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• Mets 8 Rockies 3: Pat Misch earned his first career win thanks to seven strong innings of pitching. Mitsch allowed two homers, but settled down, avoiding becoming the first player in the Majors to lose his first 13 starts. Mets rookie catcher Josh Thole got his first career start and his first hit, eventually going 2-5 with a single and double. David Wright and Angel Pagan both had two RBI and Daniel Murphy cleaned up with a homer, double and two RBI's.

• Mets 9, Cardinals 0: Yes, the Mets won, but they lost Jon Niese for the season. The starter suffered a "complete tear of the right upper hamstring" -- ouch! -- and will have surgery. Gary Sheffield also appeared to tweak his hamstring injury. Off the field, the Mets announced Jose Reyes has scar tissue behind his knee. Don't expect him back anytime soon. The good news came from Nelson Figueroa, who pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings and also tripled in two runs. The bad news -- the Mets are 51-56 and going nowhere.

• Yankees 10 Blue Jays 8: Alfredo Aceves doesn’t have the best stuff, but he knows how to pitch and that is why he is becoming a very important part of the Yankees’ pitching staff. A day after a 12 inning game, New York needed a good outing from Joba Chamberlain that they didn't get. Joba was rocked giving up eight runs in three-plus innings. But, the Yankees’ bullpen held the game at 8-4 Toronto and the bats brought them back. Hideki Matsui hit a three-run homer to make it 8-7 and Derek Jeter put them up for good with a two-run blast. Aceves pitched four innings, allowing only one baserunner while striking out five and he earned his first save. Philadelphia 2 Mets 0: It was a lost weekend in Philly for the Mets. New York turned to its ace, Johan Santana to try and salvage a win in the series. Santana pitched very well, allowing only three hits, but two of them were solo homers. The problem was that once again the Mets’ offense was overmatched and they could only manage four hits against Joe Blanton. Now they have a day off before hosting the NL-best Dodgers starting on Tuesday.

First innings aren't always eventful, but Thursday's between the Yankees and the Orioles was. Joba Chamberlain left the game after being hit in the leg by a line drive. In the bottom of the inning, the first three Yankees to bat doubled, and the Yankees put up a four-spot en route to a 7-4 win over Baltimore. It was their ninth straight win. Alfredo Aceves picked up the win in relief of Chamberlain, who had X-rays on his leg come back negative. Robinson Cano, hitting second with Johnny Damon getting the night off, had an RBI double and a two-run homer among his three hits. Mark Teixeira also had an RBI double in the first and had two hits. Melky Cabrera had a critical two-run double.

• Yankees 3 Minnesota 2 (10 innings): The Twins must be getting tired of seeing the same thing everyday. For the third-straight time the Yankees won the game in their last at bat. This time the hero was Johnny Damon who lofted a 3-2 pitch into the rightfield stands for the win. Damon’s heroics capped a comeback by New York. Down 2-0, the heroes of Friday and Saturday got the game tied when A-Rod homered and Melky added a RBI . In the 8th, both teams turned outstanding defensive plays to keep the game tied. Mark Teixeira made a great throw at home to nail a runner and Joe Mauer made a superb lunge to the plate to nail Brett Gardner. Alfredo Aceves pitched an inning of relief to earn his second win of the year.