Philadelphia (0-0) at NY Yankees (0-0)

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Phils welcome shot at perennial power

Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
The Phillies are trying to build a legacy, and if they are going to build one, why not add a little extra juice by beating the team that has won 26 World Series titles and 40 AL pennants?
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Phillies probable pitcher

Cliff Lee

  • #34 LHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
2008 AL Cy Young winner Cliff Lee will face off against former teammate and 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner CC Sabathia in Game 1 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium. Lee is 4-4 with a 5.02 ERA in nine career starts against the Yankees, but is 2-1 with a 1.89 ERA in his last three against them. That included a 10-2 victory over the Yankees in the opening of new Yankee Stadium on April 16, when Lee still pitched for the Cleveland Indians.

The 30-year-old lefty, who had no prior playoff experience, has done nothing but dominate in October. He allowed three hits over eight shutout innings in the Phillies' 11-0 Game 3 victory over the Dodgers in the NLCS, lowering his 2009 postseason ERA to 0.74. Lee allowed one run during a complete-game victory in Game 1 of the Division Series against Colorado. In Game 4 of that series, he allowed three runs (one earned) in 7 1/3 innings. All told, that's two earned runs in 24 1/3 innings.

In his NLCS start, he almost got a chance to put up another zero and to become the third pitcher in the Wild Card era to toss two complete games in a single postseason. Phillies manager Charlie Manuel let Lee hit in the bottom of the eighth -- he singled -- and was going to send him out for the ninth. But once Shane Victorino hit a three-run home run, Manuel decided to entrust an 11-run lead to the bullpen. Lee had already thrown 114 pitches, but didn't appear to be tiring: He struck out two in a 10-pitch eighth inning.

"I don't think I ever doubted myself," said Lee, who had been demoted to Triple-A during the 2007 season before his breakout 2008 campaign. "I always had confidence in myself and felt like I could pitch in a big game. But you never know until you get the opportunity. It's a challenge."

  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 90-52 3.97 1196.2 332 900 .263
Season 14-13 3.22 231.2 43 181 .272
October 0-1 4.76 5.2 1 6 .304
Vs. NY Yankees 1-1 3.00 12.0 5 9 .320

Series at a Glance

Standings - 10/28/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Philadelphia Phillies (NL East) 93 69 .574 - 45-36 48-33
New York Yankees (AL East) 103 59 .636 - 57-24 46-35
Stats - 10/28/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
PHI .258 820 224 788 119 1155 4.16 1455.2 1479 489 1153
NYY .283 915 244 881 111 1014 4.26 1450.0 1386 574 1260
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Yanks looking forward to facing Phils

Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
It's been said many times over, but it still bears repeating -- to be the best, you've got to beat the best. For the Yankees, that means one thing: Bring on the Phillies.
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Yankees probable pitcher

CC Sabathia

  • #52 LHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
Sabathia has been a rock for the Yankees all season and certainly a nice return on a heavy financial investment (seven years, $161 million). This is what they're paying him for, the kind of starts he's had in the postseason.

The big left-hander earned ALCS MVP honors for winning his two starts against the Angels, Games 1 and 4, after allowing just two runs in 16 innings (1.13 ERA), along with nine hits, three walks and 12 strikeouts. Overall in this postseason, Sabathia is 3-0 with a 1.19 ERA (three earned runs in 22 2/3 innings), 20 strikeouts and three walks.

In Game 1 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, Sabathia (the 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner) faces former Indians teammate -- and 2008 AL Cy Young Award honoree -- Cliff Lee in a matchup of ace southpaws. In a start at the Stadium against the Phillies on May 24, Sabathia allowed three runs in eight innings on nine hits, with no walks and four strikeouts, in a no-decision. The Yankees lost that game, 4-3, in 11 innings.

  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 136-81 3.62 1889.1 590 1590 .246
Season 19-8 3.37 230.0 67 197 .232
October 0-1 16.87 2.2 5 3 .500
Vs. Philadelphia 0-0 3.38 8.0 0 4 .273

Phillies hitters vs CC Sabathia
Regular Season stats only

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Berry, Quintin - - - - - - - -
Dobbs, Greg - - - - - - - -
Francisco, Ben .200 5 0 0 .200 5 0 0
Howard, Ryan .500 4 0 0 .429 7 0 1
Ibanez, Raul .250 4 0 1 .174 23 1 2
Mayberry, John .000 4 0 0 .000 4 0 0
Rollins, Jimmy .250 4 0 1 .286 7 0 1
Ruiz, Carlos .667 3 0 0 .667 3 0 0
Utley, Chase - - - - .000 3 0 0
Victorino, Shane .750 4 0 1 .429 7 0 1
Werth, Jayson .000 4 0 0 .000 6 0 0

