Results tagged “fernandonieve”

• Yankees 6, Blue Jays 5: Jorge Posada singled home Alex Rodriguez with the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning, but the Yankees were left without starter Chien-Ming Wang, who left his start after 5 1/3 innings with what was later diagnosed as bursitis in his right shoulder. The Yankees won their second straight and ninth in 10 games. But Wang is headed to the disabled list, and the Yankees could call on the likes of Sergio Mitre to make a start Thursday in Minnesota. The bullpen could be taxed that day, but it appears up to the challenge. After David Robertson let in a run in the top of the sixth, the relievers slammed the door. Brian Bruney, Phil Hughes, Mariano Rivera and even Brett Tomko kept Toronto off the board.

Brewers 10, Mets 6: In his first three starts, Fernando Nieve allowed 10 hits and three runs in 18 2/3 innings. Start No. 4 didn't go quite as well as he allowed three runs on 11 hits in 3 1/3 innings. The Mets were able to close a 3-0 gap to 3-2, but a Casey McGhee grand slam off Brian Stokes blew the game wide open. Down by seven in the ninth, the Mets tried to rally behind a David Wright RBI double and a Gary Sheffield homer, but Brian Schneider hit into a game-ending double play. The Mets sit below .500 for the first time since May 5, but they are only three games behind Phillies. The National League may just be bad enough for the Mets to stay in it.

• Yankees 8 Atlanta 4: For five innings the offense kept doing what it has done far too often these past few weeks, sleepwalked through a game. In fact, the Yankees didn’t have a runner reach base until Francisco Cervelli went deep in the sixth inning, but that seemed to spark the bats. They scored seven more times over the final four innings and cruised to the 8-4 win. Joba Chamberlain went 6-1/3 allowing three runs and striking out five. Mariano Rivera came into the game in the eighth and nailed down his 16th save by striking out four batters.

• Mets 6, Yankees 2: The next time someone says, "[insert team] will have a tough time recovering from such a devastating loss," point him to this game. The Mets had no trouble shrugging off Friday night's disaster -- a game that turned from victory to defeat when Luis Castillo dropped a popup with two outs in the ninth -- and cruised past the Yankees. Fernando Nieve, making his first start in almost three years, allowed only two runs in 6 2/3 innings while filling in for John Maine. Omir Santos had a homer and a double off Andy Pettitte, who lasted only five innings. Gary Sheffield also went deep for the Mets, who will send Johan Santana to the mound in Sunday's rubber game.