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Last Night's Action: Early Strike Dooms Mets

Last Night's Action: Early Strike Dooms Mets

  • Phillies 7, Mets 2: That sound the Mets heard is Livan Hernandez's other shoe dropping. A guy with ERAs of 4.83, 4.93 and 6.03 the last three seasons wasn't going to keep his mark at 4.04. After he allowed seven runs in three innings, Hernandez now sports a 4.56 mark. That's what happens when you allow 14 of the 23 batters you face to reach base. The Mets couldn't rally, even against Philadelphia starter Rodrigo Lopez, who hadn't pitched in the big leagues since 2007. Ryan Church went 3-for-4 to continue his hot hitting, but no one else did much. The Mets got their two runs on three doubles in four batters in the seventh inning. The Mets trail the Phillies by two games in the National League East. Florida is also ahead of the Mets.
  • Yankees 4, Blue Jays 2: This is the A.J. Burnett the Yankees paid for. Will he stick around? Burnett allowed two runs in seven innings, striking out seven and walking two. Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez each homered. The Yankees are back to a season-high 13 games over .500, but they have Chien-Ming Wang facing Roy Halladay on Saturday. Good luck with that.
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Last Night's Action: A Winning Streak!

Last Night's Action: A Winning Streak!

  • Mets 9 Pittsburgh 8 (10 Innings): They were down and they were up and they were down again, but in the end they prevailed for the win and established a two-game winning streak. The Pirates jumped all over Tim Redding for a 5-0 lead, but the Mets came back. Two runs in the fourth, four runs in the fifth and two runs in the sixth put them up front 8-5, but Francisco Rodriguez couldn’t hold it. Rodriguez gave up the lead, but escaped a jam that would have cost the Mets the game in the 9th and then set the Pirates down in order in the 10th. That proved to be the difference thanks to Ferando Tatis who got hit by a pitch and stole second. He scored on a single by Ryan Church, which proved to be the game-winner.
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Last Night's Action: Mets Inch Closer

Last Night's Action: Mets Inch Closer

  • Mets 6, Phillies 5: Who says Citi Field suppresses home runs? Ryan Church, Carlos Beltran and David Wright all went yard as the Mets overcame a shaky start by Johan Santana, who allowed four Philadelphia home runs. Santana, who squandered a 3-0 lead, helped himself with a game-tying double in the sixth, and Alex Cora drove in the go-ahead run. Francisco Rodriguez worked around a Jimmy Rollins single in the ninth to get his 16th save in 16 chances. He then pointed to the sky three times -- once for each out he got? The Mets trail the Phillies by two games in the National League East.
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Last Night's Action: Shut Down By Pitching

Last Night's Action: Shut Down By Pitching

  • Liberty 82, Dream 71: A team that plays basketball in The Garden is headed to the playoffs! The Liberty clinched a playoff spot when Chicago lost earlier in the day, but they picked up a win anyway. more ›

  • Last Night's Action: A Good Start

    Last Night's Action: A Good Start

  • Out in Flushing, the Williams sisters easily advanced to the quarterfinals where they will face-off against each other. Also advancing in straight-sets in the women's draw were Flavia Pennetta and Dinara Safina. In the men's draw, top-seeded Rafael Nadal defeated American Sam Querrey in four sets and will face Mardy Fish, another American in the quarters. Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro, a 19-year-old Argentinian on a 23-match win streak, also advanced. more ›

  • Last Night's Action: Win, Win.

    Last Night's Action: Win, Win.

  • Yankees 9, Orioles 4: Derek Jeter, who is well on his way to 3,000 hits, picked up career hit #2,500 last night in his team's victory. But it wasn't Jeter that propelled the team to victory, but 6 runs in the 8th and 9th innings that put the Yankees on top of the O's. The Yankees had back-to-back home runs by Robinson Cano and Jose Molina as well as Cody Ransom and Xavier Nady. more ›

  • Making the Call: Pick Up The Phone, Omar

    Making the Call: Pick Up The Phone, Omar

    It’s time for the Mets to go shopping and Omar Minaya needs to find a bat to bolster the lineup. With the Mets in first place and finally living up to their potential, their GM needs to patch the biggest remaining hole in the team and a corner outfielder would do that. more ›

