After an impressive run of 119 team games and 47 appearances without a blown save, Mo was finally credited with his first one on Tuesday night against the Twins.
With a 6-3 lead, thanks to some solid offense and yet another great outing from Mike Mussina, Damaso Marte relieved Moose and allowed a double to the first batter. After a fly out, pinch hitter Randy Ruiz singled to right, putting runners on first and third for Delmon Young. Mariano entered, in attempt to clean up the mess.
What's the worst possible thing that could happen? Well, it happened. Young took Mo deep to right, hitting a three run homer that tied the game and gave Rivera his first blown save of the season. Ouch. But, with that out of the way, Mo retired 5 out of the next 6 batters, allowing just a single and forcing extra innings.
Following Mo, Jose Veras and Edwar Ramirez retired 9 consecutive batters and the Yankees scored three runs in the top of the 12th, allowing New York to take the game, 9-6.
Mo collected only 1 earned run, since Marte had put the other runners on base, so his ERA moves from 1.43 to 1.56.
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