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Last Night's Action: Tempers Flare

  • Yankees 7 Oakland 2: Kurt Suzuki shook off a pitch behind him from C.C. Sabathia by homering on the next pitch to give Oakland an early lead that didn’t stand up. Sabathia was retaliating for the A’s hitting A-Rod in the top of the first. Both teams were warned and they settled down from there. Sabathia got into a groove and pitched eight innings while allowing only two runs. The Yankees busted things open in the sixth with five runs and remain seven games in front of Boston.

Last Night's Action: A Win To End The Trip

  • Mets 6 Arizona 4: It wasn’t a pretty road trip, but the Mets escaped with a win. Luis Castillo provided the game-winning single in the eight with two outs and the Mets added another run in the frame and another in the ninth. That helped them survive a shaky start from Oliver Perez and a shaky close from K-Rod. No matter, the trip is over and they will return home to face the Giants on Friday.

Last Night's Action: Pagan Slams The D-Backs

  • Mets 9 Arizona 6: New York got back to winning thanks to a grand slam from Angel Pagan. Pagan’s shot in the 8th broke open a 5-5 game. The Mets had takes a 4-2 lead in the fourth, but Oliver Perez was shaky again. Perez did a Nuke LaLoosh impression, striking out seven while walking five over five innings and 112 pitches. Despite his wildness, Perez would have earned the win if Bobby Parnell hadn’t given up two runs in the sixth. But, Pagan bailed him out and K-Rod bailed out Brian Stokes in the ninth to record his 24th save.

Last Night's Action: Into First!

  • Yankees 6 Baltimore 4: Segio Mitre did just enough to earn his first win as a Yankee. New York fell behind 1-0, but quickly erased that deficit thanks to a RBI from Nick Swisher and two RBI’s from A-Rod. Robinson Cano added a two-run homer in a three-run fourth to make it 6-2 and it appeared that the Yankees would cruise to an easy win. But, Baltimore battled back against Mitre, scoring a run in the third and two more in the sixth to make it a two-run game. That’s where Aceves, Coke and finally Rivera took over and shut the door to preserve the win. With the victory, the Yankees moved into sole possession of first.
  • Washington 4 Mets 0: Oliver Perez “only” walked six and the Mets couldn’t manage much against Washington's’s John Lannan. Lannan was brilliant, scattering seven hits to earn his first MLB shutout and the Mets fell another game behind the Phillies.

Last Night's Action: More of the Same

  • Braves 5, Mets 3: That was not the start to the season's nominal second half that the Mets were looking for. Oliver Perez skated through six innings, walking four -- which is probably low for him -- and allowing three runs. The bats scored three runs in the fourth inning (Gary Sheffield, Jeff Francoeur and Daniel Murphy had the RBIs) to take a 3-2 lead but only got two hits the rest of the night. Philadelphia won, so the Mets now trail the Phillies by 7 1/2 games in the National League East. And they're in fourth place. And the injury news is mostly murky, too.
  • Galaxy 3, Red Bulls 1: Even with David Beckham rusty in his return to the Galaxy, the Red Bulls still put forth a subpar effort. Juan Pablo Angel scored the only goal, and it was on a penalty in the 87th minute with his team down 3-0.

Last Night's Action: Mets Win! Mets Win!

  • Yankees 4, Twins 3: Alex Rodriguez -- yes, him -- had the deciding RBI as the Yankees won their second straight in Minnesota. A.J. Burnett uncorked three wild pitches and didn't have his best stuff but still got the win. He walked four and struck out only two as he pitched into th e seventh. Phil Hughes picked up Phil Coke, who served up an opposite-field homer to Joe Mauer, and Mariano Rivera got a four-out save. Alfredo Aceves starts Thursday's matinee.
  • Making The Call: Make Some Moves, Omar

    Start with the offense. The loss of Carlos Delgado was huge and it exposed a mediocre squad. Beltran and Wright are having great years, Gary Sheffield has been a nice addition, but everyone else disappointed this year. Jose Reyes was having a bad year before he got hurt. Daniel Murphy looks like a player who played only one game in AAA before coming to the majors. Luis Castillo is Luis Castillo. There are too many dead spots in the lineup. And don’t blame the ballpark, the Mets actually hit better at Citi Field than on the road.

