The Pennant Race - 9/28

It's been an amazing final weekend of the 2008 season, with several playoff spots still up for grabs. The Phillies clinched the NL East with a win over Washington on Saturday, but the Mets victory, combined with the Brewers loss, meant the wildcard would come down the final Sunday, and possibly Monday.

The Marlins had crushed the Mets dreams in 2007, jumping all over then Met Tom Glavine in the first inning and cruised to an 8-1 victory. Johan Santana had put the Mets into position with a masterful shutout on Saturday. Sunday was a match of a pair of left-handers, Scott Olsen for the Marlins, and Oliver Perez for the Mets.

The two teams were scoreless in the sixth inning when the Marlins finally broke through. Cameron Maybin led off with a double and scored on John Baker's single for a 1-0 lead. Jorge Cantu followed with a single and both runners moved up on Mike Jacobs fly out. Jerry Manuel elected to intentionally walk Dan Uggla, but reliever Joe Smith walked Josh Willingham to force in a run. Smith wiggled out of further trouble and the Mets came right back.

Robinson Cancel started the home half of the sixth with a walk. One batter later Carlos Beltran drove the Shea crowd crazy with a game tying 2-run home run, his 27th of the season.

Meanwhile in Milwaukee, the Brewers trailed the Cubs 1-0 on an unearned run. CC Sabathia was doing everything he could to win it for the Brewers, but Milwaukee couldn't break through against an array of Cubs pitchers.

Carlos Zambrano was originally slated to start the game for Chicago, but Lou Piniella end up opting for Angel Guzman, who gave him two innings of work. Chad Gaudin, Neall Cotts, and Kevin Hart kept Milwaukee off the board through six innings.

Veteran Ray Durham greeted reliever Scott Marshall with a lead off double in the seventh. Ryan Braun's ground out moved Durham up to third, and Prince Fielder was intentionally walked to set up a potential double play. Piniella went to Mike Wuertz, who walked J.J. Hardy to load the bases. Wuertz then struck out Craig Counsell for the second out, but walked Corey Hart to force in the tying run.

The Marlins and Mets moved to the eighth inning back at Shea, still tied at 2-2. But Wes Helms connected off of Scot Schoenweis for just his fifth home run of the season and a 3-2 Marlins lead. Two batters later, Dan Uggla slugged his 32nd home run of the year off of Luis Ayala for a 4-2 Florida advantage.

With the Mets falling behind, the Brewers took it to the Cubs in the eighth. Mike Cameron singled with one out and two batters later, second year sensation Ryan Braun belted his 37th home run of the year off of Cubs set up man Bobby Howry. Braun has 71 home runs in 264 big league games.

At Shea, Jose Reyes smacked a double off of Kevin Gregg with two outs in the eighth. A Beltran walk brought up the Mets biggest hitter in the second half, Carlos Delgado. Fredi Gonzalez countered with lefty specialist Arthur Rhodes. Delgado drilled a 1-1 shot to left, but the ball stayed in the park for the third out of the inning.

In Milwaukee, Sabathia completed his seventh game in 17 Brewers starts, Ryan Theriot singled with one away, but Sabathia got Derrek Lee to bounce into a game ending double play.

A quite Shea Stadium held their breath and heads, and prayed as Matt Lindstrom came on in the ninth for the Marlins. David Wright popped out to second base and Endy Chavez hit a comebacker for the first two outs of the inning. Damon Easley drew a walk, giving the Mets on more shot with the tying run at the plate, but Ryan Church flied out to deep center to end the ball game and another disappointing Mets season.


Over in the American League, the AL Central was coming down to the last Sunday. With a half-game separating the two teams, the White Sox needed a win in order to play their 162nd game against the Tigers on Monday. The game being a make up of an earlier rain out. The Twins held destiny in their own hands, knowing that a win would ensure them, at the very least, of a one game playoff on Tuesday.

Pitching was the name of the game for both teams. Chicago's ace Mark Buehrle pitched like one. After losing the first two games against the Indians, the White Sox needed their best to give them his best. Buerhle did just that, allowing one run over seven innings to earn his 15th win of the season. Paul Konerko's solo home run highlighted a 3-run second inning that gave the White Sox the lead for good. Jermaine Dye added some big insurance with a 2-run single in the seventh before Matt Thornton and Bobby Jenks sealed the win.

Meanwhile in Minnesota, the Twins had struggled against the Royals for two days, but Scott Baker was huge on Sunday. The Twins right-hander allowed just four hits, and struck out eight over seven innings, and the Twins rolled to a 6-0 victory. Joe Mauer and Delmon Young drove in two runs each for the Twins, who won their 88th game.

Gavin Floyd will start for Chicago on Monday, while former White Sox star Freddy Garcia goes for the Tigers. Should the White Sox win, they will face the Twins in a one game showdown in Chicago on Tuesday.

