NEW YORK-- Unless these two teams meet each other in the World Series, this will be the final time they face one another until 2011. The Yankees and the Mets are playing their sixth and final game against each other today, with the season series hanging in the balance. The Mets can win the season series from the Yankees for the first time since 2008, or the Yankees can earn a split.
How better to settle the score than have each team's ace on the mound. Just as when Johan Santana bested CC Sabathia back on May 23, the two will square off today. Both left-handers have had a hard go of it lately.
In fact, four of Sabathia's last five wins have come against the 19-49 Baltimore Orioles. During that stretch, the Mets beat him on the Sunday of the opening round at Citi Field.
On the other hand, S ...
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Two Ace Left-Handers, One Series at Stake For Mets-Yankees
Posted: 20th June 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLBComments Off on Two Ace Left-Handers, One Series at Stake For Mets-Yankees