    Last Night's Action: By the Skin of Their Teeth

    Last Night's Action: By the Skin of Their Teeth

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    • Yankees 2, Red Sox 1: Classic games between these teams usually take four hours -- or four hours, 45 minutes -- not 2:58. The Yankees will take this. Mike Mussina spun six scoreless innings before Mariano Rivera wriggled off the hook in the ninth inning. The win came on the heels of two straight losses to open this four-game set. Mussina, whose unexpected successs (11 wins, 3.64 ERA) probably deserves to be on the All-Star team, finally started against Boston without throwing the Red Sox batting practice. more ›

    Last Night's Action: Damon Ties Some Records

    Last Night's Action: Damon Ties Some Records

  • 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? more ›

  • Last Night's Action: Dodging a Bullet

    Last Night's Action: Dodging a Bullet

  • Twins 5, Yankees 1: Darrell Rasner turned in his worst outing of the season -- the first that wasn't a quality start -- as the Twins took the third game of a four-game series in the Metrodome. The Yankees' best chance came when a Bobby Abreu liner hit Nick Blackburn in the face. Blackburn would be OK, but the Yankees weren't. They didn't do too much else. They trailed from the beginning -- Minnesota scored twice in the first -- and looked like they were looking forward to the trip back to New York. Too bad they have another game Monday.

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    Last Night's Action: A Subway Sweep

    Last Night's Action: A Subway Sweep

    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. more ›

    Last Night's Action: Where's The Offense?

    Last Night's Action: Where's The Offense?

    But, the blame shouldn’t go on the pitching staff, they only allowed two runs over eleven innings, it was the hitting that was awful. The Yankees managed to only get six hits and draw three walks and would have lost 1-0 if not for Hideki Matsui’s solo homer in the ninth. A-Rod isn’t due back until next Tuesday, but will he be enough to wake up the Yankees’ offense? more ›

    Last Night's Action: A Laugher

    Last Night's Action: A Laugher

  • Cleveland 3 Yankees 0: It was almost 20 years to the day the last time that two pitchers 5-0 or better faced each other and that was the matchup Wednesday in the Bronx. Cliff Lee outdueled Chien-Ming Wang, scattering six hits while not issuing a walk. Wang pitched well enough to win, but Cleveland managed three runs off of him over three different innings. The Yankees are back under .500 and will attempt to avoid the sweep this afternoon.
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  • Last Night's Action: Oh, Joba!

    Last Night's Action: Oh, Joba!

    • Cleveland 5 Yankees 3: Could the definition of irony be that Joba Chamberlain gives up three runs in the majors on the same night that Ian Kennedy dominates AAA? Perhaps, but maybe we should just focus on how tough it is to protect a one-run lead. more ›

    Last Night's Action: Where's the Glove?

    Last Night's Action: Where's the Glove?

  • 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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    Last Night's Action: Marty...Marty...Marty

    Last Night's Action: Marty...Marty...Marty

    Staal’s goal was one of the many highlights for the Rangers, who played a superior game to New Jersey except for a stretch in the third period. Chris Drury had a very good game, getting big wins off the draw and adding a goal and an assist. Gomez had two goals, including a very creative empty-netter to clinch the win. Patrik Elias had two goals for New Jersey and a very big uncalled slash that setup the third Devils goal. New Jersey will head home and try and fight off elimination on Friday. more ›

    Last Night's Action: Sneak Preview?

    Last Night's Action: Sneak Preview?

  • Knicks 100, Magic 90: Wilson Chandler had 23 points as the Knicks snapped a five-game losing streak, their 61st such streak of the season.
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    Last Night's Action: An Easy Win

    Last Night's Action: An Easy Win

    The bad news came from Pedro Martinez who is out 4-to-6 weeks with what is being described as a “mild strain” of his hamstring. What that means is Martinez is definitely out for April, but beyond that is impossible to tell. El Duque told SNY before the game that he needs three rehab starts in the minors, so he could be back in the rotation around April 20th. more ›

    Torre and Randolph, Both Outta Pinstripes

    Torre and Randolph, Both Outta Pinstripes

    Okay, Mets manager Willie Randolph hasn't been in pinstripes for a while, but this photograph of him saying hi to new Dodgers manager Joe Torre just seems like something from the bizarro world - not that there's anything wrong with that! Randolph, who was a Yankees coach under Torre, said, "It was a little strange, a little different. But I told him, 'You look good in any uniform.'" more ›

    New York's Top Sports Stories of 2007

    New York's Top Sports Stories of 2007

    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. more ›

    Mets trade Milledge for Nationals' Church, 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... more ›

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