| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| N.Y. Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| N.Y. Mets | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 12 | 1 |
I was really annoyed by this loss at first, but to be honest I didn't feel good before the game when I thought about the pitching match up. Darrell Rasner vs. Oliver Perez? Not good if you're a Yankees fan like me. So the loss was somewhat expected.
What still bothers me is that for only the second time since interleague play started in 1997, the Mets took the season series from the Yankees. The first time was 2004.
Yankees' starter Darrell Rasner wasn't great, but battled and pitched well enough to get a win, had the Yankees offense done anything. ... I'll get to that later. ... In 5 innings Rasner allowed 2 runs on 8 hits, walked 3, and struck out 6.
The first run came on a 2-out, bases loaded, infield single by Luis Castillo in the 2nd, he then retired David Wright to get out of the inning without any more damage. In the 3rd he allowed a long homer off the bat of Carlos Delgado, for the Mets' second run.
David Robertson made his Major League debut, and was understandably shaky. Was it the best idea to throw the rookie into a situation like this one, in his first outing? The subway series, in a one run game, against the top of the Mets order. I don't think so.
Robertson allowed 1 run on 4 hits in 2 innings pitched; he struck out 1 and didn't walk a batter.
Edwar Ramirez followed Robertson, and threw a
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
| Rasner (L, 4-6) | 5.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4.42 |
| Robertson | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Ramirez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.46 |
METS PITCHING
Coming into today's game Oliver Perez was 5-5 with a 5.29 ERA. He had just been hammered by the Seattle Mariners, the worst team in baseball. But of course, like he always does, he dominated the Yankees. In his career Perez is 46-51 against all teams not named the Yankees. But somehow, someway, he's now 5-1 against the Yankees, and as a Met he's 4-0 with a 1.21 ERA.
He dominated the Yankees all day, striking out 8 and walking none in 7 innings of 1-run baseball. The lone run came on a blast off the bat of Wilson Betemit.
I have to believe Perez was helped a bit by the lineup that Joe Girardi decided to throw out there today. He sat Bobby Abreu, Jason Giambi, and Robinson Cano. I know, I know, Perez dominates lefties, but he didn't have to sit ALL of them. Cano was 4-for-10 against Perez in his career, he could have played. Giambi is one of the Yankees hottest hitters, and he also has the power of the stache. And even though Abreu is 0-for-10 against Perez in his career, he's always a tough out, and makes pitchers work.
When the Yankees 5-8 hitters are Wilson Betemit, Melky Cabrera, Jose Molina, and Justin Christian, Joe Girardi is not putting the best team on the field, a he's not putting the Yankees in the best position to win.
But the Yankees did have a chance; Derek Jeter led off the 9th with a single off Billy Wagner. Alex Rodriguez was next to bat and just missed a game-tying HR, but got jammed a bit, and flew out to Endy Chavez on the lip of the warning track in left. Wagner then breezed past the next two hitters to finish off the game.
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METS OFFENSE
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Oliver Perez (7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K)
HONORABLE MENTION: Luis Castillo (3-for-5, RBI)
GOATS OF THE GAME: Joe Girardi for playing the B-team.
The Yankees open up a series against the heavy hitting Texas Rangers on Monday. Mike Mussina will start in the opener for the Yanks, and he will face the Rangers Scott Feldman.
First pitch: 7:05 p.m. - TV: YES - Radio: WCBS 880
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