See-Saw Season
By lefty
It was the pitching that vaulted the Yankees into first place on this day. The Yankees Kevin Brown was brilliant, taking a one hitter into the eighth inning and ending up with a 5-3 victory over Tampa Bay. Mariano Rivera got his 301st career save with a hitless ninth to earn his AL-leading 18th save this season.
On the other hand, Tm Wakefield (4-3) was horrible in the second and third innings, flubbing a bunt to load the bases and allowing all five runs the Mariners would score in the Red Sox 5-4 loss.
Manny Ramirez hit his 361st homer to tie Joe DiMaggio. David Ortiz had 19 RBI in his previous 13 games and leads the AL with 43 but had none on Saturday.
