Last Night's Action: A Good Start

Jets 24 Houston 7: Mark Sanchez had a great NFL debut and Rex Ryan won his first game as Jets coach. Sanchez completed 18-of-31 passes with 1 TD and 1 interception, as he became the first rookie QB to start a game for the Jets in 32 years. As impressive as Sanchez was, the Jets defense deserves a lot of credit. They dominated the Texans’ offense, allowing only 11 first downs and 183 yards on offense.
Giants 23 Washington 17: The Giants took an early 17-0 lead and then held on for the win. Credit the defense, which didn’t allow any points until the second half for a stellar effort.
Yankees 13 Baltimore 3: Hideki Matsui broke open a 3-3 game with a two-run single and added a home run as the Yankees scored eight times in the eighth to salvage the series finale.
Phillies take two from the Mets: The Phillies won the first game 5-4, surviving a late rally against their beleaguered bullpen. In the nightcap, Pedro Martinez dominated his old club, throwing eight shutout innings and Ryan Madson finished it off for a 1-0 win and a Philadelphia sweep. The losses officially eliminated the Mets from the NL East race.
And she's back: The unseeded former No. 1 Kim Clijsters won the women's U.S. Open, 7-5, 6-3, over 9th-ranked Caroline Wozniacki. Clijsters had taken two years off to have a child—18-month-old Jada was in the stands to watch her mother's dominating win.

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By Peter Trinkle in News on September 14, 2009 12:01 AM

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jibbly

I know this is all over the highlight reels, but no mention of Federer's awesome trick shot to completely demoralize Djokavic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37qyvTRVus8

whitecastlerock

Los Mets are abysmal. Manuel is a terrible manager and Minaya sucks ass...

MrManhattan

Back in the '80's I used to see guys chasing each other all around the West Village. Have they all moved to East Rutherford? kind of a strange place for a cruising ground ...

Jen Chung

The Texans' fans were REALLY upset—when Thomas Jones made the touchdown, they were leaning over the sides, giving him the finger.

jjazznola

Clijsters winning is a great story - two years off to have a child - compared to that horrible Serena episode.

mellow_fellow

Credit the defense, which didn’t allow any points until the second half...
Did the Redskins score that second-quarter touchdown off a Giants turnover?

Peter Trinkle

It came off of a fake field goal, so I blame special teams and not the defense for that one.

JenChungsBaby

That's kind of shaky. So if they kick the FG do you blame special teams for giving up the three?

Whatever -- it's a win, in the division as well. Corey Webster is awesome. He had a better receiving day than the guy he was covering. Steve Smith was great yesterday too.