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Mike Pelfrey pitched seven shutout innings and also drove in a run as the Mets won for the first time in five games.

Randy Winn made his first start this season and experienced the roll call of names that emanates from the bleachers in the first inning.

With a new degree, Heather LaVine landed a job with a minor league baseball team in Troy, N.Y.How a schoolteacher landed a fantasy job in sports management.

After three consecutive losses, displaying little life in the last two, the Mets finally showed some fight Wednesday night. Unfortunately, fighters sometimes lose.

When baseball retired Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 in 1997, a dozen active players were allowed to continue wearing it. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is the last of that group.

Javier Vazquez allowed four runs in five and a third innings as the Angels ended the Yankees’ three-game winning streak.

Orlando Hudson of the Twins said black players like Jermaine Dye and Gary Sheffield had difficulty getting jobs despite solid résumés.

The Mets had hoped to get off to a strong start, but the lackluster defeats are piling up.

The franchise’s owner is going through a public and bitter divorce, but the team has a solid and youthful core.

The pregame ceremony belonged to Hideki Matsui, now the Angels’ designated hitter, who received his World Series ring along with his former teammates.