Like Night and Day

It was an up and down day and night of baseball in the Bronx and Flushing yesterday as the Yankees and Mets played a two stadium, non-doubleheader. After getting humiliated 15-6 at home, the Yankees proved that payback is a bitch, clobbering Pedro Martinez at Shea Stadium en route to a 9-0 win and their first victory against the Mets this season.

The day started without much promise as Carlos Delgado set a Mets record with 9 RBI. He homered twice, including a grand slam, as starter Dan Giese and relievers Ross Ohlendorf and Edwar Ramirez got raked over the coals.

With Sidney Ponson starting the game second game, the Mets were poised to take a Friday sweep. But something strange happened; Ponson pitched 6 shutout innings to earn his first win as a Yankee (he was 0-1 in 2006). He made like Harry Houdini on several occasions, working out of jams and allowing his offense to peck away at Martinez. One of Ponson's best escapes came in the 2nd when the Mets loaded the bases with no one out on singles by Trot Nixon and Ramon Castro, and a walk to the number 8 hitter Endy Chavez.

But Ponson struck out Martinez, retired Jose Reyes on a pop up to Derek Jeter, and got Luis Castillo to ground out to his counterpart, Robinson Cano, for the final out. Ponson was right back in the soup in the 3rd after giving up a one-out double to Carlos Beltran. He walked Delgado and then wild pitched the Carloses up a base. Joe Girardi elected to intentionally walk Nixon to load the bases and set up a double play situation. The move paid off when Castro hit a bullet right to Jeter, who started an inning-ending double play.

The Yankees took advantage of their good fortune in the 4th as they loaded the bases. Bobby Abreu and Alex Rodriguez drew back to back walks and Jason Giambi hit a line drive single to right. Cano's slow grounder to 1st base brought home Abreu with the first run of the game. And, after Melky Cabrera was intentionally walked to reload the bases, Jose Molina hit into a fielder's choice to bring home a second run.

The Yankees jumped right back on "their Daddy" in the 5th as they began a string of four "scoring" innings. Johnny Damon singled, Jeter walked, and Abreu singled to right. A hard-charging Damon just beat Chavez's throw for a 3-0 lead and Jeter scored on Cano's fly-out to left.

Jeter's RBI double in the 5th finally knocked Martinez from the game and Abreu greeted reliever Scott Schoenweis with an RBI double of his own, for a 6-0 lead. The Yankees put the game away with 3 more runs in the 6th, including a home run by Cano.


News and Notes

Ross Ohlendorf, who was charged with 6 runs in 1.1 innings in the afternoon contest, was sent down to Scranton after the game. He had some decent moments, but never had an ERA under 5.40 for any month of the season.

Kei Igawa was recalled from Scranton as the Yankees wanted to add to their bullpen, fearing a short outing from Sidney Ponson.

Hidkei Matsui was placed on the 15-day DL with inflammation in his knee.

Derek Jeter loves playing against National League teams. He's reached base safely in 41 straight interleague games and has more hits than any player in interleague history. He also has an 18-game hitting streak against the Mets. Jeter's double in the nightcap extended his overall hitting streak to 15 games and he's hitting .316 in June.

Edwar Ramirez was nearly unhittable at Scranton this season and that extended through his callup with the Yankees. But after allowing just one run in 16 April and May innings, he's allowed 9 runs in 9 June innings. That also doesn't count the inherited runners he has allowed to score.

Darryl Strawberry threw out the first pitch prior to the game at Shea.

June 27, 2008 at Yankee Stadium

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Mets	1	0	2	0	3	5	0	4	0		15	14	3
NY Yankees	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1		6	12	0

NY Mets	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Reyes, SS	3	2	1	0	2	1	2	.293
a-Easley, PH-SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Castillo, 2B	3	5	2	0	3	0	2	.260
Wright, 3B	5	1	4	3	0	0	1	.285
b-Phillips, A, PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.136
Beltran, CF	4	4	1	3	1	0	5	.275
Delgado, DH	5	2	3	9	0	1	1	.235
Nixon, RF	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	.156
Anderson, LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.191
Chavez, LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231
Tatis, 1B-3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250
Schneider, C	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	.259
Totals	41	15	14	15	7	4	18
a-Grounded out for Reyes in the 9th. b-Flied out for Wright in the 9th.
BATTING 2B: Delgado (13, Ramirez). HR: Beltran (12, 3rd inning off Giese, 1 on, 1 out), Delgado 2 (13, 6th inning off Ohlendorf, 3 on, 2 out; 8th inning off Hawkins, 2 on, 1 out). TB: Reyes; Castillo 2; Wright 4; Beltran 4; Delgado 10; Nixon; Tatis; Schneider. RBI: Wright 3 (62), Beltran 3 (54), Delgado 9 (44). 2-out RBI: Wright; Delgado 4. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Reyes; Anderson. Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING SB: Castillo 2 (13, 2nd base off Giese/Posada, 2nd base off Giese/Posada), Reyes (28, 2nd base off Giese/Posada). FIELDING E: Tatis 2 (3, throw, throw), Castillo (5, fielding).