Yankees hitters vs Cliff Lee
Regular Season stats only

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Cabrera, Melky - - - - .273 11 1 1
Cano, Robinson .400 5 0 0 .222 18 0 1
Cervelli, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Corona, Reegie - - - - - - - -
Gardner, Brett .400 5 0 0 .250 12 0 0
Jackson, Austin - - - - - - - -
Jeter, Derek .429 7 0 1 .407 27 0 5
Miranda, Juan - - - - - - - -
Nunez, Eduardo - - - - - - - -
Pena, Ramiro - - - - - - - -
Posada, Jorge .500 6 1 1 .286 21 2 5
Rodriguez, Alex .000 2 0 0 .333 15 2 6
Russo, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Swisher, Nick .500 4 0 1 .333 18 0 1
Teixeira, Mark .200 5 0 1 .391 23 1 6

Re-Phils for Cliff, Chase (1-0) (0-1)

Phillies 6, Yankees 1

Complete Lee

Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
Chase Utley smacked a pair of solo home runs, becoming the ninth player to hit two homers in Game 1 of the World Series, and Cliff Lee did the rest with another sparkling effort on the mound as the Phillies stymied the Yanks in the Bronx.
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Quiet start for Yanks

Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
CC Sabathia was his stellar playoff self, but the Yankees offered little offensive support and fell to the Phillies. Sabathia scattered four hits, but two were homers by Chase Utley as the left-hander suffered his first loss of the '09 postseason.
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Phillies 6, Yankees 1

Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Rollins, SS 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 .250
Victorino, CF 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250
Utley, 2B 4 2 2 2 1 1 4 .500
Howard, 1B 5 0 2 1 0 2 2 .400
Werth, RF 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 .500
Ibanez, DH 4 0 1 2 0 2 4 .250
Francisco, B, LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000
Feliz, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Ruiz, C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Totals 34 6 9 6 6 7 13  

BATTING
2B: Howard 2 (2, Sabathia, Coke), Ruiz (1, Bruney).
HR: Utley 2 (2, 3rd inning off Sabathia, 0 on, 2 out; 6th inning off Sabathia, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Rollins; Victorino; Utley 8; Howard 4; Werth; Ibanez; Ruiz 2.
RBI: Utley 2 (2), Ibanez 2 (2), Victorino (1), Howard (1).
2-out RBI: Utley; Ibanez 2; Howard.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ibanez 2; Francisco, B.
GIDP: Feliz.
Team RISP: 4-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Rollins (1, 2nd base off Hughes, P/Posada).

FIELDING
E: Rollins (1, throw).
DP: (Rollins-Howard).
 
NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Jeter, SS 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 .750
Damon, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250
Teixeira, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
Rodriguez, A, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000
Posada, C 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250
Matsui, H, DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333
Cano, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Swisher, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Cabrera, Me, CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 1 6 0 0 10 9  

BATTING
2B: Jeter (1, Lee, Cl).
TB: Jeter 4; Damon; Posada; Matsui, H.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Damon; Posada.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Swisher (Victorino at home).
DP: (Rodriguez, A-Cano-Teixeira).
 
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lee, Cl (W, 1-0) 9.0 6 1 0 0 10 0 0.00
 
NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Sabathia (L, 0-1) 7.0 4 2 2 3 6 2 2.57
Hughes, P 0.0 0 2 2 2 0 0 --
Marte, D 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Robertson, D 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Bruney 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 54.00
Coke 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Hughes, P pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

Pitches-strikes: Lee, Cl 122-80, Sabathia 113-70, Hughes, P 15-7, Marte, D 7-4, Robertson, D 13-6, Bruney 13-7, Coke 9-5.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lee, Cl 8-8, Sabathia 10-5, Hughes, P 0-0, Marte, D 0-1, Robertson, D 1-0, Bruney 0-1, Coke 0-1.
Batters faced: Lee, Cl 32, Sabathia 27, Hughes, P 2, Marte, D 2, Robertson, D 3, Bruney 4, Coke 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Marte, D 2-0, Robertson, D 2-2, Coke 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Gerry Davis. 1B: Jeff Nelson. 2B: Brian Gorman. 3B: Mike Everitt. LF: Dana DeMuth. RF: Joe West.
Weather: 52 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 13 mph, L to R.
T: 3:27.
Att: 50,207.
October 28, 2009

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