The Mets defeated the Yankees by the score of 3-2 today at Citi Field.

For a full recap and box score, check out SNY.TV.

• R.A. Dickey started for the Mets, and pitched real well before leaving the game with a tight left gluteus maximus muscle.
• Carlos Beltran doubled and scored the first run for the Mets in the first inning.
• Daniel Murphy had three hits and an RBI.
• Jason Isringhausen allowed the go ahead run in the eighth inning after Brett Gardner tripled to leadoff the inning and Curtis Granderson drove him in on a sacrifice fly.
• The Mets drew just six walks and scored just six runs during their three game series with the Yankees.
• The Mets tied the game off Mariano Rivera with a two out walk to Jason Bay, a single from Lucas Duda, and an RBI single from Ronny Paulino, and then Ruben Tejada grounded one to Ramiro Pena who booted the ball, and upon trying to score, Duda was thrown out at the plate by Brett Gardner.
• Mariano Rivera blew his first save against the Mets since 1999.
• Jason Bay drove in the winning run with a bases loaded RBI single in the tenth inning off Hector Noesi.
• Francisco Rodriguez finished the game, and he is on pace for 59 games finished this season.
• Today was the Mets 15th come from behind win this season.
• The Mets went 5-4 against the Rangers, Tigers, and Yankees over their last nine games.
• The Mets drew 125,575 combined fans for the three games with the Yankees, the largest ever total at Citi Field for a three-game series…Today’s attendance was 41,513, the third consecutive sellout at Citi Field.

Quick Post Game Thoughts:

What an emotional rollercoaster this game was. The Mets got next to nothing going for the the first 26 2/3 innings in this series, and then their offense came alive for the first time with two outs and nobody on in the ninth inning today. They exercised great patience against Rivera, who has a career 2.22 ERA by the way, and got him to crack in an opportunity to sweep and hand the Mets collective butts to them.

In that ninth inning, it seemed the Mets were on the edge of having things spiral out of control this season. But they showed a lot of guts in a real big spot, and found a way to rise to the occasion and come away with a huge win. At first, I couldn’t understand why Chip Hale sent Duda in the to try and score the winning run. But in thinking about the play again, I liked the aggressiveness, forcing a good throw in an unlikely rally against the best closer ever. Gardner has a bad arm, and it was probably a good risk to take in that situation – it just didn’t work out.

It would be unfair to talk about that ninth inning without mentioning Paulino’s huge RBI single against Rivera. Considering Rivera’s cutter and how a lot of switch hitters hit from the right side against him, it was almost like he was hitting against a left handed pitcher in that situation, which he always crushes. He did a great job in that spot, and got his biggest hit as a Met today to tie the game in the most unlikely of scenarios.

It’s interesting how well the Yankees and their pitchers were able to execute sacrifice bunts in this series – they were successful on four different occasions, which helped them to score runs. It would be nice to see the Mets pitchers execute more consistently in those situations, especially when there aren’t very many ways for them to score runs.

It’s never a good thing when a team needs to get four innings out of their bullpen, especially when the opposing team is the Yankees. It’s especially difficult when runs are few and far between, and there is absolutely no margin for error, which is exactly where the Mets are right now. But like I said, they hung in today and showed some spunk. If it was 2010, I’m not sure this club has the ability to win this kind of game.

The Mets have a long plane ride tonight, but despite the lost series, I’m sure it will be an upbeat flight considering the quality of this win, and the fairly positive news with Jose Reyes.

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The Mets head to Los Angeles tonight and open a four game series with the Dodgers tomorrow at Dodger Stadium, with Chris Capuano facing Rubby De La Rosa at 9:10 PM ET.

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