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The Pennant Race - 9/26

The Mets may very well have saved their season last night. Heavy rains could have an affect on this weekend's series with the Marlins, but the Mets would have been in even deeper water, or something else, had they not won last night's game with the Cubs. Trailing 6-3, the Mets rallied back and then won the game in the bottom of the 9th when Carlos Beltran's line drive ticked off the end of the glove of a diving Micah Hoffpauir at 1st base. Jose Reyes raced home with the winning run in a 7-6 victory. It overshadowed a big game by Hoffpauir, who was playing in just his 31st big league game. The rookie homered twice, doubled, and drove in 5 runs.

The Mets bullpen, for once, was key, holding the Cubs over the final 2.2 innings after a shaky start from Pedro Martinez. It kept the Shea inhabitants in a tie with the Milwaukee Brewers, who also won in dramatic fashion, for the wildcard lead, and moved them to within one game of the idle Phillies in the NL East. Martinez left to a standing ovation, which he admittedly realized could be his last.

Knowing that the Mets had already won, the Brewers were locked in a 1-1 battle with the Pirates. The key to the 10th inning win came down to one at-bat. With two men aboard and two outs, Dale Sveum sent up Craig Counsell to pinch-hit for Bill Hall. Rookie Jesse Chavez walked him, meaning he had to face Ryan Braun. Moments later Bernie Brewer was going nuts, as was the rest of Miller Park, as Braun hit a walk off grand slam. Kudos to the Brewers pitchers, all eight of them, that held the Pirates to one run.

Bullpens were huge in the White Sox-Twins game last night as well. The White Sox built up a 6-1 and looked like they would remain in first place in the AL Central, but the Twins rallied against the Chicago pen, while their own relievers shut down the White Sox after the 4th inning.

An RBI triple by Carlos Gomez and a run scoring double by Denard Span cut the White Sox lead in half in the fourth. Down 6-4 in the eighth inning, the two struck again. Gomez's RBI single off of Bobby Jenks narrowed the deficit to a run, and moments later Span tripled to score Gomez and knot the game at 6-6. In the 10th, Nick Punto drew a one out walk, moved to second on Gomez's ground out, and advanced to third on Jenks' wild pitch. After Span was intentionally walked, Alexi Casilla singled home Punto with the game winner and vaulted the Twins into first place by a half-game.

The Dodgers clinched the NL West when the Cardinals pounded the Diamondbacks 12-3 Thursday afternoon, but held off celebrating until after they lost last night's game with the Padres, 7-5. Joe Torre and Manny Ramirez made the difference with this bunch, which took advantage of a collapsing Dbacks squad.

The Red Sox moved back to within 2 games of the Rays with a 6-1 win over the Indians. Jon Lester and three relievers combined on a 2-hitter and Kevin Youkilis hit his 28th home run. Meanwhile, the Rays fell to the Tigers, 7-5, as Scott Kazmir was tagged for four of the five home runs Detroit hit. Rookie Armando Galarraga won his 13th game for the Tigers.


News and Notes

The Padres clung to their slim playoff hopes with an 8-6 win over the Reds. Roy Oswalt won his 17th game. Oswalt went 8-2, 1.70 in his last 10 starts.

Vlad Guerrero's 3-run home run yesterday gave him at least 90 RBI for the 10th time in his career.

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The Pennant Race - 9/18

Brandon Webb pitched the Diamondbacks back to within 3.5 games of the NL West lead in Arizona's 7-6 win over the Giants. Webb allowed two earned runs over seven innings to earn his 21st win. The Diamondbacks bullpen nearly gave the game away in the ninth though as the Giants scored three times before Tony Pena retired the final two batters.

The Dodgers meanwhile got clobbered by Adam LaRoche (2 HRs, 5 RBI) and Nate McLouth (HR, 4 RBI) and the Pirates, 15-8. Starter Zach Duke was ineffective, but six Pirate relievers stemmed the tide.

Cliff Lee came away with a no-decision after allowing three earned runs in 6.1 innings pitched, but the Indians continued to do damage to the Twins playoff hopes with a 6-4 win. The victory completed a three game sweep for the Tribe. Travis Hafner hit his first home run since May 16.

The Mets built up an 8-1 lead over the Nationals and then hung on as their beleaguered bullpen nearly blew it. The Mets emerged with a 9-7 final as 32-yr old Brandon Knight, who debuted as a Yankee back in 2001, won his first major league game. Carlos Beltran (2), Carlos Delgado, and Jose Reyes each homered.

The Phillies maintained their half-game lead with a relatively easy 6-1 win over the Braves. J.A. Happ picked up his first major league win after tossing six scoreless innings. Carlos Ruiz knocked in two runs and Ryan Howard picked up RBI number 137.

The Brewers stayed a half-game back of the Mets in the wildcard with a 6-2 win over the Cubs. It wasn't all good news for the Brewers though as Ben Sheets had to leave the game in the third inning with tightness in his forearm. Prince Fielder jump started the offense with a 3-run double in the first inning.

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The Pennant Race - 9/1

Labor Day is here, which means there's a month of baseball season left and Jerry Lewis is on the tube. With the exception of the AL West, and maybe the NL Central, all the divisional and wildcard races are up for grabs.

AL East

The Rays pounded the Orioles 10-4 on Sunday, to finish off a three game sweep in which they scored 34 runs. The victory moved them 5.5 games ahead of the Red Sox, who lost the finale of their three game series with the White Sox, 4-2.

