-Blue Jays 7, Yankees 5: No one cared about the score, but Derek Jeter's 1-for-5 performance cost him a chance at the American League batting crown. Minnesota's Joe Mauer took it home. As overrated a baseball statistic as batting average is -- on-base percentage is a better indicator of a player's value -- Jeter surely wanted the title. This has been the best season of his career -- in large part because of his on-base......

- Mets 15, D iamondbacks 2: Pedro Martinez has waited a long time for his sixth win (since April 28), and the Mets didn't want their bullpen to have a chance to blow it. So they scored 15 runs and swept four games from Arizona, who entered the series leading the NL West (they've since dropped to second). The Mets continue to lead the NL East. - Athletics 6, Yankees 5: Oakland completed a......

Sunday, Mike Piazza agreed to a $2 million contract to return to the state where he began his Major League career, signing a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres. Staying in the National League, the 37-year old, joins the defending NL West champs and, according to his agent, was told that he could "catch as much as he wanted to." How much might that be? Reportedly about 90-100 games behind the plate as well......

Perhaps the last thing anyone expected with in last night's Mets game was a victory. Pitching for the Mets was Kaz Ishii, who lacks consistency and control. His counterpart for the NL West leading Padres was Jake Peavy. Add the fact that the Mets have a love of .500 ball and it seems like an automatic loss. It was anything but that. Ishii pitched 6 shutout innings and allowed only four hits. We'll consider Ishii......

Usually when the Mets send Victor Zambrano to the mound, it's another loss for the team. In last night's 2-1 victory over the Diamondbacks, Zambrano had his best game ever as a Met. He went 8 innings, allowing only 5 hits and 3 walks. The one earned run Zambrano allowed came in the 9th inning after he was replaced by Braden Looper who picked up his 11th save in a row. The offense was supplied......

Hope that they don't get swept. With three of the four games against the Padres, the Mets have managed to lose three in a row, but thy can prevent a sweep this afternoon as they play one more game against the suddenly hot Padres. Memo to teams in the hunt for the playoffs - if you're playing the Mets, you have a good chance of picking up a few games. The Mets have now lost......

Randy Johnson, aka the "Big Unit", was the latest player to pitch a perfect game when the Diamondbacks beat the Braves, 2-0 (box score). He faced the minimum numbers of batters possible and none of them reached first base. No walks, no hits. Perfect. The closest the Braves came to a hit was on a lead-off bunt in the first inning. Also impressive is that Johnson did this on a 40 year-old body and did......