Last Night's Action: Put It In The Books!

Mets 8 Nationals 4: Boy did they need this one. With the division lead down to 1-1/2 games, the Mets could not afford to get swept by Washington and they showed some fight Wednesday night, by getting a game they had to have. And, perhaps best of all, the Phillies lost in extra innings, putting the division lead back at 2-1/2 games.
Moises Alou shook off an injury and provided three hits and a RBI. David Wright had 3 RBI’s and Jorge Sosa pitched two solid innings of relief. The only down note was that Paul LoDuca got hit by a pitch and had to leave the game. His status is listed as day-to day.
Yankees 2 Orioles 1: The “Joba Rules” have been changed as Chamberlain came into the game in the middle of an inning for the first time, but the result was the same- no runs. Mariano made things interesting in the ninth, loading the bases, but ultimately got the job done. Boston and Detroit both lost again which means the Yankees are 5-1/2 up in the wild card and 1-1/2 behind in the division.

Photograph New York Mets' Paul Lo Duca reacts to being called out after being hit by a pitch in the eighth inning by Gerald Herbert/AP

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By Peter Trinkle on September 20, 2007 12:28 AM

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The Phillies are the worst team in in the history professional sport anywhere

You forgot The Cubs

Dave Hogarty

[9] Have you tried selecting [SHOW GUEST COMMENTS] at the top of the comments section?

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Paul LoDuca caption: "Ay what's all dis commotion!!! Will somebody explain to me, what's wit all da commotion over here!!!"

Toby von Meistersinger

I have no worries about the Mets. The Phillies are the worst team in in the history professional sport anywhere so the most they can do is play spoiler as they crash and burn.

guest

Such arrogance from a fanbase with a team still in second place. Typical. I give the Yankees more credit if they can dispatch Cleveland or Anaheim/LA in a five game series.

guest

I said way back in April when the Yankees were 14 games back that they would still win the division and the world series this year...

Wait..If you're real quite for a second you can almost hear the Red Sux choking

guest

The 2-1 victory was better baseball than the previous night's 12-0 blowout. Watching both starters work past 100 pitches and pitch well, seeing Mariano work out of his mess (clearly, he wasn't pitching well at all, having trouble finding the strike zone and throwing an ineffective cutter) was more gratifying than most games.

And, of course, we're seeing the traditional Red Sox end-of-season choke.