New York METS at New York YANKEES 7/8/2001 Original ESPN Broadcast

3rd Game of the second round of the Subway Series 2001 from Yankee Stadium the last game in the MLB before the All Star Break. Original ESPN Broadcast with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan recorded and Digitalized off the original recorded VHS tapes which was converted to DVD through a DVD burner (cir.2002) which has been recently restored (remastered through a Blu Ray digital copies) and making its debut on the Phenia Films MLB archival page. After winning the previous Subway Series a few weeks earlier at Shea, the Yankees taking 2 of the 3 as of this series is tied a 1-1 in this 3rd and final game before some of the players and managers Bobby Valentine and Joe Torre make their way to Seattle for the All Star Game. Valentine sending left-hander Glendon Rusch to the mound for the Mets and Torre sending left-hander Randy Keisler as both starters keep the game scoreless through 5 innings. Todd Zelie hits his 6th Homerun of 2001 its the Yankees make a pitching change bringing in reliever Ramiro Mendoza, as the Mets break through first, until the bottom of the 6th when the Yankees answer back with a Homerun from Derek Jeter a solo shot as Turk Wendell replaces Rusch. Yankees score 3 runs in the including an RBI triple from Yankee 2B Alfonso Soriano (off Wendell). Yankee closer Mariano Rivera comes in the 9th inning and earns his 29th save of the season Ramiro Mendoza gets the win (6-2) Turk Wendell with the loss (3-5) Boxscore https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2001/B...