Game 82: Oliver Perez dominates Yankees (plus Season Series Recap)

The Mets lefty Oliver Perez (6-5, 4.98) was too much for the Yankees today at Shea Stadium. Joe Girardi benched Cano, Giambi, and Abreu since they are left-handed, but it didn’t help. The only Yankees offense was a solo shot by Wilson Betemit, as the Mets won 3-1 to salvage the last game of this series.

Darrell Rasner (4-6, 4.42) preserved through 5 innings, and although not quite a Quality Start ™, he pitched well enough to win on most days.

Making his debut from Trenton was 23-year old David Robertson. He gave up 4 hits and 1 run in 2 innings.

Edwar Ramirez had a solid 9th inning.

Dan Giese was demoted to the bullpen, as Sidney Ponson has the #5 starter role for now.

I like Jorge Posada at 1B.

Transactions
Kei Igawa was sent back down to AAA after one day. (That’s embarrassing.)
David Robertson was called up.

Series Count Update:
Beat Toronto Blue Jays (home) W
Lost to Tampa Bay Rays (home) L
Lost to Kansas City Royals (road) L
Lost to Boston Red Sox (road) L
Swept Tampa Bay Rays (road) T
Split Boston Red Sox (home) T
Lost to Baltimore Orioles (road) L
Beat Chicago White Sox (road) W
Split Cleveland Indians (road) T
Got swept by the Detroit Tigers (home) L
Swept Seattle Mariners (home) W
Lost to Cleveland Indians (home) L
Split Detroit Tigers (road- 3rd game PPD) T
Lost to Tampa Bay (road) L
Lost to NY Mets (home- 3rd game was PPD and made up) L
Beat Baltimore Orioles (home) W
Swept Seattle Mariners (home) W
Lost to Baltimore Orioles (road) L
Split Minnesota Twins (road) T
Beat Toronto Blue Jays (home) W
Split KC Royals (home) T
Beat Oakland A’s (road) W
Sweep Houston Astros (road) W
Sweep San Diego Padres (home) W
Lost to Cincinnati Reds (home) L
Split with Pittsburgh Pirates (road- 3rd game PPD) T
Beat NY Mets (road) W

Totals:
Wins: 10, Losses: 10, Splits: 7

Yanks are in 3rd place, 5.5 games out. Their record is 44-38. They are in 4th place for the Wild Card, 5 games out.

They should not have stumbled against the Reds and Pirates recently.

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