Photograph of umpire Dan Iassogna and Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton watch New Yankees catcher Jose Molina after being hit by a pitch by Kathy Willens/AP

• Texas 2 Yankees 1: For the second game in a row, the Yankees’ offense took the day off. Apart from an Alex Rodriguez home run and a Jason Giambi triple (yes really) the Yankees only managed two other hits and only drew three walks.

  The lack of punch spoiled another good start by Mike Mussina. Mussina went six innings and struck out eight, impressive numbers against a good offensive club, but it was for naught.

• St. Louis 7 Mets 1: The Cardinals jumped on John Maine early and often, scoring two in the first, and adding single runs in the second, third and fourth to chase Maine from the game. Meanwhile, Kyle Lohse kept the Mets’ offense completely quite, scattering five hits while allowing only an unearned run. New York fell to two games under the .500 mark.