Yankees 11, Mets 5

(bottom of the seventh inning when I posted this, but I have to go to bed - first day of school on Monday)

If only Matt Ginter could have gotten out of that first inning. He fumbled the grounder to him by Bernie Williams leading off the first inning, then hit Derek Jeter with a pitch, then gave up an RBI single to Gary Sheffield. Then Alex Rodriguez hits a little nubber that stays fair, and neither Ginter or Ty Wigginton has a play. Tough luck, pretty much, to this point - not Ginter pitching too poorly. Then Ginter serves up a 3-run bomb to Ruben Sierra - that was poorly pitched. So 6-0 after one. Tough hill to climb for the Mets.

There were two bad things about that 6-run first inning, notwithstanding the fact that it was a six-run first inning. First of all, it didn't have to be six runs - Ginter was clearly rattled, which showed when he couldn't get Williams at first. If he had gotten that out, who knows how big that inning is. Secondly, if he could have stopped the bleeding, and not given up the homer to Sierra, the Mets could have won the game. Their lineup is pretty darn good these days...They almost overcame the 6-0 deficit, it didn't have to be that big a comeback.

Of course, it was good to see Richard Hidalgo hit those two homers. And they weren't cheapies. Those were two bombs - one to center, the other to left. Mike Cameron had cooled down since his heat-up last week...but seems to have busted out again after the big doubleheader on Sunday. His homer made you think the Mets just might have a big comeback in them.

The bullpen performed pretty well. Dan Wheeler did great in the long relief role, keeping the Mets in it, but Jose Parra and Mike Stanton need to step it up. Stanton gave up a grand slam in the first game of the doubleheader to Hideki Matsui, then in the second game gave up a 2-run single to Sierra in relief of Parra. Then he gave up another 2-run single. You know who else is disappointing me is Steve Trachsel. What happened to him? He better turn it around soon - the Mets need him to become a little more automatic than he's been lately.

THE GREATEST BALLPLAYER WHO EVER LIVED Jose Reyes did a couple of stupid things Sunday night. First of all, in the bottom of the second, on a foul ball into the stands in short right field, Reyes goes sprinting into the tarp chasing after it. He really didn't let up at all. With his medical history, something like that could kill him. He'd better be more careful. Then later, he dropped a pop fly in fair territory behind first base after sort of running into Eric Valent. His first error at second base. But hey, nobody's perfect.

WRIGHT WATCH: Big developments down at Norfolk. David Wright, as of Friday night, was moved from the number 6 spot in the order to number 3 in the order. He responded well. On Friday, Wright was 1-for-4 with a solo homer. On Saturday, he went 2-for-4 with a double and homer, 2 RBI, and a run scored. Then on Sunday Wright went 1-for-4. The 4-for-12 weekend dropped his average to .347.