Last Night's Action: A Perfect Night For The Locals

Yankees 6 Anaheim 2: Phil Hughes showed why he won the fifth starter job with six strikeouts while only allowing two runs in five-plus innings. He also struggled with his command, walking five and requiring 108 pitches to record fifteen outs. All in all, the Yankees will take it and they certainly have to like Robinson Cano’s performance in the five spot. Cano belted two homers and drove in three runs while Derek Jeter added a homer and two hits. Mariano Rivera faced one batter to save his fourth game of the season.
Mets 5 Colorado 0: Mike Pelfrey is quickly making people forget about his 2009 and reminding them of his 2008 season. Pelfrey improved to 2-0 with seven shutout innings and helped himself with a RBI. Luis Castillo had two hits and scored two runs while Jeff Francoeur continued his hot start with two more hits. The win snaps a four-game losing streak for the Mets.

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By Peter Trinkle in News on April 16, 2010 12:10 AM

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aa77

one of the classiest things at the Yankee game last night... after Matsui hit a homerun in the top of the second inning, the entire stadium cheered for him. If a player wins respect from Yankee fans, they have it for life.

It would be a different story if it were later in the season or during the playoffs though.