Yankees win the first 2005 Subway Series

May 2005
There were 3 sellouts and the domination of the pitchers was evident. Finally, the New York Yankees won the game on Sunday against their rivals of the “Big Apple” the New York Mets, to win two of the first three games of the 2005 Subway series. Pedro Martínez, who was supposed to pitch on Friday night pitched instead on Sunday after being injected with a cortisone shot in his right hip. It looked like it did him good as he was shutting out the Yankees and left after 7 innings with six strike outs and a 3-1 lead. But in the eighth inning, the house collapsed on the Mets defense, and prepared the scene for Japanese Hideki Matsui, who tied the score with a single and scored on a double by Puerto Rican, Bernie Williams. In the ninth, the Yankees scored again to put the final score at 5-3. Dae-Sung Koo, one of the heroes of Saturday’s game was the pitcher who opened the eighth inning while Puerto Rican, Roberto Hernández permitted the big at bats. Yankee shortstop, Derek Jeter, did not start the game but was a pinch runner in the game. On Friday with Kevin Brown on the mound, the Yankees won 5-2, the Mets won on Saturday 7-1 beating Randy Johnson.