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• Mets 3 Washington 2: If you are looking for positives in a season short on them, look no further than this game. Tim Redding pitched seven-strong innings, lowering his ERA to 2.72 since he rejoined the rotation in August and earning his third win of the season. Jeff Francoeur had two hits and scored two runs while driving in a run as he continued his solid hitting since joining New York.
• Yankees 10 Seattle 1 The Yankees were in control throughout with C.C. Sabathia getting his 18th win. Mark Teixeira went deep twice, triple and knocked in five. With the win, the Yankees lower their magic number to nine.

• Yankees 3, Rays 2: Nick Swisher, the one Yankee to not take advantage of his team's new ballpark, made up for lost time by hitting two home runs, including a walk-off blast. Derek Jeter remained three hits behind Lou Gehrig's franchise-record 2,721. Chad Gaudin pitched six strong innings but wasn't around for the decision. With Boston's win, the Yankees' magic number is 15.

• Red Sox 14, Yankees 1: A.J. Burnett didn't have it. If that wasn't clear after the Red Sox scored three runs in the first, it became clear when Alex Gonzalez poked one out over the Green Monster in the second. Kevin Youkilis also went deep -- twice -- as Boston snapped a five-game losing streak against New York, which still leads the American League East by 6 1/2 games. When all was said and done, Burnett allowed nine runs in five innings, striking out six and walking two. Nick Swisher's homer accounted for the lone Yankees run. CC Sabathia and Josh Beckett square off Sunday night in the rubber game.
• Phillies 4, Mets 1: One night after getting to Cole Hamels, the Mets were shut down by J.A. Happ after celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1969 championship team. Alas, no miracle appears in store for these Mets, who wasted five scoreless innings from Tim Redding and blew a 1-0 lead. Six relievers combined to give up four runs. Pedro Martinez returns to Queens to start Sunday afternoon's game.
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• 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.

• Yankees 5 Mets 0: Two games into the Subway Series at Citi Field it appears that the Yankees have no problems hitting in the spacious ballpark. Saturday they hit two more homers, Nick Swisher with a solo shot and Jorge Posada with a three-run bomb. A.J. Burnett took it from there, stifling the depleted Mets’ lineup. Burnett gave up only one hit in seven innings and struck out ten batters. Tim Redding matched him for a while, but ran into trouble in the sixth with Posada striking the big blow. Brian Bruney and David Robertson took it from there, pitching 1-2-3 innings and leaving the Mets with Alex Cora’s single as their only hit of the night.

Mets 6 St. Louis 4: Off the field, the Mets lost Carlos Beltran to the DL. On the field, they looked just fine, getting a huge start from Tim Redding and getting the big hits when they needed them. Redding pitched seven innings that set the team up for the win, but Brian Stokes deserves credit for coming into the eighth inning and getting the dangerous Albert Pujols to ground into a double play. Omir Santos got four hits and Alex Cora added two RBI’s. F-Rod pitched a perfect ninth for his 19th save.

• Nationals 3, Yankees 2: Chien-Ming Wang pitched as if he belonged in the Major Leagues, but the Yankees' batters didn't. They got shut down by John Lannan -- of Long Beach and Chaminade High School fame -- and fell when Robinson Cano grounded into a double play to end the game with the tying run on third. Cano and Johnny Damon went deep, but those were the only two runs the Yankees scored. Wang, whose wife had a baby Tuesday, pitched five innings, allowing three runs and striking out four. He should live to see another start, but that was the Nationals' seventh road win this season

David Wright's two-run double, his fourth hit of the night, put the Mets ahead to stay against the Nationals in the 10th inning. That took long enough. The Mets won, 3-1, ending a three-game losing streak. Tim Redding put up six innings of one-run ball, walking two and striking out two. The bullpen ended up working four scoreless innings. Sean Green got the win, and Francisco Rodriguez got the save. And the win still counts, even against Washington.

• Yankees 10 Cleveland 5: New York jumped all over Fausto Carmona, scoring seven runs through the first four innings and that was all C.C. Sabathia needed. Sabathia was triumphant in his return to Cleveland, allowing three runs over seven innings to earn his fifth win of the year. Robinson Cano led the Yankees with 3 RBI’s while Jeter and Damon had 2 each. The win puts the Yankees 1-1/2 games in front of the AL East.
• Florida 7 Mets 3: Tim Redding was awful, allowing seven runs over four-plus innings and New York never really threatened Josh Johnson. New York fielded a depleted lineup with David Wright getting the day off and Jose Reyes and Carlos Delgado on the DL. Carlos Beltran left four runners on base, but Fernando Martinez had 2 hits in the loss.
• Colorado 3 Red Bulls 2: The Bulls are not good, losing again despite outshooting Colorado. New York has only two wins on the season.

• Red Sox 12, Mets 5: With all the things that went wrong on this road trip, the Mets can still be pleased they finished 5-5. That doesn't mean they should be happy with Sunday's performance. Tim Redding got destroyed, allowing six runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. The Mets led this game, 5-3, at one point but didn't hang in there. They did the Yankees some favors by winning the first two games, but Ramon Castro's 2-for-4 day with a home run was not enough. A Monday night game against Washington awaits.
• Phillies 4, Yankees 3 (11 innings): Melky Cabrera had some more ninth-inning magic with a game-tying single in the bottom of the ninth, but the carriage turned back into a pumpkin when Brett Tomko gave up a run in top of the 11th. Why is Tomko on the team again? He hasn't been decent since 2004. CC Sabathia and Cole Hamels went back and forth, with Hamels standing to win the game before the Yankees came back against Brad Lidge for the second straight day. Mark Teixeira had a solo homer but made up for it by hitting into a huge double play with first and second and no one out in the bottom of the 10th. The Yankees won only one of three this weekend and couldn't match the Mets' generosity. They start a road trip with a matinée in Texas on Monday.
• Fire 1, Red Bulls 0: Chicago hasn't lost this season. The Red Bulls are stuck in last place with only nine points. They have one more game left in this four-game homestand.