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Gothamist has been enjoying this series against Pittsburgh. For one, YES broadcaster Michael Kay has taken three games off, leaving the booth open to the more charming Bobby Murcer. Anytime we can watch baseball games without Kay's pseudo-insight, we're better off.

Yesterday's loss came after a thrilling victory on Saturday night which saw an inside the park home run by Marlon Anderson and a game winning three-run homer by Cliff Floyd. The series against the Angels was a litmus test for the Mets as they could test themselves against one of the better teams in the American League.

In many ways, Sunday’s game was a microcosm of the season to date. When the Yankees get good pitching, they can’t seem to hit; when they get good pitching, their hitting deserts them. Sunday’s culprit was the pitching as the Yankees scored six runs and led by three runs at one point. That wasn’t enough for a shaky Carl Pavano who loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth and then watched as Paul Quantrill gave up the tying runs with two outs. Mike Stanton gave up the go-ahead runs in the seventh and the Yankee offense was stymied by four innings of spotless relief from the Blue Jays’ bullpen.

Aaron Heilman started the game for the Mets and had a performance reminiscent of his one hitter two starts ago. Heilman pitched 7 innings of 2-hit ball and only allowed 1 run to the Braves. It looked like Heilman would be the tough luck loser until the 6th inning when the Mets knocked Horacio Ramirez out of the game by picking up 5 runs. Mike Piazza had an RBI double, Cliff Floyd had a two run homer, and Wright added his own two-run home run before the inning was over. The 5 run inning was the 7th time the Mets have scored 5 runs in an inning this season.

Pitching was the key to the Yankee win last night. After Contreras left the game, Paul Quantrill (who is on pace to pitch in every Yankee game this season) pitch 2/3 of an inning before handing over the reigns to Mariano Rivera for the final five outs. The Devil Rays were held to one run on six hits.