For the second time in one week, Mariano Rivera came up to bat. He stepped into the box with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the ninth inning against Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez.
He was ahead in the count 2-0 to K-Rod before Rodriguez leveled the count at 2-2. Rivera then fouled one off. Rodriguez then threw one up to fill the count. He then, laughably, WALKED Mariano Rivera. A great at bat by Rivera, adding an insurance run to make it 4-2.
It was Rivera’s first career RBI.
Rodriguez struck out Mark Teixeira on a questionable swing to end the inning.
Rivera struck out one in the eighth, before going groundout, strikeout, single, groundout in the ninth to earn his 500th career save. He joins Trevor Hoffman as the only closers to reach that milestone.
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