However, that didn't stop the Yankees from beating up Armando Reynoso. Reynoso had perhaps his worst start as a Met, falling behind every hitter and getting knocked around in the 2nd inning, quite literally. With 3 runs already in, Luis Sojo lined one right off Reynoso's kneecap for an RBI double, as the ball ricocheted all the way into the Mets dugout. Reynoso went down in a heap and had to be carted off the field, but luckily for him he only suffered a bruise and wound up missing just one start.

The 4 runs were all David Wells would need. Though the Mets battled right back with a 3-spot in the third, thanks to a Wells error and a 2-run bomb by the suddenly red-hot Bernard Gilkey, Boomer settled in to retire 15 in a row, broken up finally when Luis Lopez doubled with 2 outs in the 8th. Cory Lidle was equally as effective in relief for the Mets, not allowing an earned run over 4.1 innings. But some shoddy defense gave the Yanks some insurance runs in the 7th, as Matt Franco let a bad hop get by him, and Carl Everett booted a Wade Boggs single that helped let Paul O'Neill score. Those errors negated an excellent play by Lopez in the inning, when he channeled his inner Rey Ordonez to make a fantastic back-hand catch off a Tino Martinez popup in shallow LF.

The video I watched was from the Yankees' WPIX crew of Bobby Murcer and Ken Singleton, and I actually quite enjoyed their commentary. Way better than the nasally Michael Kay, or the obnoxious blind bat John Sterling. I can't believe that dude is 85 and still calling games.