It was the Yankees' 12th no-hitter, the 11th of the season, and the first since David Cone's perfect game against Montreal on July 18, 1999. It was New York's first road victory since Allie Reynolds defeated Cleveland on July 12, 1951. The Yanks led 2-0 after six innings before the Cardinals got a run off New York's ace, Mariano Rivera, in the seventh. The Cardinals got two more in the eighth off Billy Wagner before Wilson retook the mound in the ninth. Wilson gave up a single to his old friend Mark McGwire but otherwise pitched out of trouble until he ran into some trouble of his own with two outs in the ninth. After striking out Jason Isringhausen, Wilson walked Matt Holliday to force in the go-ahead run. He then watched as Todd Helton hit a ground-rule double down the left-field line that scored both runners and handed Wilson his second loss of the season. Rivera took all the credit for the victory, saying "I don't know what happened out there. Maybe it was the pressure of being on the road, maybe fatigue from throwing so many pitches. But I just didn't feel like myself out there." After the game, Wilson said he felt "fine" and needed only five or six more pitches to finish the game.