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7:10 pm EDT Fri May 21, 2010

The New York Yankees are trying to avoid a season-high fourth straight loss as they begin the latest edition of the Subway Series. The Yankees will give struggling Javier Vazquez his first start in 10 days when they visit Citi Field to take on the New York Mets on Friday night. Neither New York team is playing well, with the Yankees losing eight of 12 and the Mets eight of nine. The Yankees have dropped five games behind first-place Tampa Bay in the AL East race after falling 8-6 to the Rays on Thursday, while the Mets are the only NL East team with a losing record. The Yankees are 133-95 all-time in interleague play for baseball’s best record, going 10-8 in 2009. The Mets’ 5-10 interleague record tied them with four other clubs for the worst mark in the NL last year. Each team’s starter faces a high-pressure situation in the interleague opener, but Vazquez will likely be under the most scrutiny. This will be his second start in a 21-day span since he’s been skipped twice in the rotation.

Acquired from Atlanta after going 15-10 with a 2.87 ERA last season, Vazquez was effective in his last start, allowing two runs over seven innings in a 2-0 loss at Detroit on May 12. The Yankees insisted that Vazquez skipped his next turn because of how it would affect other starters and not because of his ineffectiveness. The right-hander recorded a victory out of the bullpen Monday by getting the final out before New York rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning for an 11-9 victory over Boston. Vazquez has never pitched at Citi Field, where the Yankees swept their first visit last June by outscoring the Mets 18-3. He went 1-1 with a 4.61 ERA in two starts against the Mets last season. While most of the Mets have faced Vazquez, none of the Yankees have seen Hisanori Takahashi. The Japanese rookie left-hander will make his first major league start.