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Rivera gets first career RBI- and 500th save

Those fans left in the sellout crowd of 41,315 at Citi Field last night for the ninth inning of the final game of the Subway Series saw something truly amazing, something you could never have predicted when Mariano Rivera joined the Yankees as a skinny starting pitcher in 1995: Rivera's first career RBI. Oh, and he also picked up his 500th career save. Rivera pitched the final 11/3 innings to close...

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