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NEW YORK -- Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking, three-run drive off Steven Matz in the second inning for his first home run against a left-hander in more than a year, then got hit by a pitch that sparked a bench-clearing dustup in the New York Yankees 9-5 win over the Mets in the Subway Series on Wednesday night.Chad Green and Matz (8-8) both struggled at the start, and Luis Severino (1-6) came out of the bullpen with 4 1/3 innings of one-hit relief for his first big league win since last Sept. 27. Another of the Yankees Kiddie Korps, 23-year-old catcher Gary Sanchez, was called up before the game and got his first big league hit.In a season-long slump, Teixeira came to the plate in the second with the score 3-all. Following two-out singles by Jacoby Ellsbury and Rob Refsnyder, the switch-hitter lofted the ball over the right-field scoreboard and into the first row of seats at Yankee Stadium for his 10th home run this season and first batting right-handed since July 31 last year against Carlos Rodon of the Chicago White Sox.When Teixeira batted in the fifth, Matzs first pitch hit him below the left knee. Teixeira got up, started yelling and was walled off by catcher Rene Rivera. Players from both teams came onto the field, but there were no scuffles.Then, during a three-run seventh that opened a 9-4 lead, the Mets had repeated mound meetings with reliever Hansel Robles when Teixeira was on second base, apparently thinking he was trying to steal signs. When Robles walked toward the dugout, he appeared to mutter at Teixeira, who pointed to the side of his helmet.Severino went 5-3 with a 2.89 ERA as a rookie in the final two months of last season, but the 22-year-old right-hander was awful early this year and was sent to the minors from late May until July 25.He allowed an unearned run in the seventh after third baseman Chase Headley let Yoenis Cespedes hard-hit grounder bounce off his glove for an error that loaded the bases. Severino threw a 98 mph fastball that froze new Mets slugger Jay Bruce for a called third strike, gave up James Loneys RBI groundout and got Michael Conforto to strike out on a slider.Sanchez went 1 for 4 at designated hitter, a job held by Alex Rodriguez in the first half of the season and Carlos Beltran for much of July. Sanchez struck out and popped up in his first two at-bats, dropping to 0 for 8 since his first call-up late last season, then singled up the middle in the seventh against Robles and scored on Refsnyders sacrifice fly.In a sign he might stick around this time, Sanchez was assigned No. 24, down from 57 earlier this season and 73 late last year.Green and Matz combined to throw 100 pitches in the first two innings. Matz settled down, allowing six runs and six hits in six innings. The Mets lost for the sixth time in eight games, including two of three to the Yankees this week.Bruce went 0 for 4 with a walk, dropping to 0 for 8 since he was acquired from Cincinnati on Monday. Cespedes, slowed by a sore right quadriceps, made his first start since Saturday and went 1 for 5 as the DH.Taking the rotation spot of traded Ivan Nova, Green lasted 3 2/3 innings but only with the help of double-play grounders in each of the first three innings -- two of them off the bat of Wilmer Flores that ended the first and third. Bullpen action started five batters in, and pitching coach Larry Rothschild made trips to the mound in all four of Greens innings.Much had changed since the Yankees last played in the Bronx on July 24, with Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller, Beltran and Nova all traded for prospects. Beltrans locker, the one by the bathroom entrance used previously by Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano, was empty, as were the stalls of Chapman and Nova. Newly acquired Tyler Clippard moved into Millers space.Curtis Granderson homered into the right-field short porch on Greens second pitch, his Mets record 18th leadoff home run, one more than Jose Reyes. In Greens previous start, at Cleveland on July 8, he gave up consecutive home runs to Carlos Santana and Jason Kipnis starting the first.Loneys RBI single made it 2-0, but the Yankees went ahead in the bottom half when Headley doubled in two runs and scored on Didi Gregorius double. Riveras run-scoring single tied it in the second.GRANDY MANGranderson has seven leadoff home runs this season and 42 in his big league careerWALK IN THE PARKNeil Walker homered off Clippard in the ninth, his 18th this season.TRAINERS ROOMMets: 1B Lucas Duda, sidelined since May 20 because of a stress fracture in his lower back, had a flare-up of back pain during workouts last week and likely will not play again this season, according to GM Sandy Alderson. ... RHP Zack Wheeler is scheduled to pitch Saturday for Class A St. Lucie of the Florida State League in his first game since Tommy John surgery on March 25 last year.Yankees: LHP Jacob Lindgren will have Tommy John surgery Friday, an injury that likely will sideline him until the 2018 season. New York said team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad will operate at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.UP NEXTRHP Nathan Eovaldi (9-7) starts for the Yankees and RHP Bartolo Colon (9-6) for the Mets in Thursday nights Subway Series finale.Mitchell Trubisky Jersey . - Derek Wolfe says hes finally healthy after suffering a seizure in November that doctors now believe was related to the spinal cord injury he suffered in the preseason. William Perry Bears Jersey . But Bourque, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, wont be in the lineup when the Habs travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres on Wednesday. http://www.bearsfootballpro.com/Authentic_Devin-Hester_Bears_Jersey/ . John Lucas, signed as a mentor for rookie Trey Burke, showed he can score if required, scoring 12 points of his 16 points in the second quarter as Utah built an 18-point lead. Jim McMahon Womens Jersey . Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey last Sunday. The fine is the fourth this season for Goldson. He was fined $30,000 for a hit on the New York Jets Jeff Cumberland in Week 1. Riley Ridley Bears Jersey . With Parker having a quiet game for once, Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw provided the scoring as France won its first major basketball title by beating Lithuania 80-66 on Sunday. It was a victory that ended a decade of frustration for Parker and a talented French generation, which lost the final against Spain two years ago and took bronze in 2005.WEST POINT, N.Y. -- After five straight losing seasons, coach Jeff Monken and Army bid farewell to Michie Stadium Saturday hoping for a big finish.Back over .500? Check. Still alive for a bowl? Check.Beat Navy for the first time since 2001?Well see in three weeks.Before all that, the Black Knights had to take care of Morgan State -- and they had little trouble doing so. Andy Davidson ran for two touchdowns on 111 yards, Cole Macek added two more scores and 108 yards and Army crushed the Bears 60-3. Darnell Woolfolk added a score on 104 yards to keep the Black Knights (6-5) in the hunt for their first bowl game since 2010, thanks to their largest margin of victory since 1958.But first comes Navy.I dont know a bigger football game, said Monken. Thats a goal of ours as a program, to play in the postseason. Itd be great to have that opportunity, but we have no control over getting in right now. We have one game in the world right now and thats the Army-Navy game.Armys triple option, which stalled badly in a 44-6 loss to Notre Dame a week ago, returned to form against an FCS defense that came in allowing 32 points per game. The Black Knights scored on their first two drives and led 29-3 by halftime.The nations No. 2 rushing offense wound up with 504 yards, 561 total yards, as Army clinched its second six-win season since 1996.Chris Andrews (8 for 20) threw for 79 yards for the Bears (2-8, 2-5 MEAC), who converted just three of 16 third downs. Morgan State, which hasnt won a road game since October 2015, failed to score a touchdown for the second time this year and was held to 124 yards of offense.Armys defense clamped down on Morgan States opening drive, forcing a three-and-out, and the Black Knights scored on their ensuing possession, capped by Davidsons 23-yard score.After forcing another punt, the Black Knights got into the red zone on Woolfolks 42-yard rush to the 5. Ahmad Bradshaw ran in on a keeper one play later and the Black Knights led 13-0.Stymied on the ground, the overmatched Bears caught a break in the second quarter when they recovered an Army fumble on one of their five first--half punts.dddddddddddd That set up a drive from the Army 19, but Morgan State had to settle for a field goal for its only score.Armys 249 yards of offense in the first half bested its entire effort in the loss to Notre Dame. A big chunk of that came on Jordan Asberrys first carry. The sophomore took a pitch from Bradshaw at midfield, got to the right sideline and then picked up a block to score with 2:45 left in the half. The Black Knights got another touchdown two minutes later when Bradshaw found streaking Edgar Poe for a 31-yard score.Army, the nations 10th-best defense, racked up six sacks and senior Jeremy Timpf had 10 tackles in his 35th straight start.Theres been a lot of work put into this program the last few years, Timpf said. A lot of sweat and blood has been poured on the field.THE TAKEAWAYMorgan State: The freefall under first-year interim head coach Fred Farrier continued for the Bears, losers of six straight. The result wasnt nearly as close as the programs first meeting, a 28-12 Army victory in 2013.Army: Coming off lopsided losses to Air Force and Notre Dame, the matchup with Morgan State on senior day was a must-win as Army tries to qualify for a bowl. Army is holding its breath since its victory against another FCS foe, Lafayette, doesnt count toward that goal.TRIBUTE TO 28In addition to a new tattoo, Morgan State freshman Rico Kennedy wore No. 28 to honor his best friend, Armys Brandon Jackson, who died in car crash earlier this season. I miss him, I love him, and Im always going to play for him, Kennedy said.UP NEXT:Morgan State: The Bears are at Savannah State on Saturday in a game postponed by Hurricane Matthew back on Oct. 8.Army: The Black Knights are off until Dec. 10s trip to Baltimore to face Navy. Army hasnt won the rivalry game since 2001. After the game, Poe was ready to focus on the Midshipmen.Were tired of hearing, `Is this the year? Thats the most annoying thing I get asked every day. Im ready for it to just happen, he said. ' ' '