Check back in tomorrow as I analyze R.A. Dickey's start and Yankees' victory. Did today's start blemish the aces' chances of becoming NL starter?
YANKEES WIN LAST GAME OF SUBWAY SERIES Ike Davis flies to Swisher.
11:30 Davis not available due to food poisoning. Soriano starts him off with a slider. Strike one.
11:29 Duda looked like he wanted to let loose with first swing. Strike one. Duda laces one past a diving Teixeira. Ike Davis up at bat.
11:28 Cano grabs a liner by Murphy. Duda last hope for Mets. 2 outs.
Hostile 10-year old Yankee fans in Citi Field cheering on their Yanks. They start young nowadays.
11:27 10-pitch battle Soriano wins. Gets Wright to swing and a miss for strike three. 1 out.
11: 26 High and tight. 2-2 count. Hangs another slider. Wright fouls off.
11:25 Wright misses a slider outside. Out in front of pitch. Seems to be waiting for heater.
Jumps on fastball. Fouls it off again.
11:24 Wright fights off good pitch from Soriano. Inside ball, 1-2 count. Wright fouls off another one.
11:23 Slider from Soriano: Nasty. Wright swings and misses. Fouls second pitch off. 0-2 count .
Wright. Murphy. Duda up in this one.
Okay, now a lot of rain in Queens.
Little bit of rain in Citi Field.
Middle of the 9th: Wright leads off.
11:19 Full count on Granderson. Inning over. Rafael Soriano to pitch for Yankees.
By the way, Bobby Parnell pitchin for the Mets.
11:18 Granderson looking for good pitch. Fouls off a strike. Takes a ball 2-1.
11:17 Jeter grounds out. 1 out in the top half of the inning. Grandy up at bat.
11:16 Jeter takes ball 1-2 count
End of the 8th
Tejada grounds to third to end inning.
11:09 3-0 count. Green light Tejada? ...Robertson called for balk. Game intensifies now. Hit means a run.
11:08 East stolen base for Torres. Does his job. Time for Tejada to come through.
11:07 Torres almost caught leaning.
11:05 2-1 count on Torres. Reaches on single. Tejada hitting. Torres might run. Can either be a hero?
11:04 Robertson goes Picasso on the outside corner. Gets Rottino looking. 2 outs.
11:03 up and in. 2-1 Rottino. . . Fouls ball back 2-2 count
11:02 Rottino 1-1. Robertson is dealing.
10:59 Desperate swings by Thole send him to the bench. Logan strikes him out. David Robertson called in.
10:58 Boone Logan pitching to Josh Thole. 1-1 count
Middle of the 8th: Yankees lead 6-5
10:55: Stewart K's.
10:54 Stewart battles back, 2-2 count. Lays off another tough pitch from Batista. Looked like a strike. Full count.
10:53 Stewart fouls a good pitch down leftfield. Batista checks runner on first.
10:52 0-2 count on Stewart. High heat, Stewart lays off. 1-2 count.
10:51 Stewart takes a strike. Batista has made two throws to firsl.
10:50 base hit for Ibanez. Man on first 2 outs for Yankees.
Weiss pitch-runs for Ibanez. Batista checks him out at first.
10:49 Ibanez hitting 1-0. Batista continues falling behind in the count. 1-1 after fastball gets fouled off.
10:48 Swisher grounds to second. 2 outs.
10:47 Batista misses low. Full count.
10:46 Swish tries to go for second homerun with a big hack. 1-2 count.
10:45 Citi Field sounds like a soccer stadium. Fans are into it. 1 out. Swisher hitting with 1-0 count.
10:43 CANO ANOTHER HOMERUN TO CENTERFIELD. Misses Big Apple by feet. 6-5 Yanks.
10:43 Miguel Batista will face tough Yankees. Cano is first hitter. Behind 0-2
END of the 7th: 5-5 score
10:39 Cedeno takes an inside corner strike. Then popsout.
10:38 3-1 count Turner takes Swisher to the warning track in rightfield. 1 out.
10:37 Turner 3-0 count.
10:35 Duda facing Boone Logan. 1-2 count. Strikeout. 1 out in the Bottom of the 7th
Middle of the 7th
10:30 2-1 count on A-Rod. Hard groundball to D. Wright. Inning over.
10:29 A-Rod steps up. 1-3 in the game.. Single, run. 1-1 count.
10:27 Granderson down 1-2 in the count... Strikes out looking for Batista first K of the game.
10:26 Granderson up at-bat. Been on base twice today with walk and HBP (hit by pitch)
10:25 Jeter up at bat. Takes fastball up and in. 92 MPH from the 41-year old pitcher. Jeter 0-4 after flyout to rightfield.
End of 6th 5-5 New pitcher, Miguel Batista in to pitch.
10:21 Up tight, don't want to hit him 2-2... Ugly hack by Nieuwenhuis. Wade retires him on strikes.
10:20: Fastball, hacked foul. Right down the pipe.
10:20: Kirk Nieuwenhuis swings and misses at breaking ball 1-2 count.
10:18 Wade continues to hang breaking balls. 3-0 Fastball for a strike. 3-1 count... Mets once again have bases loaded. Pitching coach, Larry Rothschild to the mound.
