Game 3, 4 and 5 Recap

Sorry took this long but my weekend was a little bit busy so I'll do a recap of the three games at Philadelphia all together.

Game 3

On Game 3 Andy Pettitte tooked the mound to face Cole Hamels. It wasn't a pretty game from Andy but he capped the Yankees in the Game. He trew 104 pitches leaving the game with 6 innings 4 runs and 7 strikeouts and with the win in sight. He even got his first Wolrd Series RBI with a single and then scorea a run on Damon's double ( fun fact: Jeter almost caught him on the run). For the Phillies last year Wolrd Series MVP Hamels started the Game really well but after Alex Rodriguez two run homer felt apart. He gave up 5 run in 4.1 innings with only three strikesout. The Yankees offense finally showed up and the final sxore was 8-5. Yankees was leading the Series 2-1.

Box Score Game 3

Game 4

On Game 4 Phillies manager Charles Manuel sent Blanton to face CC Sabathia who was coming of three days rest. It's wasn't a dominant performance by CC but he got out of the game with the win before Chamberlain left one on the strike zone that Pedro Feliz deposited on the Left Field seats to tie the game. After that Manuel brought Lidge for the first time in this World Series. After two quick outs he had a battle of 9 pitches with Johnny Damon before Damon hit a single to keep the game alive. On the next pitch Damon stole second base and saw that nobody was protecting the third base. He stole another one putting the go ahead run apenas 90 feets away. That maked Lidge worried and he hitted the next hitter. Teixeira got firts base with damon on third and with Rodrigues coming to plate. He lined a 1-2 pitch to left field for a double bringing Damon home and putting runners on second and third. Posada followed with a double of his one making 7-4. Game closed and the Yankees tookes a 3-1 lead at the Series.

Box Score Game 4

Game 5

On a must win game for the Phillies they broyght Lee on normal rest to face AJ Burnett on three days rest for the first time this season. The Yankees got a first lead with Rodriguez double making Damon score. But on the bottom half of the inning Aj allowed the first to hitter to get on base and then Utley hitted his fourth homer of the Series making the game 3-1 Phillies. On the third inning the Phillies got to Burnett again scoring three runs again and making AJ leave the game after just two innings. The Phillies offense showed up and on the 8 inning was 8-2 Phillies. But then the Yankees woke up and got a rally. They score three runs on the 8 thanks to another double buy Rodrigues that Ibanez couldn't get. On the ninth Madson came in for the Phillies (look likes Lidge won't show up again on this series) and the Yankees put the first twon hitters on bases. But after start the count on front 2-1 Jeter hitted a double play making Madson's life easier. Damn got a RBI single but after him Teixeira strikeout finish the game. The Phillies won 8-6 and wednesday the series go back to New York for Game 6 to a duel that I particularly was waiting: ANDY PETTITTE vs PEDRO MARTINEZ !!!!! See you guys there.

 

Box Score Game 5

A Série está empatada !!! Yankees ganha o Jogo 2

(créditos da foto Andrew Millsy/ The Star Ledger)

Estou começando a acreditar que a série irá até o final. Outro duelo entre arremessadores. Cinco anos após seu último jogo no Yankee Stadium, Pedro Martinez estava de volta ao Yankee Stadium. Desde o primeiro momento que ele colocou seus pés no montinho, os fãs dos Yankees mostraram que ele estava de volta. O coro era conhecido por Pedro: Who' s Your Daddy??? ( Quem é seu pai???). No começo não pareceu incomodar Pedro. Ele eliminou Jeter e Damon, os dois por strike ou e depois Teixeira com um pop out.Ele não tinha mais a sua bola rápida de antigamente (um arremesso que destruía rebatedores, alcançando 160 km/h) mais os seus arremessos de off speed estavam em controle. Porém, despois disso, ao contrário do que aconteceu na quarta, os rebatedores ficaram um pouco mais paciente fazendo Pedro arremessar muitas bolas. Ele acabou permitindo dois home runs. Um para Teixeira numa contagem 1-0 que ficou um pouco alta demais na zone de strike permitindo Teixeira rebater no bullpen dos Yankees. O outro foi num arremesso em que a bola pegou mais parte da zona de strike que devia, fazendo com que Matsui pudesse colar nas arquibancadas do campo direito. 2 corridas em seis entradas não era de todo mal, mas aí o treinador Charlie Manuel cometeu um erro ( ou não, quem sabe?) e mandou Pedro de volta para sétima entrada. Depois de duas rebatidas Pedro foi tirado do jogo, mas os Yankees conseguiram converter ainda mais uma corrida.

Do outro lado Burnett arremessou o jogo mais importe da carreira dele com o uniforme dos Yankees ( o que ele reconheceria depois nas entrevistas). Arremessando strikes quase o jogo todo, ficando assim à frente dos rebatedores nas contagens, permitindo arremessar o seu breaking ball para strike. Depois de uma corrida anotada na segunda entrada ( mais culpa do A-Rod do que AJ) ele simplesmente, não parou de arremessar strikes. Trabalhando com seu catcher pessoal (que jogada de Molina eliminando Werth na primeira base) ele entrou em um ritmo e quando finalmente saiu do jogo, o placar dizia 3-1 Yankees e ele tinha arremessado 7 entradas, cedido 1 corrida e eliminado por strike 9, deixando para Mariano terminar o jogo com outro save de 6 eliminações. Fim de Jogo ! Série empatada. E agora nós vamos para a casa dos Phillies para o Jogo 3, onde outro duelo entre arremessadores ocorrerá entre Cole Hamels e Andy Pettitte, Nos vemos lá !

Placar do Jogo 2

The Series is even !!! Yankees takes game 2

  (picture credits Andrew Millsy/ The Star Ledge)

I'm starting to believe this series will go all the way ! Another pitchers duel. After five years since his last appearance Pedro Martinez was back to Yankees stadium. For the first time he put his feet at the mound the yankees fans let him know he was back. The chant was a Pedro's know: WHO'S YOUR DADDY???? At the beggining it didn't seen to afect Pedro. He got Jeter and Damon striking out and than got Teixeira out with a pop out. He didn't had his old fastball ( the one that use to blow hitters aways dialing 99mph) but his off speed pitches were in control. But after that the Yankees diferent from wednesday got a little more patient at the plate making Pedro trow a lot of pitches. He surrended two home runs. One to Teixeira on a 1-0 count that was a little to high and perfect to Teixeira drive to the Yankees bullpen. The other one was a pitch that got too much of the plate and Matsui sent to the right field. 2 runs on six inning was not that bad but manager Charlie Manuel made the mistake ( or not who knows) to send Pedro back to seventh inning. After two hits Pedro come out but the Yankees was able to send one of the runners home and the leed got a little bigger.

On the other side Burnett trew his most important game in pinstripes (as he recognize later at the interview). Trowing strike one almost the entire game he got ahead of hitters and was able to trow his breakball effectively for strike out. After a run scored in the second inning ( more because A-Rod could stop the ball than AJ faults) he simply didn't stop trow strikes. With his personal cacther again ( what a play by Molina to pickoff Werth on first base) his got into a rhythm and when he finally got out of the game the score were 3-1 Yankees and he trew a 7 inning 1 run 9 strikes out game living to Mariano to close the game on another 6 outs save. Game Over! Series even! And now we are going to Game 3 saturday at Phillies with a duel between Cole Hamels and Andy Pettitte ! See you there !

Boxscore of Game 2