Major League Baseball
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NY Mets 6, NY Yankees 4
When: 8:05 PM ET, Sunday, May 23, 2010
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Marvin Hudson, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 41422

Jason Bay ended a season-long power drought with a pair of homers and Johan Santana outdueled CC Sabathia as the New York Mets beat the cross-town Yankees 6-4 Sunday night.

Bay entered the game with just one home run in his first 161 at-bats with the Mets. But the marquee free-agent acquisition teed off on Sabathia, crushing a two-run homer in the second inning and adding some insurance with a solo shot in the fifth.

The outfielder, who was also hit by a pitch and drew a walk, went 7-for-10 in the series. He has 10 hits in his last 15 at-bats, raising his average from .270 to a team-leading .307.

Bay’s outburst made a winner out of Santana (4-2), who threw a masterful 7 2/3 innings for his first victory since April 27. The two-time Cy Young winner allowed just six hits, walking three and striking out five.

Sabathia (4-3) surrendered six runs – five earned – on 10 hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out six.

Derek Jeter led the way for the Yankees with three hits, including an RBI double in the ninth inning that made things interesting.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Yankees   NY Mets
CC Sabathia Player Johan Santana
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 7.2
6 Strikeouts 5
10 Hits 6
9.00 ERA 1.17
Hitting
NY Yankees   NY Mets
Derek Jeter Player Jason Bay
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 3
0 HR 2
4 TB 8
.600 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Yankees 10 0 11 .278 20 6 4 4 0 1
NY Mets 11 2 19 .324 17 7 6 2 1 0