CC Sabathia was brilliant for eight innings and then it started to pour. It only lasted for twenty-two minutes but Mo was summoned to finish the job.

Mark Teixeira hit a bomb for the second consecutive day, this time a grand slam and that was all the scoring for the game. Sabathia had one inning with two on and no out but a strike out and double play ended the inning without any damage.

The game was touted as a pitcher's duel between Johan Santana for the Mets and Sabathia for the Yankees. Santana was okay but Sabathia totally shut down the Mets offense.

Before Teixeira's granny the Yankees got three consecutive singles. Brett Gardner led off with a single to left and that was followed by an infield single from Derek Jeter. Nick Swisher then delivered a perfect push bunt up the first base line which he got past Santana and was safe when the throw could not be handled. Tex then delivered and the Yankees were set for the day.

Rivera came in for the ninth and faced Angel Pagan to start the inning. He was retired easily on a grounder unassisted to Teixeira. David Wright then flew out to fairly deep right and Ike Davis grounded to short to end the game.

Rivera did not earn a save for his performance but his 2010 season ERA was lowered to a stellar 1.11.

As a side note, the win for the Yankees was the 9500th in their history and vaulted them into first place in the AL East with Tampa losing to Florida. The Subway Series for 2010 concluded with each team winning three games.

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