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Last Night's Action: A Saturday For Blue

Rangers 5 Ottawa 2: Hockey has blue lines. The Rangers have blue shirts and blue seats and apparently Blue Man Group as fans. They performed before the game and maybe it inspired New York. The top line had a huge night with four goals and two assists while Michael Del Zotto made his case to stay in the NHL and not return to juniors with his first goal and a solid game.

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.

Yankees 3 Oakland 2: Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer to break the tie and drove in the other Yankees’ run. Chad Gaudin pitched four-plus innings while dancing around a lot of walks. The Yankees’ bullpen did a great job thanks to two huge double plays and the team will now head to Boston, still seven games in front.
Atlanta 15 Mets 2: Bobby Parnell is learning how to be a starter and “learning” is the key word. Parnell was shelled on Wednesday, giving up nine hits and nine runs in three innings. The New York offense actually pounded out ten hits, but the deficit was simply too big to overcome.
Connecticut 74 Liberty 69: New York blew a 12-point halftime lead which ended their chance at a winning streak.