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Randolph confident in Reyes' focus

Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
Ever since the dawn of his slump last September, Jose Reyes has struggled to spark the Mets as he has done in years past. But after a meeting with his shortstop, Mets manager Willie Randolph concluded that the struggles had nothing to do with his shortstop's state of mind. Instead, they were the temporary kind of struggles.
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Mets probable pitcher

Oliver Perez

  • LHP
  • (3-3) 4.61 ERA
Mets: Perez shut out the Reds, who had 29 hits in the doubleheader the previous day, on one hit, three walks, a hit batsman for five innings, striking out eight Sunday afternoon. But a six-batter sequence in the sixth produced three runs and ended his workday at 102 pitches. He has a 3-1 record and 3.04 ERA in four career starts and 26 2/3 innings against the Yankees. Hideki Matsui has hit two home runs in seven career at-bats against Perez.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 48-56 4.43 846.1 450 884 .242
Season 3-3 4.61 41.0 27 37 .245
May 1-1 6.00 12.0 6 11 .214

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/18/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
New York Mets (NL East) 21 19 .525 2.0 12-9 9-10
New York Yankees (AL East) 20 23 .465 5.0 9-10 11-13
Stats - 05/18/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
NYM .258 193 32 180 40 275 3.86 361.2 342 158 292
NYY .258 177 43 171 12 241 4.32 376.2 378 131 269
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Giambi turns to superstition to bust out

Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
The ultimate "go figure" moment of Jason Giambi's season came in the fourth inning on Saturday, when the Yankees first baseman dug in against Johan Santana and ripped a line drive about as hard as you can back up the middle. Up went Santana's right hand, in went the baseball and Giambi was robbed of yet another early-season hit. These were the times that lucky slump-busting underwear was created for, it would seem.
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Yankees probable pitcher

Chien-Ming Wang

  • RHP
  • (6-1) 2.90 ERA
Yankees: Wang narrowly avoided a tough-luck loss in his last start, which morphed into a tough-luck no-decision only because Hideki Matsui hit a ninth-inning homer to tie Tuesday's game at Tampa Bay. Wang worked seven innings against the Rays, allowing a run on seven hits while walking three -- tying a season high -- and striking out two. He wasn't especially pleased, but said it was "OK." Wang has faced the Mets once before in his career, on June 17 of last season at Yankee Stadium, when he came one out shy of a complete game in the Yankees' 8-2 victory. Wang allowed two runs on six hits that night, walking one and striking out 10 to outduel Orlando Hernandez.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 52-19 3.66 592.2 162 265 .264
Season 6-1 2.90 59.0 19 38 .228
May 1-1 2.25 20.0 8 11 .214

Mets hitters vs Chien-Ming Wang

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beltran, Carlos - - - - .143 7 0 1
Bowman, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Castillo, Luis - - - - .200 5 0 0
Evans, Nick - - - - - - - -
Francoeur, Jeff - - - - .333 3 0 0
Green, Andy - - - - - - - -
Hernandez, Anderson - - - - - - - -
Martinez, Fernando - - - - - - - -
Murphy, Daniel - - - - - - - -
Pagan, Angel - - - - - - - -
Reed, Jeremy - - - - .167 6 0 1
Reyes, Jose - - - - .250 8 0 0
Santos, Omir - - - - - - - -
Sullivan, Cory - - - - - - - -
Thole, Josh - - - - - - - -
Wright, David - - - - .250 8 0 0

Yankees hitters vs Oliver Perez

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Cabrera, Melky - - - - .000 13 0 0
Cano, Robinson - - - - .400 10 0 1
Cervelli, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Corona, Reegie - - - - - - - -
Gardner, Brett - - - - - - - -
Jackson, Austin - - - - - - - -
Jeter, Derek - - - - .375 16 0 0
Miranda, Juan - - - - - - - -
Nunez, Eduardo - - - - - - - -
Pena, Ramiro - - - - - - - -
Posada, Jorge - - - - .250 8 0 0
Rodriguez, Alex - - - - .000 11 0 0
Russo, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Swisher, Nick - - - - - - - -
Teixeira, Mark - - - - .111 9 0 0

Mets answer the call (22-19) (20-24)

Mets 11, Yankees 2

Perez steps up

Marty Noble / MLB.com
The Mets were robbed in the fourth inning by an overruled call that turned a three-run Carlos Delgado homer into a foul ball, but none of that mattered to Oliver Perez, who went 7 2/3 innings for his biggest win of the season. Jose Reyes hit his second homer in as many games.

