Hiroki Kuroda pitched two-hit ball for eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees again beat Mark Buehrle and the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-0 on Friday night.
Daniel Murphy and David Wright homered for the Mets, and right fielder Marlon Byrd preserved the lead by throwing out a runner at the plate in the eighth inning. The Mets won consecutive games for the first time since May 1 and 3.
You'd think a dignitary rolled in at the Hampton Inn on Staten Island Tuesday afternoon...but the so-called "big-shot" who has all these authorities applauding, well, he's only about 3 feet tall