Last Night's Action: Those Pesky Rivals

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  • Phillies 5, Mets 3: After every one of these crushing losses, the Mets must thank someone that the Phillies don't play as well against the rest of the league as they do against New York. Pedro Martinez's six-inning, nine-strikeout performance was a distant memory when Carlos Beltran's field trip misplay turned what should have been an inning-ending lineout into a two-run triple. With the win -- the seventh straight against the Mets -- the Phillies now trail by 4 1/2 games in the National League East. They'll still probably win the division, but the Mets would love to get a win Sunday just to breathe a bit easier.

  • Red Sox 10, Yankees 1: Not that Chien-Ming Wang deserved the Cy Young before this outing, but he's not going to get it now. He looked as sloppy as Josh Beckett looked strong as the Red Sox bounced back from Friday's collapse in convincing fashion. The pride of Taiwan is a good pitcher, but he doesn't have the dominant stuff true aces are made of. Unless his control is close to perfect, he's vulnerable to the walk and the unpredictability of allowing too many balls in play. The Yankees should be looking to the Tigers, who held off the Twins, as they try to protect their wild-card lead.

  • Red Bulls 2, Fire 2: Juan Pablo Angel scored in the 69th minute. Gonzalo Segares scored in the 70th minute. How's that for a momentum-killer? At least the teams get a lesson in sharing -- the points, that is.

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18 Wins in the American League, a moderately low WHIP, an ERA under 4.00, and he doesn't deserve the Cy Young? The only other two pitchers with more innings pitched comparable to Wang are Beckett and Carmona. Gothamist should stick to what it knows: New York news and events and leave the sports analysis to ESPN.

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Wang has had bad outings during this season. This wasn't the first one. But this bad outing came at a important time and on national TV. It will be interesting to see how the Cy Young voting turns out this year. I'd rather have Wang on my team than Beckett. He is showing consistency each year. Beckett may be a bum next year. The real story is what ever happened to the Yankee offense? Yikes.

Gothamist - can you not have biased Red Sux fans write about the Yankees.

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the reason why wang did bad is cause the sox see him so much. the same reason why mariano does bad against the sox. ALso his sinker is like a reverse cutter just like mariano's and the sox have patient hitters that will lay off of it cause it's usually not a strike so they run the count up and attack his sliders.

#2 - Do you even read past posts by Boorstein and Trinkle before you put up your comment? They are the biggest Yanks fans on Gothamist! Please do us a favorite and post something intelligent and worthwhile.

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**CORRECTION**

"Gothamist should stick to what it knows: New York Indie Bands no one could give 2 sh-ts about and whining about cyclists getting hit by taxi cabs"

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#4 Blow me you cunt.

Your not journalists. Your lame ass bloggers.

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Dude69 - I looked at your past comments. Your a stupid cunt.

Hey, "guest", it's "You're" not "Your". Are you still in third grade, kid? I don't argue with children.

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Listen, Dude69, get the fuck out of NY.

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The last refuge of the internet retard: correcting other's grammar and spelling.

Hey "guest", until you actually register like a real man, I am done wasting my time with you, boy! Living in your mom's basement ain't gonna get you laid.

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C.C. Sabathia should win the AL Cy Young.

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