NY Mets	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Pelfrey (W, 5-6)	5.0	8	4	4	4	5	0	4.47
Feliciano	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	2.97
Heilman	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4.79
Muniz	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	5.00

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Cabrera, CF	5	0	2	0	1	1	2	.257
Jeter, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.285
Gonzalez, SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.180
Abreu, RF	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	.276
Rodriguez, 3B	4	2	3	2	0	0	2	.332
b-Moeller, PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.258
Giambi, DH	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	.267
Posada, C-1B	5	0	1	0	0	2	7	.302
Cano, 2B	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	.241
Betemit, 1B-3B	5	1	2	1	0	2	1	.264
Christian, LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	.273
a-Damon, PH-LF	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	.324
Totals	41	6	12	6	5	9	26
a-Struck out for Christian in the 7th. b-Flied out for Rodriguez in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Cano (17, Pelfrey), Jeter (14, Pelfrey), Betemit (6, Muniz). HR: Rodriguez (15, 6th inning off Feliciano, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Cabrera 2; Jeter 2; Rodriguez 6; Giambi; Posada; Cano 2; Betemit 3; Damon. RBI: Giambi (45), Rodriguez 2 (43), Cano (29), Betemit (11), Damon (35). 2-out RBI: Giambi; Betemit. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Posada 4; Cabrera; Christian; Jeter. S: Jeter. Team LOB: 14

NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Giese (L, 1-3) 4.0 5 6 6 4 3 1 3.50 Ramirez 1.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 3.60 Ohlendorf 1.1 5 6 6 1 0 1 6.53 Hawkins 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 6.03

Giese pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. Ohlendorf pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. WP: Muniz. Pitches-strikes: Pelfrey 98-56, Feliciano 20-14, Heilman 15-9, Muniz 40-24, Giese 96-57, Ramirez 33-18, Ohlendorf 33-19, Hawkins 29-20. Ground outs-fly outs: Pelfrey 5-5, Feliciano 1-0, Heilman 1-0, Muniz 0-6, Giese 3-6, Ramirez 3-1, Ohlendorf 3-1, Hawkins 2-4. Batters faced: Pelfrey 29, Feliciano 5, Heilman 4, Muniz 9, Giese 21, Ramirez 8, Ohlendorf 10, Hawkins 9. Inherited runners-scored: Ramirez 3-3, Ohlendorf 2-2, Hawkins 2-2. Umpires: HP: Tim McClelland. 1B: Mike Everitt. 2B: Mike Estabrook. 3B: Mike DiMuro. Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, Out to RF. T: 3:54. Att: 54,978.

June 27, 2008 at Shea Stadium

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	0	0		9	11	0
NY Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	0

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, LF	5	1	1	0	1	0	3	.322
Jeter, SS	4	2	1	2	1	0	3	.285
Gonzalez, SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.176
Abreu, RF	4	1	4	3	1	0	0	.285
Farnsworth, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Moeller, 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258
Rodriguez, 3B	3	1	0	0	2	2	5	.327
Veras, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Igawa, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Giambi, 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	.268
Christian, RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Cano, 2B	4	1	1	3	0	0	2	.241
Cabrera, CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	.253
Molina, C	3	2	2	1	1	0	2	.225
Ponson, P	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000
a-Betemit, PH-1B-3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	.270
Totals	36	9	11	9	8	6	24
a-Singled for Ponson in the 7th.
BATTING 2B: Jeter (15, Martinez, P), Abreu (18, Schoeneweis). HR: Cano (6, 7th inning off Schoeneweis, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Damon; Jeter 2; Abreu 5; Giambi; Cano 4; Molina 2; Betemit. RBI: Cano 3 (32), Molina (10), Abreu 3 (53), Jeter 2 (35). 2-out RBI: Jeter; Abreu 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ponson; Cabrera; Giambi; Rodriguez; Gonzalez. S: Ponson. SF: Cano. Team LOB: 11. BASERUNNING SB: Abreu 2 (11, 2nd base off Martinez, P/Castro, 2nd base off Martinez, P/Castro). FIELDING DP: 2 (Jeter-Cano-Giambi, Betemit-Cano-Moeller).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ponson (W, 5-1)	6.0	5	0	0	4	4	0	3.50
Farnsworth	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4.11
Veras	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.09
Igawa	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	13.50

NY Mets	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Reyes, SS	5	0	2	0	0	2	4	.294
Castillo, 2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	.254
Wright, 3B	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.288
Beltran, CF	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.276
Phillips, A, LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.130
Delgado, 1B	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	.233
Nixon, LF	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.176
Smith, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Easley, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.248
Wagner, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Castro, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	5	.255
Chavez, RF-CF	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.228
Martinez, P, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.167
Schoeneweis, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Tatis, LF-RF	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	.256
Totals	32	0	8	0	6	6	24
a-Grounded out for Smith in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Beltran (21, Ponson). TB: Reyes 2; Wright 2; Beltran 2; Nixon; Castro; Tatis. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Delgado; Castillo 2; Castro 2. GIDP: Castro; Castillo. Team LOB: 11. BASERUNNING CS: Reyes (8, 2nd base by Ponson/Molina).

NY Mets	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Martinez, P (L, 2-2)	5.2	6	6	6	5	4	0	7.12
Schoeneweis	0.2	4	3	3	2	1	1	3.13
Smith	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.45
Wagner	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.97

WP: Ponson.
IBB: Nixon (by Ponson), Cabrera (by Martinez, P),
Rodriguez (by Schoeneweis).
HBP: Molina (by Martinez, P).
Pitches-strikes: Ponson 96-56, Farnsworth 18-10,
Veras 13-7, Igawa 14-8, Martinez, P 106-65, Schoeneweis 35-20,
Smith 22-15, Wagner 16-9.
Ground outs-fly outs: Ponson 11-2, Farnsworth 0-1, Veras 1-2,
Igawa 2-1, Martinez, P 9-4, Schoeneweis 0-1, Smith 4-0, Wagner 1-2.
Batters faced: Ponson 25, Farnsworth 4, Veras 5, Igawa 4,
Martinez, P 29, Schoeneweis 8, Smith 6, Wagner 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Schoeneweis 1-1, Smith 3-2.
Umpires: HP: Larry Vanover. 1B: Mike Estabrook.
2B: Mike DiMuro. 3B: Tim McClelland.
Weather: 82 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, In from CF.
T: 3:11.
Att: 56,308.

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