NEW YORK - Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees hammered Johan Santana in the worst start of his career, routing the Mets, 15-0, yesterday for the worst blowout in Subway Series history.
Jeter went 4 for 4, and the Yankees got two-run homers from Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano in a nine-run fourth inning, chasing Santana early to take two of three at Yankee Stadium.
Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez shouted at Yankees reliever Brian Bruney in left field during batting practice, and the two were separated by teammates, one day after they exchanged barbs through the media.
Once the first pitch was thrown, the Yankees provided all the fireworks.
They needed only four innings to set a season high for runs in a game, building a huge cushion for A.J. Burnett (5-3). They finished with 17 hits - three by No. 9 batter Francisco Cervelli - and pulled several stars before the seventh.
Mets manager Jerry Manuel wasn't around at the end, either. He was ejected by plate umpire Jim Wolf for arguing after David Wright took exception to a called third strike in the sixth.
Santana (8-4) didn't look right all day. The velocity on his fastball was down, around 89-90 m.p.h., and he was touched up for four two-out runs in the second.
NY Mets 000 000 000 – 0 6 0
NY Yankees 040 900 20x – 15 17 1
NY Mets AB R H BI Avg. NY Yankees AB R H BI Avg.
Cora ss 4 0 0 0 .258 Jeter ss 4 2 4 2 .310
F.Martinez lf 4 0 0 0 .216 Berroa 3b 1 1 0 0 .125
Beltran cf 3 0 1 0 .344 Damon lf 4 1 2 3 .284
Tatis 3b 1 0 0 0 .259 Teixeira 1b 4 0 1 0 .284
D.Wright 3b 3 0 1 0 .364 Gardner cf 0 0 0 0 .276
W.Valdez 2b 1 0 1 0 .238 A.Rodriguez 3b 4 1 0 0 .230
Church rf 4 0 0 0 .270 R.Pena 3b-ss 1 0 1 1 .254
Sheffield dh 3 0 2 0 .270 Cano 2b 4 2 3 3 .298
Dan.Murphy 1b 2 0 0 0 .238 Swisher rf-1b 3 2 0 0 .247