10:17: Wright now chance to give Mets the lead. 2-0 count. Wade has to be smart.
Tejada ties the game with a single 5-5 in the Bottom of the 6th.
10:14 big breaking ball from Wade. 0-1 count
Ruben Tejada comes to the plate with chance of tying ball game.
10:11 CC gets booed. Exits game. Cory Wade in to pitch. 5-4 ball game
10:10 Andres Torres has opportunity to bring Mets closer, tie or give them lead... 2 runs score on 2-out hit by Torres. Ball sneaks under Teixeira into right field. Runners on 1st and 3rd 2 outs.
10:09 CC 3-0 count on Vinny Rottino. Bases loaded. 2 outs.
10:06 Thole 0-2 count. Force at second. Turner at 3rd. Thole at 1st.
10:05 Mets rallying again. Cedeno gets bloop hit. Turner moves up to second. CC with 103 pitches. Thole at bat. Still just one out.
10:03 Cano tries to get to smooth, error at second base. Sloppy play. Turner reaches. 3rd error by Yankees. Cedeno hitting
10:02 1 Out. Turner at bat 3-1 count
9:58 Sabathia grounds out. Mid of the 6th
9:57 Ibanez doubled up at 2nd after Stewart hits groundout. 2 outs in the Top of the 6th.
5-2 Yankees End of the 5th
9:52 Hairston lays off of slide. 2-2 count. Reaches out, hits shallow fly ball to centerfield. Inning over.
9:50 Scott Hairston scortches one foul. Runners on 1st and 2nd. Hairston presents the tying run at the plate
Dickey gets whacked in the face after Chris Stewart tried applying tag, but he could not hang on to the ball.
9:49 David Wright up at bat with Dickey at second and Tejada at first. 2 outs in the 5th. Dickey tough slide. Slides in safely. 5-2 Mets
9:46 Wow okay, sorry about the technical difficulties. Now back on track. Score is 5-1 New York Yankees. Biggest blow, three-run shot off the bat of Nick Swisher.
CC and Dickey still on the mound.
8:35: CC sharp groundout to Wright, who smothers grounder. Steps on third for last out of inning.
8:33 Ibanez gets a hit. Tex held at third base. Bases loaded one out for Yankees. Chris Stewart at bat
8:31: Mets rattled by error. Pass ball for Thole. Teieira at second. Walks Swisher.
8:29: Supposed to be easy grounder, turns into E1 as Dickey does not handle throw cleanly. Teixeira safe at first.
8:27: 44 innings pitched for Dickey without allowing an ER.
Observation: Mets made CC work a lot in the inning. He is a workhorse, but has allowed Mets to see his arsenal of pitches early in the game.
8:25: Busy inning for CC. Able to retire Hairston with a K. 0-0 after first.
8:24 David Wright to 3rd on bad throw as he attempted to steal second base. 2-2 count on Hairston.
8:22 CC falls behind Hairston, 2-0.
8:21 David Wright third Met to fall behind in the count. 0-2 as he swings for the fences. Bloops one to center. Improves to 14-game hitting streak.
8:20 Tejada strikesout for CC's first strikeout
Bot of 1st: Tejada down 1-2 in the count. Lays off slider to even count 2-2.
Ruben Tejada back in the lineup. Takes the first pitch for a ball.
Andres grounds out.
Bot. of 1st: Andres Torres down 0-2 justhitting .207. Lines a ball foul down the left field line. Stays alive fouls a slider. Then lays off the same pitch. 1-2 count.
Observation: Dickey's knuckleball is "heavy" tonight.
Top of the 1st: Dickey gets A-Rod looking.
Top of the 1st A-Rod 1-2 count. Almost gets hit. Smiles back at Dickey.
Top of the 1st- Jeter groundouts on first pitch. Granderson also groundouts. A-Rod at-bat with bases empty.
For the Yankees, as they get ready to start the game, will have to continue hitting homeruns since their offense cannot produce with RISP.
For the Mets to succeed they will have to jump out to an early lead. CC Sabathia has given up a total of 4ER in the first innings of his last two starts.
The New York Mets and New York Yankees will put an end to their regular season battle as aces R.A. Dickey and CC Sabathia look to give their team the win in the rubber game of the series.
Dickey has been absolutely outstanding in 2012. He continues to show dominance of his knuckleball, which is almost an oxymoron. He has not allowed an earned run in his last five starts and has pitched consecutive one-hitters.
CC was once the ace of the Big Apple, but Dickey has removed him from this pedestal.
Sabathia's numbers are not overpowering, but he does enough to give the Yankees a chance to win in all his outings. So far in 2012, he is 9-3 with a 3.55 ERA.
In his last start against the Atlanta Braves, Sabathia went the distance. He pitched 9 innings of 2-run ball.
CC has great numbers, but they look average next to Dickey's.
R.A. has 11 wins and leads the Majors with a 2.00 ERA and a winning percentage of .917.
The series started with the New York Mets taking the first game 6-4. Saturday night, once again powered by home runs, the Yankees were able to come back and defeat the Mets 4-3.
The Yankees will still have the season series advantage since they swept the Mets the first time the teams hooked up.
Keep refreshing this page as I will sit through the ball game and live blog the action. It will be a pitching matchup to follow.
