The New York Mets narrowly defeated the New York Yankees yesterday at Citi Field with the Mets coming out on top 6 to 4. It was a solid match that aficionados with Mets tickets won’t soon forget. Not much compares to America’s Pastime so stock up on cheap baseball tickets and see all the fun live.
Mets pitcher Johan Santana (3.41 ERA) got the win, while CC Sabathia (3.86 ERA) took the loss for the Yankees. Johan Santana went 7.2 solid innings for the Mets, allowed 6 hits, no home runs and one earned run with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Mets was Pedro Feliciano (2.33), and Ryota Igarashi (5.14). The Yankees’s starter CC Sabathia went 5 innings, allowed 10 hits, 2 home runs and 5 earned runs with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. Sergio Mitre (2.86), and Boone Logan (5.06) also pitched for the Yankees. With the win, Santana’s record goes to 4-2, while Sabathia is at 4-3. Francisco Rodriguez earned the save for the Mets, bringing his saves up to 8.
In addition to the 6 runs, the Mets scored 11 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Mets, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Angel Pagan had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. Derek Jeter had the most hits for the Yankees (3), followed by Francisco Cervelli (2), and Mark Teixeira (2). The Yankees scored 4 runs, 10 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Marvin Hudson, Derryl Cousins, Jim Wolf and Todd Tichenor. There were 41,422 Mets ticket holders in attendance at Citi Field.
The win puts the Mets at a record of -, ( games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Yankees to -, ( games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Mets are the (-) at the Mets’s Citi Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Yankees will next take on the (-) at New Yankee Stadium in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and see it all live.