AL Central

The White Sox win kept them a half-game ahead of the Twins in the central standings. Gavin Floyd picked up his 15th win and Jim Thome hit career home run number 536 to tie him with Mickey Mantle for 14th place on the all-time list.

In addition to being within striking distance of Chicago, the Twins moved to 2.5 back of the Red Sox in the wildcard race, with a 12-4 thumping of the A's. Justin Morneau homered and knocked in four runs, giving him 108 RBI entering September.

NL East

The Mets maintained their one game lead on the Phillies, by beating the Marlins 6-2 on Sunday. Carlos Beltran, who hit the game winning grand slam on Friday, David Wright, and Nick Evans each homered to help Pedro Martinez to pick up career win number 214.

The Phillies beat the Cubs 5-3 to gain a split of the four game series, after losing the first two. Jayson Werth homered for the third time in two games and Jamie Moyer won his 12th game. It was the 242nd win of Moyer's 22-year career. Remarkably, he only won 72 games in his first nine seasons.

NL Central

The Cubs lead in the division was reduced to 4.5 games due to the continuing heroics of the Brewers' CC Sabathia. The big man tossed a controversial 1-hit complete game shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The play in question was the lone hit of the game. The Pirates' Andy LaRoche hit a tapper to the side of the mound that Sabathia bare handed and dropped. Had he picked the ball cleanly, he would have gotten LaRoche easily at first. But the official scorer ruled it an error. It would turn out to be the lone Pittsburgh hit. After the game, manager Ned Yost and Sabathia's teammates were clearly upset, and there was a plan (naive at best) to appeal to the league to have the call overruled.

The Brewers maintained a 4.5 game lead over the Phillies in the wildcard, while the Cardinals dropped to 6.5 back with a 3-0 loss to the Astros.


NL West

The Dodgers took two of three from the Diamondbacks to get back within 2.5 of Arizona in the west. LA dominated both wins, 6-2 on Saturday, and 8-1 on Sunday, with plenty of hitting and pitching. Derek Lowe threw six scoreless innings on Sunday night baseball, to beat Brandon Webb, who was walloped for the second straight time out in his attempt to win his 20th game.


Other News

The Indians, feel good about themselves, 10-game winning streak came to an abrupt end as they were swept by the Mariners in three straight.

The Padres Jake Peavy tossed a gem on Sunday (8 IP 5 H 0 R 13 K) only to see Trevor Hoffman blow the lead in the ninth. Hoffman then got the win when Luis Rodriguez drove in the game winner in the bottom of the ninth.

The Dodgers' Jeff Kent could be done for the season after it was announced he will undergo knee surgery to repair torn cartilage.

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Around the Horn - 7/28

At first glance, you had to wonder what Jerry Manuel was doing. He took Johan Santana out of his last start in the 8th inning of a tight ball game with the Phillies. Yesterday Manuel let Santana throw a complete game in a 9-1 blow out of the Cardinals. But the Mets played 14 innings on Saturday and the bullpen needed a rest. In case you haven't seen it already, be sure to catch Carlos Beltran's home run robbing grab on Sunday.

The Tigers salvaged the final game, of their three game series with the White Sox, on Sunday with Miguel Cabrera driving in 2 runs. He's now knocked in 17 in the last 8 games.

Jarrod Washburn helped his trade rumors out Sunday with 8 innings of 4 hit ball against the weak hitting Blue Jays. Washburn is 3-2, 2.44 over his last 9 starts, averaging better than 6 innings per start.

The Royals topped the Rays on Sunday 6-1, but the big story may be lefty reliever Ron Mahay. KC signed Mahay to a free agent contract over the winter and now they have a decision to make. Keep him and keep the bullpen strong or trade him for some valuable chips. Mahay has allowed just 4 earned runs over his last 30 innings (1.20 ERA) pitched. He's been scored up on in just 4 of those 21 appearances.

The Cubs won a big one on Sunday, 9-6, after being down 5-0 to the Marlins. The victory earned them a split of the 4-game series and put them 1 game ahead of the Brewers going into tonight's Chicago-Milwaukee series. Ted Lilly faces CC Sabathia in the opener.

The Brewers had a chance to remain even, but after taking a 4-1 lead, they gave up 7 runs to the Astros in the 5th inning. Geoff Blum hit a pair of home runs off of Jeff Suppan, who may want to pitch around Blum from now on, since Blum is 13-24 (.542) off of him.

The Phillies remained a game back of the Mets after a wild one in the city of brotherly love. The Phillies came back from a 5-0 deficit and then nearly blew a 12-5 lead. They hung on for a 12-10 verdict with six home runs. The worst blow of the day though came on a home plate collision when Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino slammed his head right into the head of Braves catcher Brian McCann. McCann left with a mild concussion. We still don't know why catchers are fair game.

Here they come again. The Rockies' 2nd half surge last season got them into the playoffs, and ultimately, into the World Series. They're just 6 games back now in the NL West after an 11-0 drubbing of the Reds on Sunday. They don't know now whether to be buyers or sellers at Thursday's trade deadline.

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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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