Teixeira, Sabathia lead Yankees over Mets in Subway Series finale
New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, right, congratulates starting pitcher CC Sabathia, left, after Sabathia pitched out of a jam in the top of the seventh inning of their baseball game against the New York Mets at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, June 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Credit: AP
After the book closed Sunday on the 14th regular-season edition of the Subway Series, the Yankees and Mets went their separate ways. They will not meet again until next May - unless they play in a real Subway Series in late October, which is not as far-fetched as it seemed earlier in the season when the Mets were struggling.
The Yankees' 4-0 victory yesterday at Yankee Stadium - fueled by Mark Teixeira's third-inning grand slam off Johan Santana and CC Sabathia's eighth shutout innings - evened the season series at 3-3.
It's the sixth time since the series was expanded to a home-and-home in 1999 that the teams left bragging rights to be decided some other way.
The Yankees won the final two games with pitching and power. On Saturday, it was Phil Hughes and two-run home runs from Teixeira and Curtis Granderson.
Sunday, it was the $341-million duo of Sabathia and Teixiera living up to their paychecks and reputations. Sabathia (8-3) was brilliant, allowing four hits and two walks with six strikeouts in eight innings.
