The Yanks lost 7-1 Saturday afternoon at Shea Stadium as they struggled to hit throughout the game. Only a base hit by A-Rod in the 9th to score Tony Womack prevented the Mets from walking out of the stadium with a shutout victory. Randy Johnson struggled for the second consecutive start as he gave up 4 runs on 12 hits in 6 2/3 innings. Former Yankee Miguel Cairo homered for the Mets and perhaps the biggest surprise from this game was Mets' reliever Dae-Sung Koo. Koo doubled in the bottom of the 7th for his first hit since little league and scored from second on a bunt (although I must say I really disagreed with the call at the plate). Hopefully the Yankees can take the rubber game of this series tomorrow as they send up Carl Pavano to face Pedro Martinez.

I'd hate to say it, but I saw this start coming for Randy Johnson. His stuff hasn't been as great the last two or three starts, and the Mets have a much better lineup than the A's or Mariners. However, I don't think it's anything to be alarmed about. Small rough stretches happen to everyone. I've seen him have worse games than that at Shea Stadium.

I think the last three games for the Yankees overall have been a little sloppy. Fortunately, we have the Tigers (although of course nothing is automatic) at Yankee Stadium after this series is over. I'll be happy as long as they can clean themselves up before next weekend's series against the Red Sox.