Torre, pitching coach Ron Guidry and trainer Gene Monahan immediately came out to check on Rasner, along with the team’s entire infield. Rasner took a deep breath and tried a few warmup pitches. But when he threw a splitter on his fourth delivery, he hopped off the mound in obvious pain and grabbed his right hand before running into the dugout and down the steps toward the clubhouse.

Surgery was recommended and he could miss three months.

Starters Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina have returned from hamstring problems, but the Yankees are still waiting for Phil Hughes (hamstring) to get healthy and Roger Clemens to round into game shape.

Jeff Karstens is recovering from a broken leg and Carl Pavano is also sidelined — again — with an elbow injury.

“I don’t know any team that could sustain the number of injuries they’ve had,” Glavine said.

Chavez’s infield single put runners at the corners. Myers, normally a left-handed specialist, replaced Rasner and was given as much time as he needed to warm up.

Myers allowed a shallow sacrifice fly to Carlos Beltran, then struck out Carlos Delgado before Wright hit a 460-foot homer to the back of the left-field bleachers that made it 3-1 Mets.

“I played with Mike on the Japan tour last year, so I have an idea how he throws,” Wright said.

Wright connected again in the third, a drive that bounced off the heel of Damon’s glove as he leaped above the center-field fence.

“I had it, and I lost it,” Damon said. “It’s probably one of the worst feelings I’ve had playing.”

Wright was intentionally walked his next three times up. Delgado had an RBI double in a two-run fourth that made it 8-2.

Notes: The Mets have won their last five series. ... The Yankees dropped to 3-9 when the opponent starts a left-hander.

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