    Last Night's Action: Walk On Home

    Green wasn’t the worst Mets’ pitcher as Oliver Perez was terrible again, walking 6 in just over two innings of work. With his ERA sitting almost at 10, it is time to take a page from the Yankees’ playbook and get Perez on the DL so he can work out his problems in the minors.

    Last Night's Action: A Bad Day For New York Sports

  • Red Sox 4 Yankees 1: Jacoby Ellsbury beat Jose Reyes to it and stole home off of Andy Pettitte in the 5th. It was actually the fourth time in his career that someone has stolen home off of Pettitte and it epitomized the Yankees’ weekend. They were swept out of Boston, blowing leads in all three games and they now find themselves at .500 and at a crossroads in this young season.
  • Reports: Mets Re-Sign Oliver Perez

    What did it finally take for the Mets to re-sign free agent pitcher Oliver Perez? A three-year, $36 million contract, according to the Post. Perez, a 27 year-old lefty who the Mets acquired in 2006, has struggled with his control at times, walking 105 batters last season (a league high) while going 10-7 with a 4.22 ERA. Perez and his agent Scott Boras reportedly wanted a four-year contract, but the Mets didn't even give Perez an option for a fourth year. In his two full seasons with the Mets, Perez is 25-17 with a 3.91 ERA, but somewhat more importantly he's can pitch in New York and is successful against the Phillies (2.06 ERA over the last two seasons). The Mets' staring rotation now looks like Johan Santana, Mike Pelfrey, John Maine, Perez and either Tim Redding or Freddy Garcia.

    What the Yankees need to avoid doing is overpaying for any of the other starters out there. A.J. Burnett has been injury-prone throughout his career and will still probably get a huge deal. Derek Lowe has enjoyed pitching in the NL the past few years and may have a rough transition back to the AL and Ben Sheets makes Burnett look like a picture of health.

  • Yankees 7, Angels 1: Alfredo Aceves won his first big-league start, and he got plenty of help from the offense. Johnny Damon hit two homers and Alex Rodriguez added another. Derek Jeter also went 2-for-4. Jeter's first hit moved him past Babe Ruth into second place on the Yankees' all-time hit list. Up next: Lou Gehrig. At 25, Aceves is old to be making his first career start, so don't expect big things from him as a starter. He got the nod in lieu of Darrell Rasner, who hadn't been up to snuff since a quick start. The Yankees and Angels close their series with a Wednesday matinée.
  • At the U.S. Open, Andy Roddick rallied from down a set and a break to beat Latvia's Ernests Gulbis. Both players played into the morning on Saturday, which was Roddick's 26th birthday and Gulbis' 20th.
  • Red Bulls 3, Dynamo 0: Good news comes in threes for the Red Bulls. Three goals Sunday, three straight wins and three straight games with a goal for Mike Magee.
  • Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1: The Johnny Damon-in-center experiment didn't go well Tuesday. He misplayed a ball by Marco Scutaro -- he's a Yankees-killer -- that turned into the go-ahead double as the Yankees wasted a rare strong start from Darrell Rasner in the opener in Canada. After Bobby Abreu's double scored Damon in the first, the Yankees didn't get anything going. Rasner went 6 2/3 innings against a mostly impotent Blue Jays offense, but he'll take it. The Yankees cannot take losses like this, though.
  • The Phillies are in action in LA, but for now the Mets are a ½-game in front in the NL East. The Mets now head to Pittsburgh for a four-game series with the Pirates.

    The win gives the Yankees a split of the series with LA and sends them off on a eleven-game road trip on a high note.

  • Baltimore 7 Yankees 6: The Yankees set the stage for a remarkable comeback, but they couldn’t seal the deal. Trailing 6-1 in the eighth, New York cut the lead to 6-3 and had two runners on with no outs, but they couldn’t get closer. Mariano Rivera gave up a run in the ninth, but New York cut the lead to 7-6 and they had a runner on with one outs. But, Robinson Cano and Wilson Betemit struck out to end the game and the Yankees now have lost three-straight.

