Yankees rally to defeat Mets

NEW YORK — After Pedro Martinez dominated his old nemesis, Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams rallied the New York Yankees to victory in the first Subway Series of the season.

Matsui tied the score with a two-run single off Roberto Hernandez and scored on a double by Williams as the Yankees took advantage of two eighth-inning errors to beat the Mets 5-3 Sunday.

The Yankees took two of three at Shea Stadium, getting both wins with the help of the Mets' shoddy defense.

Martinez left with a 3-1 lead after seven sterling innings, and Dae-Sung Koo, one of the Mets' stars on Saturday, started the eighth.

Tony Womack reached when third baseman David Wright dropped his one-out grounder for an error, and Ruben Sierra followed with a potential double-play grounder to second. Miguel Cairo tossed the ball to Jose Reyes, but the young shortstop dropped it as he came across the bag for another error.

Hernandez (2-2) relieved and after a double steal and an out, gave up Matsui's hit and Williams' double. Tino Martinez added a run-scoring single in the ninth off Mike DeJean.

Carl Pavano (4-2) won his fourth straight decision. He allowed three runs, but two were unearned due to Rodriguez's team-high seventh error.

Mariano Rivera finished for his ninth save in 11 chances.

CUBS 4, WHITE SOX 3: At Chicago, Mark Prior tossed a six-hitter, Jason Dubois hit a three-run homer and the Cubs averted a three-game sweep.

Prior (4-1) got his first win since April 25, despite giving up homers to Jermaine Dye, Tadahito Iguchi and Paul Konerko.

RED SOX 5, BRAVES 2: At Boston, Matt Clement was perfect except for two innings and remained unbeaten after pitching the first complete game of the season for the Red Sox.

Clement improved to 5-0 for the first time in his career, allowing four hits, striking out seven and walking none.

ROYALS 9, CARDINALS 2: At Kansas City, John Buck's homer capped a nightmarish first inning for St. Louis shortstop David Eckstein, whose two errors led to six unearned runs.

Eckstein, who topped all major league shortstops last year with a .988 fielding percentage for Anaheim, made a third error in the second inning, leaving him just two short of the major league record.