- Yankees 6, Angels 5: After a one-year absence, the Yankees will play in October again. They clinched a berth when Oakland defeated Texas. Then the Yankees bounced back to beat the Angels after blowing a 5-0 lead. Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the third -- as did Jorge Posada -- and then hit the tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth. Chad Gaudin, a stealth candidate to be in the playoff rotation, started strong but couldn't finish the fifth inning. Alfredo Aceves and Phil Hughes combined to blow the lead, but Mariano Rivera held the one-run margin in the ninth. The Yankees didn't pop any Champagne or do anything crazy. They're saving that for a division title. The magic number for that is six. The Yankees are six up with 10 games left -- the Red Sox have 12. The teams play three times in the Bronx this weekend.
- Braves 3, Mets 1: Only 10 games left. That's right, only 10. Nelson Figueroa pitched seven innings of two-run ball but got zero help from the "bats" in the Mets' lineup. The No. 3-6 hitters went 1-for-15. Brian Schneider got two hits, doubling his total for the season. Luis Castillo put the Mets on the board first with an RBI single in the third, but Figueroa gave up both his runs in the top of the fourth. Mike Pelfrey faces Tim Hudson as the Mets close out their penultimate homestand on Wednesday night.
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Liberty 72, Sun 63: Shameka Christon scored 19 points as New York won the opener. The Sun couldn't get much going against the stifling defense. They only made 4-of-22 3-pointers. For those who don't know, these series are best-of-three.
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Red Sox 11, Yankees 3: At least the Yankees aren't going to keep people in suspense. Sidney Ponson allowed four runs in 4 2/3 innings. Jose Veras gave up five in 1/3 of a frame. The Yankees are seven back of the Red Sox, who will play their final game in Yankee Stadium on Thursday. No need to give the "unless they meet in the postseason" caveat anymore.
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Astros 8, Mets 3: Brian Schneider may have homered for the second straight day, but that wasn't enough for the Mets. John Maine -- who may or may not be in Verizon Fios commercials -- turned in his latest discouraging performance. He surrendered eight runs on 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings. A four-run second proved his undoing. The Mets didn't have a baserunner until the fifth inning. That's not a way to win games.
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Red Bulls 2, Toronto FC 0: Mike Magee scored for the second straight week. Then Gabriel Cicher got sent off in the 46th minute. No matter. The Red Bulls held their own and got a late strike from Juan Pablo Angel in the 89th minute to seal it.
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Pirates 12, Yankees 5: Darrell Rasner didn't have it -- again -- and the Yankees lost to the Pirates for the first time since the 1960 World Series. Of course, the teams had only played each other six times since. Bill Mazeroski hit that infamous home run. The Yankees have no choice but to stick with Rasner, their No. 4 starter, but the righty needs to limit the home runs. He allowed two on Tuesday. Some early double plays -- one by Derek Jeter, one by Bobby Abreu -- cost the Yankees early chances against Tom Gorzelanny. LaTroy Hawkins continued to ask for his release struggle by allowing four runs in 2 2/3 innings of relief.
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Nationals 5, Mets 3: Brian Schneider (!) hit his second homer of the year, but that was not a sign of things to come. Claudio Vargas started off well in his Mets debut. That changed in the sixth, when Ryan Zimmerman homered. In the seventh, Vargas walked his fourth batter, got relieved by Aaron Heilman and watched as the the Nats put up a four-spot. Heilman has been dreadful this season, but he has been vilified for his bad work much more than he was ever appreciated for his shutdown work of seasons past. A day game Thursday will be the Mets' chance to avoid losing three of four to a last-place team.
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A Historic Collapse: The Mets held a seven-game lead with 17 to play and were caught looking ahead to the playoffs. What followed was among the worst collapses in history and one that revealed the weaknesses of the players, the manager and the general manager. Jose Reyes and his questionable -- and downright poor -- play summed up the the performance on the field. Manager Willie Randolph's mismanagement of the bullpen came to light more down the stretch. So did Omar Minaya's complete neglect of the roster's periphery. The Mets trotted out inexperienced and ineffective pitchers down the stretch, and the bullpen that Randolph had to deal with wasn't that good to begin with thanks to some questionable trades. What this means for the 2008 season remains to be seen, but it cost the Mets fans Lastings Milledge, another symbol of the collapse. He was dumped dealt to the Nationals for Ryan Church and Brian Schneider.
Mets trade Milledge for Nationals' Church, Schneider
After two seasons of constant trade speculation, the Mets finally have moved Lastings Milledge in a deal this afternoon to the division rival Washington Nationals. In return, the Mets receive Outfielder Ryan Church and Catcher Brian Schneider. Milledge was not always a model citizen as a Met, either on the field or of the field, but nonetheless had been long touted by the organization and the media by a top tier outfield prospect. While he...
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