• Yankees 3 Oakland 1: For seven innings Phil Hughes dominated Oakland. Hughes issued a walk in the second and then retired twenty-straight batters before allowing a hit. For the game, Hughes allowed only one other walk and a run while striking out ten. On offense back-to-back triples by A-Rod and Cano got the Yankees on the board with Cano scoring on a Posada groundout. Brett Gardner added a RBI in the ninth to give the Yankees a two-run lead. Mariano Rivera worked around some trouble in the ninth to nail down the save. The Yankees will go for the sweep later this afternoon.

  • Chicago 9 Mets 3: Oliver Perez was shaky allowing 11 baserunners over five innings, but he kept the Cubs from getting the big hit and left the game losing 3-1. Unfortunately, the Mets couldn’t muster much offense off Cubs starter Carlos Silva besides Rod Barajas’s solo homer in the 2nd inning and two runs in the 8th.