World Series Tied One Game Each!
The Phillies started off strong and dominant in game one with Cliff Lee pitching the game of his life. Shutting down the Yankees with no earned runs and walking off the field and out of Yankee Stadium with a 6 to 1 win and taking game one as if it were candy from a baby! Lee’s performance was outstanding and even Tim McCarver seemed surprised at not only how well Lee pitched but how relaxed he was on the field. Lee made plays you’d expect in the World Series! Like a nonchalant catch of a pop up to the mound and then a behind the back group of a hot grounder back through the box. If the Phillies end up winning the series it will be because Lee pitched so well in game one it gave the Phillies confidence going in to game two, and guaranteed them at least a split when they come home this weekend.
Game two with AJ Burnett and the ever talkative Pedro Martinez looked to be a repeat of game one through much of the early innings. Pedro was quite dominant and he held a one run lead going into the bottom of the 4th inning until mark Teixeira homered off a change up on the outside of the plate! And it remained tied until Hideko Matsui homered in the bottom of the 6th of Pedro and that was all that Burnett needed. The Yankees took a two run lead going into the 8th and 9th innings with Mariano Rivera pitching a two inning save. His 8th inning appeared less strong when he allowed two runners to reach with only one out, but a strong throw by Jeter got the double-play and got the Yankees out of the 8th inning!
I think it was more of a relief than joy for me when they won last night and even the series at one win apiece! Going back to Philadelphia is not the hard part in my mind for the Yankees, I think keeping the Phillies offense out of the game-as they were by Burnett in game#2-will be the difficult part for their starters and the bull-pen. I expect to see the Yankees come back to the Bronx Wednesday for game #6 and hopefully win the series at home!
Phillies-Yankees Game #1
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_10_28_phimlb_nyamlb_1
Phillies/Yankees Game#2
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_10_29_phimlb_nyamlb_1
Friday, October 30, 2009
