dropped the nightcap of their doubleheader against the Yankees 4-2. The Queens contingent took the first half of the Subway Series 2-1 and will reconvene for the second half at Citi Field on September 10.

The Mets and Yankees put the stars on display for Sunday night. Corey Oswalt opened for the Mets with Nestor Cortes taking the hill for the Yankees.

Cortes baffled Mets hitters over his first three innings. The 26-year-old lefty made his ninth appearance this season, quieting the team that put up 10 runs mere hours prior.

Cortes opened the game with a strikeout of Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor lined out, and Dominic Smith struck out to end the first.

The Mets grabbed their first hit in the second from a James McCann single. Cortes induced flyouts from the other three batters he faced, including a pop-out by Pete Alonso.

The Yankees starter struck out two more batters in the third to complete his first go-through of the Mets lineup. Nimmo lined out for the third out.

New York forced Cortes out in the fourth. Lindor flew out to begin the inning, but a double from Smith would be his last batter. The Yankees brought in right-handed sidearmer Darren O’Day to face Alonso.

Alonso homered to right-center field, his 15th of the season, driving in the Mets lone runs of the game. Alonso has two home runs in Yankee Stadium this season and one at Citi Field.

O’Day then walked McCann and Conforto before recording an out. The -illar’s would ground out and strikeout to end the inning.

Starting for the Mets and opposite Cortes was Corey Oswalt. Oswalt made the start after four innings of shutout work against Philadelphia during his last outing.

Oswalt allowed a leadoff single to DJ LeMahieu before settling in and setting down the Yankees 2-3-4 hitters.

Oswalt’s second inning began the same as the first. Luke Voit opened the inning with a hit, a double to center. But, Oswalt wouldn’t set the next three batters down. Rougned Odor bunted for a single and Gio Urshela opened the scoring with a typical short porch home run to right field.

The three-run shot traveled 346 feet. It would only leave the yard in three parks, Yankee Stadium, T-Mobile Park in Seattle, and Minute Maid Park in Houston.

Oswalt walked Miguel Andujar, the fourth batter to reach before an out. Brett Gardner lined out for the first out, McCann threw out Andujar on a steal, and LeMahieu struck out to end the inning.

Oswalt finished the third and fourth innings without allowing a baserunner.

Aaron Loup relieved for the fifth. Loup, the lone lefty in the Mets pen, had Andujar ground out before walking the next two batters and getting pulled with Aaron Judge coming up. Miguel Castro entered for Loup to face Judge. Judge grounded out, moving Brett Gardner to third. Gardner scored on a wild pitch during Castro’s battle with Gary Sanchez. Sanchez would strikeout.

The Mets and Yankees wouldn’t reach base in the sixth. Chad Green retired Smith, Alonso, McCann, and Trevor May set down Giancarlo Stanton, Voit, and Odor.

The Yankees couldn’t go back to Aroldis Chapman for the ninth. Green remained in for his third inning of relief. Green struck out Michael Conforto on three pitches, a pinch-hitting Jeff McNeil on three pitches, and Jonathan Villar on three pitches. An immaculate inning.

The Mets play three at home against Milwaukee starting tomorrow at 7:10 p.m.