Saturday baseball action

Yup. I pointed out Alex Rodriguez's silly batting average on here.

And then he hit the game-ending, two-run home run to give the Yankees a 6-4, 11-inning win.

I should have kept my mouth shut.

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And the Mets' defense is at it again.

So far, in the Santana-Johnson matchup in San Francisco, it is a 3-3 tie going into the fifth inning.

Remember, if Randy Johnson wins today, it will be No. 299, and he will go for No. 300 against Seattle--the team he starred for in the 1990s--in his next outing.

The Mets jumped out to a 3-0, first-inning lead, something that's a surprise for Johan, as he'd had a lack of run support this season.

But, the defense is again the culprit.

There were two outs in the third, but Fred Lewis reached base on second baseman Luis Castillo's throwing error. The next batter dobuled, giving the Giants their first run.

Unearned run off Santana.

In the fourth, with one on and nobody out, Randy Winn reached on third baseman David Wright's error, putting runners on second and third. Santana struck the next batter out (which woul d have been out No. 2), but Aaron Rowand singled both runners home. Tie game, 3-3.

One more unearned run off Santana.

So, the score is 3-3, but it should have been 3-1 Mets because of those unearned runs.

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Well, as I type this, Randy Johnson is having a tough time in the fifth and will not win No. 299.

David Wright atoned for his earlier error with a big two-run double off The Big Unit, giving the Mets a 6-3 lead. (Carlos Beltran had just doubled in the go-ahead run moments earlier.)

On FOX, the announcers were saying this was the first time in Johnson's career that he had allowed four straight hits to start the ballgame. Well, deja vu, as he'd just allowed four straight hits to start the fifth, the last being Wright's two-bagger.

Johnson has been lifted in favour of Justin Miller.

11 hits off Johnson in 4+ innings. Yikes.