  • So now the Mets sit all by their lonesome in first place. They still have their problems. Nick Evans and Marlon Anderson (!) are still playing left field. Pedro Martinez hasn't looked good at all. The Phillies and the Marlins don't appear to be going anywhere for now. But the Mets probably have the best team in the division, and, for the first time since April, it is theirs to lose.

  • Red Bulls 2, Galaxy 2: A fabulous goal by Juan Pablo Angel went to waste when Landon Donovan scored an LA equalizer in the 92nd minute. Settling for a draw stinks, New York will tell you.

  • Blue Jays 5, Yankees 0: Who owns the Yankees? George Steinbrenner or Roy Halladay? The Blue Jays right-hander threw a two-hit shutout and didn't give the Yankees a chance. Once Joba Chamberlain allowed two runs in the third inning, the game was effectively over. Chamberlain didn't have that bad a start himself, striking out nine and walking none, which is important. He just went up against the wrong guy.
  • Another Met who will be sorry to see the Subway Series end is Carlos Delgado. Delgado hit his third home run of the series, a shot that put the Mets up 2-0. The Mets added a run in the sixth thanks to a wild pitch, but the Yankees cut it to 3-1 when Wilson Betemit hit a bomb to left. The Yankees threatened in the ninth when Jeter got on base and A-Rod hit a deep fly to left, but it stayed in the park and Billy Wagner took care of business after that, setting down the Yankees for his 18th save.

  • 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.
  • Padres 2, Mets 1 (10 innings): For a West Coast road trip that was supposed to cure all that ailed the Mets, this one is not finishing strong. After taking two of three in San Francisco, the Mets have dropped three straight down the coast in San Diego. This one ended when Pedro Feliciano allowed a homer to Scott Hairston leading off the 10th. This means the Mets have now played 28 innings in Petco Park and scored three runs. Of course that stadium suppresses offense, but not that much, right? Oliver Perez managed 5 1/3 innings (89 pitches) of one-run ball, but the Mets offense was held in check by Cha Seung Baek, hardly a world-beater. Adding injury to insult was Ryan Church's worsening concussion situation. Do the Mets still think they handled that right when they let him fly to Colorado and pinch-hit?

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    • Minnesota 6 Yankees 5: Before you scream that the Yankees would have won this game with Joba in the bullpen, consider some facts. The Yankees had leads of 2-0, 4-2 and 5-4 that Andy Pettitte could not protect. The Yankees had 15 hits and hit an abysmal 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position, failing to get a runner home from third with less than two outs three times. So, blame the offense, blame the pitching, but don’t cry for Joba.

    The Mets got home runs from Ryan Church and Jose Reyes and should have had one from Carlos Delgado, but the umpires clearly blew the call. Strangely, Delgado’s shot which hit the base of the foul pole was originally ruled a home run, but then overturned after the umpires conferenced. Jerry Manuel got thrown out in the ensuing argument. But, the botched call did not slow down the Mets and they beat up on Chien-Ming Wang and Russ Ohlendorf. And, they were very efficient, leaving only three men on base all night, while scoring 11 times with only 13 baserunners.

    Even so, he couldn't match Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley, who walked four and struck out four Mets, including David Wright twice. A Moises Alou single accounted for the Mets' only run. Perez, whose struggles have earned the wrath of closer Billy Wagner, may just be a headcase. Manager Willie Randolph said Perez, "kept us relatively in the ballgame after a shaky start, but the gopher balls hurt him." That's a fair assessment, though what does "relatively in the ballgame mean"? After a slow start, Joe Torre's Dodgers are 18-14 and look like they will be a factor all season. Nelson Figueroa takes on Hiroki Koruda on Tuesday night before a day game Wednesday.

  • Tigers 6, Yankees 2: Without Jorge Posada and Alex Rodriguez, the Yankees look like quite the naked emperor. They got two runs in the first inning but were held in check by Jeremy Bonderman and Co. the rest of the way. Andy Pettitte got a two-run lead but let it slip away as he ran out of gas for the second straight start. Oh, and Phil Hughes is headed to the disabled list. The Yankees said during the game he had a case of the stinks strained oblique. Before the game, Joe Girardi said he was healthy. Mystery swirls, and the Yanks are 14-15.
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