It looked like Phil Hughes was going to have somewhat of a long day. On the second pitch of the game he gave up a home run to Jose Reyes. The Yankees battled back to tie the score in the bottom of the first but in the third Reyes struck again after a walk to Henry Blanco.

Mike Pelfrey was giving up hits but the Mets maintained a 3-1 lead. Mark Teixeira tied the score with a two run blast off Pelfrey and Curtis Granderson got the game winner when Pelfrey hung a curve ball, placing it deep into the right field grandstand which gave the Yankees the lead for good at 5-3.

Phil Hughes struggled in the sixth but got a huge double play when Jason Bay grounded to Kevin Russo at third and he turned the around the horn double play to end the inning. He followed that with a perfect seventh.

Joba Chamberlain rebounded from a terrible outing with a solid eighth inning. He surrendered a two out double to Angel Pagan but then struck out David Wright on three pitches to end the inning.

In the bottom of eighth, the Yankees squandered an opportunity to extend the lead. Cano followed a walk to A-Rod with a fly to deep center field which Pagan lost in the sun and it fell for a double. Igarashi worked out of trouble by getting Posada to fly out to short right field and striking out Granderson for the second out. Gardner was then retired to end the inning.

Rivera faced Ike Davis to start the inning and fell behind 2-0 but then came back to strike him out swinging with the next three pitches. Jason Bay grounded to second and Chris Carter grounded to Tex at first to end the game.

The save for Rivera is his 16th of the season in 17 save opportunities and the 542nd of his career. His 2010 season ERA now stands at 1.16.

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