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Wang can't capitalize

Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Hitless into the fourth inning, Chien-Ming Wang saw his night unravel in the 35-pitch frame, and although the Yankees benefited from an overturned home run call, Wang allowed four runs in the fateful frame and seven in all, taking his second loss in a span of three starts.
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Mets 11, Yankees 2

NY MetsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Reyes, J, SS5123003.267
Anderson, LF4100001.214
  Chavez, LF1000000.174
Wright, 3B5220000.283
Beltran, CF4100111.252
Church, RF4312102.307
Alou, DH3013000.341
Delgado, 1B3111100.230
Schneider, C4111012.304
Castillo, 2B3111100.263
Totals3611911429 

BATTING
2B: Reyes, J (9, Wang), Wright (14, Wang).
HR: Church (9, 6th inning off Wang, 0 on, 0 out), Reyes, J (4, 8th inning off Ohlendorf, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Reyes, J 6; Wright 3; Church 4; Alou; Delgado; Schneider; Castillo.
RBI: Church 2 (32), Alou 3 (7), Delgado (19), Schneider (14), Castillo (10), Reyes, J 3 (18).
2-out RBI: Schneider; Castillo; Reyes, J 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Reyes, J 2.
SF: Alou.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
DP: (Perez-Reyes, J-Delgado).
 
NY YankeesABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Damon, LF4000011.250
Abreu, RF4000011.280
Jeter, SS3110101.314
Matsui, DH4112001.304
Giambi, 1B1000100.191
Cano, 2B3000003.204
Cabrera, M, CF4000003.255
Gonzalez, A, 3B3000002.237
Molina, J, C3010020.207
Totals292322412 

BATTING
2B: Molina, J (9, Perez).
HR: Matsui (6, 4th inning off Perez, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Jeter; Matsui 4; Molina, J 2.
RBI: Matsui 2 (20).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Matsui; Gonzalez, A 2; Jeter.
GIDP: Cano.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cano (1, 2nd base off Perez/Schneider), Jeter (1, 2nd base off Perez/Schneider).

FIELDING
E: Gonzalez, A (1, fielding).
 
NY MetsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Perez (W, 4-3)7.23222414.25
Smith 0.10000002.55
Schoeneweis 1.00000001.38
 
NY YankeesIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Wang (L, 6-2)7.26773113.51
Ohlendorf 0.13441016.00
Veras 1.00000101.59

WP: Perez.
IBB: Church (by Wang), Delgado (by Ohlendorf).
HBP: Cano (by Perez), Giambi (by Perez), Giambi (by Schoeneweis).
Pitches-strikes: Perez 109-68, Smith 5-3, Schoeneweis 13-7, Wang 104-66, Ohlendorf 17-9, Veras 10-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Perez 10-9, Smith 1-0, Schoeneweis 2-1, Wang 17-5, Ohlendorf 1-0, Veras 0-2.
Batters faced: Perez 29, Smith 1, Schoeneweis 4, Wang 33, Ohlendorf 5, Veras 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Ohlendorf 1-1.
EjectionsNew York Mets Bench Coach Jerry Manuel ejected by HP umpire Bob Davidson. (4th).
Umpires: HP: Bob Davidson. 1B: Alfonso Marquez. 2B: Andy Fletcher. 3B: Mike Reilly.
Weather: 59 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:58.
Att: 55,012.
May 18, 2008

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