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Mike Pelfrey, towel around his neck, stared into space from the dugout.

New York Mets manager Terry Collins, arms crossed, looked stonefaced. Mike Pelfrey, towel around his neck, stared into space from the dugout. New York Mets manager Terry Collins, arms crossed, looked stonefaced.

The Subway Series finale had been filled with promise for the Mets.

They won Friday' s opener to reach . 500 for the first time since they had been 4- 4.

They led 3- 1 in the seventh inning Sunday.

And then the Mets derailed. Not as swiftly or as dramatically as in the first Subway Series game at new Yankee Stadium & mdash; remember Luis Castillo? & mdash; but an especially painful defeat nonetheless. The Yankees scored eight runs in the bottom of the seventh, sending 13 men to the plate but getting only one extra- base hit.

Derek Jeter' s two- run single off Mike Pelfrey and Alex Rodriguez' s 55- foot, bases- loaded single against Pedro Beato keyed the Yankees to a 9- 3 victory. " It leaves a bad taste in your mouth, " Pelfrey said. " I thought I threw the ball well and, obviously, the seventh inning ruined the whole day for me, ruined the whole day for the team. " The Mets lost. . .

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