The Yankees came within inches of mounting one of their best comebacks of the year. Trailing the A's 6-0 entering the 8th, New York rallied for three runs on a Nick Swisher homer to cut the lead in half. Jorge Posada got them within two with a homer in the 9th and New York loaded the bases with only one out. But, Mark Teixeira popped out and a walk to Robinson Cano made it 6-5 bringing Swisher back to the plate with a chance for more dramatics. He came close, blasting a 2-0 pitch to deep center, but he picked the wrong part of the park and his bid for a game-winning homer fell harmlessly into an Oakland mitt on the warning track to give the A's the 6-5 win. more ›

Take a deep breath Yankees’ fans, A-Rod has brought you back into first place. Down to his final strike in the ninth with New York trailing 3-1, A-Rod launched his second home run of the game to put the Yankees ahead. And a throwing error by David Wright and a walk to the pitcher doomed Jon Niese and the Mets in the fourth inning. more ›

The Giants open up things at the new (shared) stadium with an ugly win over Carolina, the Yankees get swept by the Rangers, and the Mets fell to the Phillies. more ›

Mystique and aura are alive and well at the new place. On the night they honored Bob Sheppard and George Steinbrenner, the Yankees fashioned a dramatic comeback, keyed primarily by Nick Swisher, who like Steinbrenner hailed from Ohio. more ›

Mets 6 Minnesota 0: Jon Niese improved to 5-2 with six-shutout innings and the Mets’ bats pounded out 14 hits in the victory. Ike Davis had his 9th home run of the year, Jeff Francoeur his 8th and David Wright added three hits and two RBI’s. The win and the Atlanta loss puts the Mets just a half-game out of first place. more ›

Minnesota 6 Yankes 3: It’s been eight years since he last did it, Mariano Rivera gave up another grand slam. That, plus a bases-loaded walk propelled the Twins to a rare road victory against the Yankees. more ›

Mets 9 Philadelphia 1: Are they for real? It’s a little too early to tell, but this was a fantastic start to the series. Jon Niese was dominant striking out seven while allowing only four hits and the offense backed him up. David Wright and Jeff Francoeur homered while Rod Barajas hit two of them to propel the Mets to a big win. more ›

• 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.

The Yankees' winning streak was snapped at eight, with a loss to the Oakland Athletics. However, the Mets won over the Houston Astors, thanks to seven innings from rookie Jose Niese. more ›