Last Night's Action: Yankees Hang On

Photograph by Kathy Willens/AP

Yankees 7, Twins 6: Andy Pettitte gave up two runs in the first inning, but the Yankees had his back. They got four runs before they made an out and six runs in the frame. Then they held on with Mariano Rivera sitting in the bullpen. Mark Teixeira had a three-run homer (as a righty) and a solo shot (as a lefty). Alex Rodriguez went deep right after Teixeira did in the first. Pettitte struck out three and walked one in his 6 1/3 innings. Edwar Ramirez, Jose Veras and Phil Coke combined to almost give up the lead. This game ended a streak of three straight walk-off wins, but the Yankees will take it. They have won six straight.

Dodgers 3, Mets 2 (11 innings): After getting an impressive start from Tim Redding and tying the game in the eighth inning, the Mets threw it away. Ryan Church missed third base in the 11th, costing the Mets the go-ahead run. In the bottom of the inning, Carlos Beltran and Jeremy Reed both made errors, and the Dodgers walked off with the victory. The worst news of the day came earlier, as the Mets learned they would be without Carlos Delgdo for about two months. He has a hip injury similar to the one that kept the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez out of action.

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[1] | jm1975

Wrong Carlos.

Reply | May 19, 2009 9:18 AM

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[2] | paulie

Can I be a sports editor for this site? There's millions of Mets fans in this town, and you can't find one writer who will actually read the front page of ESPN before they get their Carliis mixed up?

Reply | May 19, 2009 9:34 AM

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[3] | whitecastlerock

Los Mets can really stink up the joint when they want to. They resemble the Bad News Bears — Jerry Manuel is no Walter Matthau. The fundamentals are abominable at times...

Reply | May 19, 2009 10:46 AM

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[4] | Son of Spam

The only thing that the 11th inning was missing was a Benny Hill soundtrack.

Reply | May 19, 2009 11:45 AM

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