That's 1!

Put game 1 in the books folks, Mets 3, Yanks 2. The Mets have a 2 game lead in the NL East. The Yanks fall to 10 games behind. The last time they were 10 games behind, 1995. That is not good.

The stories for the Mets involve 2 guys, Oliver Perez and Endy Chavez. For the second start in a row, Ollie went deep into the game, tonight going 7.2 with 5 k's, 2 bb's and giving up two runs, on a Matsui homer in the 4th inning. That's two straight strong starts in a row for Ollie. We are seeing a guy blossom right now. To think, we got him for Xavier Nady. Man, I love Omar.

Endy made an impact on defense and at the plate tonight. First, the field, as Damon led off with a ball hit down the left field line. Johnny seemed to think that all outfielders have arms as shitty as his, and tried to go for two. Big mistake. Huge, as Endy threw him out. Jeter would follow with a walk, and following an A-Rod grounder, Posada walked. Matsui lined out to end the inning.

The Mets got on the board in the bottom of the first. Reyes singled, Easley walked. Beltran grounded out to Pettitte, moving the runners to second and third. Delgado followed with a fly to short center, that, had anyone but Raggedy Arm Damon been playing center, would not have led to a run, but the combination of Reyes' speed and Damon's inability to throw a ball on the fly more than 50 feet, led to a run.

Ollie was good in the 2nd and 3rd. In the fourth, after A-Rod flied out, Posada singled, and Matsui hit a shot to right to make it 2-1 Yanks. That was all they would get.

Bottom of the fifth, PLD doubled to left, and Endy came to the plate. He drove a fastball to right center for a 3-2 Mets lead.

This was a very tight an quick game. Not a lot of hitting, 11 in total. Pettitte did a good job for the Yanks, kudos to him. But Ollie outpitched him, and got help from Joe Smith (who had a HUGE K of Captain Jeets (looking mind you) in the 8th for the third out) and Wagner, who got the save.

We'll have to see if they play Saturday. The forecast is for rain. The game is scheduled for Fox, they I would guess they will try to get it in. Let's hope Tommy can throw a good one.