June 16, 1997
It was an unlikely hero in the first regular season Subway Series game between the Yankees and Mets. Dave Mlicki threw the first complete game shutout of his career — holding the Yankees to two hits in the Mets’ 6-0 win.
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July 10, 1999
Speaking of unlikely heroes: Matt Franco hit a two-run, two-out single in the ninth off Mariano Rivera to give the Mets a 9-8 win. Edgardo Alfonzo (pictured) scored the game-winning run.
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Franco, who came up as a pinch hitter, gets mobbed by teammates after the big hit.
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July 8, 2000
In the opener of a day-night doubleheader that started at Shea Stadium, Dwight Gooden pitched five innings of two-run ball for the Yankees against his former team and got the win.
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July 8, 2000
In the nightcap, Roger Clemens beaned Mike Piazza in the head with one of his signature fastballs. Piazza would miss the All-Star Game because of the injuries suffered on the play. When the teams met in the World Series, Clemens famously threw Piazza’s shattered bat at the Mets catcher after it broke on a Clemens pitch.
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July 4, 2004
Ty Wiggington hit two homers in the series finale to help the Mets complete a sweep of the Yankees at Shea Stadium.
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May 21, 2005
Dae-Sung Koo’s Mets career was far from memorable except for this day. Facing Randy Johnson, Koo doubled over the head of Bernie Williams. The South Korean starter would score from second on a sacrifice bunt after the Yankees left home plate uncovered. Yankees catcher Jorge Posada tried to race back to beat Koo, but was too late. The Mets would win the game 7-1.
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June 26, 2005
Jason Giambi celebrates with Mariano Rivera after hitting the game-winning two-run single in the Yankees’ 5-4 win at the Stadium.
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June 27, 2008
Carlos Delgado hit a grand slam and a three-run homer in the Mets’ 15-6 rout of the Yankees. He drove in a Mets record nine runs in the game.
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June 12, 2009
Luis Castillo dropped an Alex Rodriguez popup with two outs in the ninth allowing the tying and winning runs to score.
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Mark Teixeira, who ran hard from first, scored the winning run and got mobbed by teammates in the Yankees’ 9-8 win.
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June 14, 2009
After watching Luis Castillo drop the ball, Francisco Rodriguez had to deal with this comment from Yankees reliever Brian Bruney.
“It couldn’t happen to a better guy on the mound, either. He’s got a tired act,” said Bruney of Rodriguez, while rehabbing with the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate.
Sunday, when Bruney was back with the Yankees, he and K-Rod got into a shoving match before the game.
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June 14, 2009
Johan Santana had the start in that Sunday afternoon game and the Mets ace got rocked by the Yankees for nine runs in three innings in a 15-0 blow out.
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June 28, 2009
It was a historic night for Mariano Rivera for two reasons. First the Yankees closer, who came in the eighth inning, walked with the bases loaded forcing home a run for his first career RBI.
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When Rivera got back on the mound, he earned the 500th save of his career.
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Mets starter Johan Santana reacts after getting out of a jam during the Mets’ 6-4 win over the Yankees during the Subway Series on May 23, 2010. Santana’s win was preserved when Francisco Rodriguez struck out Alex Rodriguez with runners on in the top of the ninth inning.
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CC Sabathia evened up the matchup between himself and Johan Santana during the Yankees home series against the Mets. Sabathia pitched eight innings of four-hit ball during the Yankees 4-0 win on June 20, 2010.
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Jason Bay is mobbed by his teammates after hitting the game-winning single in the 10th inning of the Mets’ 3-2 win over the Yankees on July 3, 2011. The Mets scored the game-tying run off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning before winning the game in extras.
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One week removed from pitching the first no-hitter in Mets history, Johan Santana was roughed up by the Yankees. The Yankees took the opener of the 2012 Subway Series, 9-1.
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Yankees closer Rafael Soriano is congratulated after closing out the Yankees’ 4-2 win over the Mets.
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Dewayne Wise and Alex Rodriguez mob Russell Martin at home plate after Martin hit a walk-off home run to give the Yankees a 5-4 win over the Mets to sweep the first leg of the 2012 Subway Series.
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