New York, New York

Mets Win!!!

Yankees Win!!

But how did they do it?

The Mets played a great game against the Braves and were led by the dominant pitching of Johan Santana. Right now it seems like if the Mets can score two runs when he is pitching that they will win. His ERA just keeps dropping . Today he pitched 7 scoreless innings, giving up 5 hits while striking out 5. Those are the same numbers he threw in his last start. Back to back shutouts are pretty impressive. He improved his record to 11-7 on the year and now has 120 career wins.

After Santana made his exit in the Braves game, the Mets staff did give up one run. Chipper Jones delivered HR #418 of his career. I believe that Jones is one of the strongest leaders in his clubhouse. He has certainly been a constant in the Braves for close to 20 years.

The Yankees and the Tigers met this afternoon with the pitching match-up of CC Sabathia and Justin Verlander. Neither pitcher disappointed. Verlander took the loss despite giving up just 2 ER over 7 innings, unfortunately one was a HR to A Rod, and K'ing 6. Sabathia was a little better as he threw 7 innings of shutout ball giving him career win 126. He gave up 5 hits and K'ed 4. Sabathia moved his record on the year to 9-6, while Verlander went to 10-5.

I had a feeling that the Yankees and Tigers game would be a gem. Two great teams were playing and on top of that two of the most spectacular pitchers were going head to head. I still say you can't beat great pitching. I think when pitchers of this quality go against each other that they tend to bring out the best in each other. I hope there will be more of these matchups in the next few weeks.

Mark Buehrle took his record to 10-3 on the season and picked up his 132nd career win. He is just 30 years old, so maybe he is another guy to add to the list of potential 300 win guys.I will keep watching him closely.

Is there any other pitchers I should consider adding, if so let me know and we can add them to the watching survey. I am sure there are some other candidates.

Zach Greinke had another great start and left after 7 innings with a lead. The bull pen took over and promptly gave up 3 runs to take another win away from Zach. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be for starters to pitch so well, and then have the bull pens blow games they know they should win. That is why it is a team game and you have to rely on your teammates.