Perez Outduels Rocket to Slow Yankees
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Oliver Perez outduels Roger Clemens to stop the Yankees' winning streak at nine and give the Mets a 2-0 win on Friday.
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Justin Verlander shut down the New York Yankees while the Detroit Tigers roughed up Mike Mussina and a couple of relievers in their highest-scoring game this the season.
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The New York Yankees ended their slump despite the ongoing struggles of Alex Rodriguez. Bernie Williams homered, Derek Jeter drove in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk, and the Yankees snapped a three-game losing streak Saturday with a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
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After getting swept in three games at Kansas City last year, the New York Yankees trailed the Royals by four runs in the eighth inning. Then they steamrolled the Royals with a rally to remember.
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A six-run ninth inning wasn't enough for the Mets. An improbable rally fell just short last night when Paul Lo Duca flied out with a runner on third, and New York's 10-9 loss to the Washington Nationals at Shea Stadium cost the NL East leaders another chance to expand their cushion.
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Joe Torre found his new lucky spot in the dugout, then watched Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte and the rest of the team go to work. Yep, things are falling into place nicely for the New York Yankees. Rodriguez drove in two more runs, Pettitte breezed for eight innings and the Yankees won their ninth straight game, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1 Thursday.
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The New York Mets rode a stellar effort from pitcher Oliver Perez to beat the New York Yankees 2-0 and end their cross-town rivals' league-best nine-game winning streak at Yankee Stadium on Friday.
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Los Angeles Dodgers starter Odalis Perez learned just how quickly things can unravel against the potent St. Louis Cardinals. After allowing Albert Pujols&#39;s first-inning
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Lima Time was wondrous while it lasted, but it didn&#39;t last long enough for the Dodgers. Los Angeles sent Odalis Perez to the mound on Sunday to follow Jose Lima&#39;s inspiring shutout in Game 3, but the St.
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Gary Sheffield hit another clutch homer and Derek Jeter learned his elbow is just bruised. Not a bad night for the struggling New York Yankees.
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The New York Yankees stretched their  season-high winning streak to four games with a 5-4 victory  over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, Derek Jeter driving in  the winning run with a 10th inning single.
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Roger Clemens was center stage in the Bronx for a New York Yankees team on a nine-game roll. Oliver Perez, pitching for the reeling Mets, stole the show. Perez outpitched Clemens, Jose Reyes was 3-for-3 with three steals, two RBIs and a home run and the Mets won the opener of the season's second Subway Series 2-0 Friday night. The Mets ended their five-game losing streak and their rival's nine-game winning streak.
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New York tees off of Kris Benson and the Baltimore bullpen as five different Yankees homer in a 16-5 rout of the Orioles on Wednesday night.
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For a team still well under .500, at 25-31, the Yankees enjoyed a rare game this season: one with timely hitting, shutdown pitching and crisp defense. The rookie Tyler Clippa
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The Yankees needed someone to save Mariano Rivera. Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter sparked a championship-caliber rally just in time.
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Rookie Beltran Perez allowed one hit over six innings to win his first major league start, and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 9-2 on Tuesday night.
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The hits and runs kept coming, spinning by on the scoreboard as fast as symbols on a slot machine. It wasn&#39;t just a rout, it was an epic defeat, the most one-sided in the 101-year history of the New York Yankees.