The bug that’s been sweeping the Yankees’ clubhouse has now claimed nine victims among the players and coaches, including its latest, Johnny Damon.

Hasn’t anybody heard of this?

Or this?

Or even this?

The point is that even without Jeter, Damon and a full-strength Melky, Cano and Matsui, the Yanks made the Mets look like the ones who needed a blood transfusion.

AJ Burnett was as nasty as I remember him as a Blue Jay, inducing 10 Ks and allowing only one hit over seven innings. One hit.

Go ahead and pump that fist, AJ. You earned it.

He was helped by impressive plays by Pena and two amazing catches by Melky, who robbed Murphy in the second and fifth innings.

On the offensive side, the bats were again in evidence. Swisher’s solo shot in the third was really all the Yanks needed.

But why not pile on with a few more runs in the sixth and send Redding, the Mets’ starter, to the showers?

After Tex doubled…

A-Rod singled up the middle on the first pitch.

Cano doubled off the wall on the first pitch.

Posada smacked a three-run homer on the first pitch.

5-0 Yankees.

Bruney and Robertson set down the Mets in order in the eighth and ninth, and that was all she wrote, as they say.

I realize that the Mets are playing without their big guns, except for Wright, but they have the same beaten down look the Yankees had last week. Maybe they need a visit from their GM, like we got from ours.

On the other hand, I’m perfectly fine with sweeping them Sunday night. Everybody has made such a big deal about how hard it is to hit homers at Citi Field, as opposed to the “bandbox” in the Bronx. So how come we’ve waltzed in there and hit four so far?

Because it doesn’t matter where you play. If you’re hot, you’re hot.