Mets 2 Yankees 0

Having lost 10 of 12 in this June swoon (seven of those losses have happened after the bullpen has blown early leads), the Mets righted the ship a bit, when it perhaps counted most, by blanking the red hot Yankees and Roger Clemens 2-0 tonight. Jose Reyes and Carlos Gomez, in left field, were the keys to both Met runs ,and with Gomez, the defensive play of the game to keep the home side Yankees off the board, with a leaping grab of a ball over the fence. That apparent home run was enough to catch Hideki Matsui, at second base, off guard, where he was easily doubled off back at second when he realized that the ball was caught.


Oliver Perez pitched very well, other than in the fourth inning, when he walked the first two batters but was saved by the aforementioned double play, and the Mets beleagured bullpen came through against the torrid Yankee lineup. However, it's not like scoring two runs against major league teams is going to guarantee a victory, which is where the lack of offense is still somewhat of a concern, other than the two losses against Detroit last week, where they put across seven runs, the Mets have yet to tally more than three in any one game. Hence, when the pitching falters, the wins stop as well.



Weirdly, the ExtraInnings package added this game late in the day, for whatever reasons, I figured lots of people would want to watch this one. Also, the between innings commercials from the local broadcast were pre-empted, which was also weird. We were also treated to the YES broadcast, with Micheal Kay, Al Leiter and Ken Singleton in the booth doing a good job, though I found myself missing the catchphrase from those SportsNewYork promos, GET YOUR NEW YORK SPORTS HERE!!!.


Doubt we get the broadcast of tomorrow's game here, being as it is a 1 p.m. EST start.



Also had to check in at the beginning of the Giants/Red Sox game to see how loud the Fenway crowd would be, they did not disappoint, a lot of "asterisks" in view, even some sported by people who couldn't afford to make their own sign and wound up taping an asterisk on their t-shirts. Nice to see that Dave Roberts got a very warm reception though.




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