Last Night's Action: A Solid Start

Photograph of Tony Armas giving a fist pound to Damion Easley who scored on a double by Ramon Casto by Tom Gannam/AP

• Mets 7 St. Louis 4: The Mets called up Tony Armas to make this start and while he struggled early, he delivered in the end. The Cardinals jumped out to a 2-0 lead and took a 3-1 lead after two. But, the Mets’ offense struck back while Armas kept them in the game. Ramon Castro delivered a two-run double in the fourth to tie the game and added a single in the fifth to cap a three-run rally that put New York up 6-3. David Wright added his 16th homer of the year and the Mets’ bullpen closed the game by allowing only one runner over the final three innings.
• Texas 3 Yankees 2: The offense is officially MIA and with no margin for error the Yankees need their best pitchers to come through. That didn’t happen on Tuesday night. Joba Chamberlain struggled to get through four innings, throwing 91 pitches and Mariano Rivera gave up the go-ahead run in the ninth. Melky Cabrera has gone from hitting .299 in April, to .234 in May to .206 in June. He opened July 0-for-4, perhaps it is time to send him to the bench?