FLUSHING, N.Y. — In a precursor to their 2000 World Series Subway Series, the New York Yankees and New York Mets began the Shea Stadium slate of their regular season schedule. The two clubs split their two contests back in June at Yankee Stadium, which set up a historic doubleheader but I digress.
In this particular game, a Friday evening in Queens, fans were treated to quite the pitching duel between Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez and Al Leiter. Both starting pitchers would toil for eight innings of Yeomans’s work.
Despite eight strikeouts, the Yankees would get to Leiter right out of the box.