Mets’ Luis Severino gets best of Jordan Montgomery in battle of ex-Yankees

A potential pitcher’s duel between former Yankees teammates instead turned into survival of the fittest.

Luis Severino wasn’t as sharp Friday as he frequently has been for the Mets, but he figured out how to be better than counterpart Jordan Montgomery, whose ugly start to the season and even more disastrous track record at Citi Field both continued in his new Diamondbacks uniform.

The Mets, who signed Severino but did not get involved in Montgomery’s surprisingly tepid free-agent market over the offseason, shelled the left-hander for eight runs on nine hits over four innings in a 10-9 victory.

“I feel like my sinker has just become BP [batting practice] right now,” Montgomery said. “I have to find a way to get it to move and be down in the zone. I feel like I’m just throwing and not even pitching anymore.”

It was clear from the onset that this was not going to be an ode to either pitcher’s best days in The Bronx, where they were part of the same rotation at times from 2017-21.

The Mets answered the Diamondbacks’ three-run first inning with a go-ahead four-run rally of their own.