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• Yankees 8 Angels 2: Don’t let the final score fool you, this was a much closer game. The Yankees scored in the fourth and the Angels scored in the sixth to make it 1-1 heading into the seventh. That’s where the starting pitching diverged. Andy Pettitte continued his brilliance while John Lackey ran into trouble. New York scored twice in the seventh and four-times in the eighth to blow the game open.
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- American League 3, National League 2: The Mets' David Wright hit a home run and his teammate Carlos Beltran scored the second run, but Trevor Hoffman couldn't close the deal in the ninth inning, and the American League won another All-Star Game. The Yankees' Mariano Rivera earned another All-Star save.

At least the weather for the afternoon game was nice. The Mets managed 3 runs, all in the 9th inning, making a game of it, losing 10-3 (box score). It might have helped if the Mets didn't give up seven runs in the 7th and 8th innings. With games like the Mets have played, the closers weren't exactly needed. San Diego's closer, Trevor Hoffman faced one batter and Braden Looper made his first appearance in yesterday's meaningless top of the 9th.

The game also marked the return of former Yankee David Wells returned to loud cheers from the fans at Yankee stadium. Wells pitched a stellar 7 innings, scattering 5 hits, with no walks and four strikeouts. His Yankee counterpart, Javier Vazquez pitched 8 innings and gave up 2 runs on 6 hits and 8 strikeouts.