At Yankee Stadium, the Mets Win Their Fifth in a Row, Topping the Yankees 3-1!

By Nicholas Stix

Dillon Gee (2-6, 6.30, going into the game), who has been largely execrable this season, delivered 7 1/3 sterling innings and a career-high 12 strikeouts and no walks. Gee gave up four hits, including a third-inning home run by Robinson Cano. Marlon Byrd delivered the game-winning hit with a two-run homer in the second inning. Bobby Parnell earned his ninth save in 11 opportunities with a 1-2-3- ninth inning.

As the SNY announcers Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling observed, these Yankees showed little ability to work deep into counts, unlike the Yankees of the past 15 or so years.

Gee was rolling, having struck out five hitters in a row, but a cautious Terry Collins removed him, apparently based on the “let him end on a positive experience” theory.

The Mets’ John Buck also had an RBI on a swinging bunt with the bases loaded in the eighth. Yankees third baseman David Adams let the ball roll all the way to the third base bag, hoping it would roll foul, but it stayed in play.

Vidal Nuno (now 1-2, 2.25) took the loss.

With the win, the Mets swept the four-game season series with their crosstown rivals, the first time the amazins had accomplished that feat since the advent of interleague play.

However, back in reality, the winning streak left the Mets at only 22-29, and nine games behind the division-leading Braves.