Pettitte bests Santana, Yankees win
Andy Pettitte won for the 9th time this season, pitching 6 innings, allowing 5 hits, 2 runs, and in turn getting the best of Mets ace Johan Santana, who dropped to 7-7 on the season. Santana went 6 innings, allowing 4 hits, and 3 runs, while walking 4 and striking out 8.
The Mets took the lead first on a solo homerun by Ramon Castro in the second. The Yankees then took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on a Jason Giambi RBI, followed by a Jorge Posada RBI.
The game stayed 2-1 until the 6th inning when Robinson Cano drove home A-Rod and gave the Yankees a 3-1 lead. Cano would go on to be the only player to have more than one hit today (he had two). The Mets scored one more run in the bottom half of the sixth off a David Wright solo bomb, but that was it.
Mariano Rivera came in and slammed the door for his 22nd save of the season. The win moved the Yankees to 44-37, while the Mets fell to 39-41.
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