Roberts: Tuesday's Top Ten
Not much change at the top, but plenty of activity at the bottom of Evan Roberts' Tuesday's Top 10.
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Not much change at the top, but plenty of activity at the bottom of Evan Roberts' Tuesday's Top 10.
Mets shortstop Jose Reyes hasn't forgotten the lesson he learned two years ago and is treating his latest hamstring injury with caution.
Angel Pagan, Carlos Beltran and Daniel Murphy had RBI doubles in the sixth inning after the Mets were held hitless through five by Rubby De La Rosa, and New York went on to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 on Monday night.
Beyond the bouquets Mets fans sent Ramiro Pena (and perhaps a rose for Rivera, the closer nonpareil who reminds us once a month or so that there is indeed blood in his veins), what did we learn from the Mets and Yankees this weekend?
Jason Bay had his best week as a New York Met, going 8-for-22 (.364) in six games, ending the longest grand slam drought in club history as well as finishing off the Subway Series on a high-note for the Mets.
Pinch-hitter Ronny Paulino came through with a tying single off Mariano Rivera, Jason Bay drove home the winning run in the 10th and the feisty New York Mets ended the Yankees' seven-game winning streak
Manager Terry Collins said after the win that Reyes had the most mild form of a strain.
The Mets were hit with another injury when knuckleballer R.A. Dickey was pulled because of tightness in his buttocks.
Jose Reyes was out of the New York Mets' lineup Sunday and the team anxiously awaited test results on his injured leg.
Jose Reyes has left the New York Mets' game against the Yankees because of a tight left hamstring.
Mark Teixeira hit a two-run double, Edurado Nunez had an RBI single among his career-high four hits and the New York Yankees beat the crosstown rival Mets 5-1 on Friday night.
When you are settling into the Subway Series this weekend, remember that there was a time these encounters meant everything. Look no further than the Piazza/Clemens incidents for proof.
If you told me in mid-April that the Mets would be the surprise story of the National League, over .500 with several players poised to play in the All-Star Game, I would have (justifiably) demanded a urine sample.
After covering years and years of the Subway Series, I can always tell when the encounter has some juice. Yankees fans gets more snarky about the Mets. They'll downplay the series as an unimportant break in their schedule. That's what I've been hearing this week.
