What a horrific display!
Dan Giese couldn't regain the magic from his first start, David Wright picked up four hits and drove in three and Carlos Delgado turned the clock back to his salad days in Toronto with two homers and nine runs batted in as the
Mets annihilated the Yanks 15-6 in Game 1 of a doubleheader in the Bronx. The Metropolitans banged out 14 hits, worked out 7 walks and also managed to leave 18 runners on base en route to the romp.
The Bombers were actually leading this one 4-3 heading into the fifth, but the Mets scored three runs in the top of the frame and put up five more in the sixth to blow the game wide open. Then the Blue and Orange added insult to injury with a four spot in the eighth. Every Yankee hurler was terrible on Friday afternoon (Giese, Edwar Ramirez, Ross Ohlendorf and LaTroy Hawkins) and gave up at least one run. Disgraceful.
I was at "the office" for this one and John and Suzy kept me informed for nearly five innings, but then my workload wrapped itself around my ankle and dragged me down to some great abyss. This happened to coincide with the Yanks pulling the chain on themselves and flushing this game down the toilet. Therefore, I will not round up this atrocity.
The Yanks did make some
roster moves after the game, however. Hideki Matsui was placed on the disabled list (surprise, surprise) with a sore left knee and Sidney Ponson took his place (also not a surprise since he was slated to start Game 2). And Ross Ohlendorf, fresh off his horrific beating, was banished to Scranton and Kei Igawa (this guy just won't go away!) was called back up. The Big O must have really pissed off the Yankee brass if they believe Igawa can do a better job than he can.
And so the Mets sweep the final regular season series between their crosstown rivals at "old" Yankee Stadium.
Very sad.
Now let's never speak of this again.
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