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

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Pedro cool, calm, confident for Game 2

Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
Pedro Martinez will start Game 2 on Thursday for the Phillies, and if you ask the veteran, he might be the most influential player who ever stepped on the field at Yankee Stadium.
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Phillies probable pitcher

Pedro Martinez

  • #45 RHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
It makes a great story to have Martinez pitch Game 2 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, but does it make the most sense? Martinez is 11-11 with a 3.20 ERA in 32 career starts against the Yankees, and is 1-2 with a 4.71 ERA in six postseason appearances against them.

"I think he's still got quite a bit left," Manuel said. "I was watching those playoff games that he pitched in. His velocity was sitting 87 to 91 mph, and he was even better than that at Dodger Stadium. That was a couple years ago when he pitched those games against the Yankees. He knows how to pitch. His command is good. He uses all of his pitches. His command is absolutely outstanding. He doesn't rely on throwing the ball by people anymore, but he's a pitcher."

  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 219-100 2.93 2827.1 760 3154 .214
Season 5-1 3.63 44.2 8 37 .273

Series at a Glance

Standings - 10/29/2009 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 - 10/29/2009 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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Burnett strives to be less 'careless'

Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
When he starts Game 2 of the World Series at 7:57 p.m. ET on Thursday, A.J. Burnett must focus on himself. Burnett also wants to find a bit more success than he did in his last start, a 7-6 Yankees loss to the Angels in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series on Oct. 22.
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Yankees probable pitcher

A.J. Burnett

  • #34 RHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
After two wild yet effective starts, Burnett finally faltered in his third career playoff outing, in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. Though Burnett improved greatly as the day went on, throwing five shutout innings after allowing the first four batters of the game to score, the early damage was enough to keep the Angels in the series for one additional game.

Burnett will look to improve in Game 2 of the World Series against the Phillies, a team that beat him earlier this season at Yankee Stadium. Three homers -- all on fastballs -- were at the root of his troubles that day, which perhaps bodes well for a reversal. In three postseason starts, two of them at home, Burnett has not allowed a single home run.

  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 100-85 3.84 1583.1 665 1473 .236
Season 13-9 4.04 207.0 97 195 .247
October 1-0 1.80 5.0 1 3 .318
Vs. Philadelphia 0-1 7.50 6.0 2 7 .320

Phillies hitters vs A.J. Burnett
Regular Season stats only

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Berry, Quintin - - - - - - - -
Dobbs, Greg - - - - .667 6 0 2
Francisco, Ben - - - - .000 3 0 0
Howard, Ryan .000 3 0 0 .167 12 2 2
Ibanez, Raul .500 2 0 0 .231 13 0 2
Mayberry, John - - - - - - - -
Rollins, Jimmy .333 3 1 1 .259 27 1 2
Ruiz, Carlos 1.000 3 1 2 1.000 3 1 2
Utley, Chase .000 2 0 0 .286 21 1 5
Victorino, Shane .333 3 0 0 .167 6 0 0
Werth, Jayson .333 3 1 2 .143 7 1 2

Yankees hitters vs Pedro Martinez
Regular Season stats only

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Cabrera, Melky - - - - .200 5 0 0
Cano, Robinson - - - - .000 12 0 2
Cervelli, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Corona, Reegie .333 3 0 0 .333 3 0 0
Gardner, Brett - - - - - - - -
Jackson, Austin - - - - - - - -
Jeter, Derek - - - - .318 22 2 3
Miranda, Juan - - - - - - - -
Nunez, Eduardo .667 3 1 2 .667 3 1 2
Pena, Ramiro - - - - - - - -
Posada, Jorge - - - - .154 13 2 3
Rodriguez, Alex - - - - .480 25 0 3
Russo, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Swisher, Nick - - - - .000 2 0 0
Teixeira, Mark - - - - .000 3 0 0

Father time: Yanks top Pedro (1-1) (1-1)

Yankees 3, Phillies 1

Split in the Bronx

Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
Under the bright lights of Yankee Stadium, Pedro Martinez turned in a vintage outing over six-plus innings. Problem is, among the six hits he allowed, two were homers, and that was enough to trump Matt Stairs' RBI single as the Phils split on the road.
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A.J., two solos rock

Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Facing longtime nemesis Pedro Martinez, the Yankees used a superb start from A.J. Burnett, spotless relief by Mariano Rivera, and two huge homers by Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui to clip the Phillies and pull even at 1-1 in the Fall Classic.
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Yankees 3, Phillies 1

Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Rollins, SS 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .167
Victorino, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250
Utley, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .286
Howard, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 .222
Werth, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Ibanez, LF 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 .375
Stairs, DH 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .250
Feliz, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Ruiz, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286
Totals 31 1 6 1 3 11 9  

BATTING
2B: Ibanez 2 (2, Burnett, A, Rivera, Ma), Ruiz (2, Burnett, A).
TB: Victorino; Werth; Ibanez 4; Stairs; Ruiz 2.
RBI: Stairs (1).
2-out RBI: Stairs.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Howard; Victorino; Stairs.
GIDP: Utley.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
PO: Werth (1st base by Molina, J).

FIELDING
DP: (Howard-Rollins).
 
NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Jeter, SS 4 0 1 0 0 3 3 .500
Damon, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125
Teixeira, 1B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .143
Rodriguez, A, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000
Matsui, H, DH 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 .500
Cano, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143
Hairston, J, RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333
  1-Gardner, PR-CF 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Cabrera, Me, CF-RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167
Molina, J, C 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
  a-Posada, PH-C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .400
Totals 31 3 8 3 2 12 15  

a-Singled for Molina, J in the 7th.
1-Ran for Hairston, J in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Jeter (2, Martinez, P).
HR: Teixeira (1, 4th inning off Martinez, P, 0 on, 0 out), Matsui, H (1, 6th inning off Martinez, P, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Jeter 2; Teixeira 4; Matsui, H 5; Cano; Hairston, J; Cabrera, Me; Posada.
RBI: Teixeira (1), Matsui, H (1), Posada (1).
2-out RBI: Matsui, H.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Damon; Gardner.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: (Cano-Jeter-Teixeira).
Pickoffs: Molina, J (Werth at 1st base).
 
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Martinez, P (L, 0-1) 6.0 6 3 3 2 8 2 4.50
Park 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Eyre, S 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Madson 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
 
NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Burnett, A (W, 1-0) 7.0 4 1 1 2 9 0 1.29
Rivera, Ma (S, 1) 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0.00

Martinez, P pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

IBB: Utley (by Burnett, A).
HBP: Teixeira (by Madson).
Pitches-strikes: Martinez, P 107-72, Park 7-6, Eyre, S 2-2, Madson 18-13, Burnett, A 108-68, Rivera, Ma 39-26.
Groundouts-flyouts: Martinez, P 1-9, Park 0-0, Eyre, S 0-1, Madson 0-0, Burnett, A 5-6, Rivera, Ma 3-1.
Batters faced: Martinez, P 26, Park 2, Eyre, S 1, Madson 5, Burnett, A 26, Rivera, Ma 8.
Inherited runners-scored: Park 2-1, Eyre, S 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Jeff Nelson. 1B: Brian Gorman. 2B: Mike Everitt. 3B: Dana DeMuth. LF: Joe West. RF: Gerry Davis.
Weather: 52 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, R to L.
T: 3:25.
Att: 50,181.
October 29, 2009

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