Yanks place Matsui on 15-day DL, activate Ponson

Sid the Kids leads Yanks in Game 2
Sidney Ponson pitched a gem in his return to the Yankees, silencing Carlos Delgado and the rest of the Mets for a 9-0 victory Friday night at Shea Stadium to split their two-ballpark doubleheader.

Ponson's Comeback a Beauty
NEW YORK -- Carlos Delgado revived his season with three big swings at Yankee Stadium. Delgado set a Mets club record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout over the New York Yankees on Friday in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader.

YANKEES NOTEBOOK: Matsui still can't run, lands on DL
Hideki Matsui's sore left knee simply wasn't getting any better. "I was hopeful every day that he would come in and say it felt great," manager Joe Girardi said, "but it just never happened."

THIS DAY AT THE OLD BALLPARK
June 28, 2003, at Yankee Stadium: Hideki Matsui hit a grand slam in the third and had a run-scoring single as the Yankees won the opener of a split-stadium doubleheader with the Mets, 7-1.

Yankees' Matsui placed on disabled list
New York Yankees left fielder Hideki Matsui was placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a sore left knee on Friday.