Bottom of the Eleventh
David Robertson in to pitch for the Yankees. Juan Rivera leading off for the Angels.
Rivera hits a soft grounder to Jeter who fields nicely and throws across to Teixeira for the first out.
Morales swings and sends one high in the air to left field. Hairston squeezes for the second out of the inning.
Girardi walks to the mound and lifts Robertson after he retires the first two hitters.
Alfredo Aceves on to pitch for the Yankees. The first batter he sees is Howie Kendrick.
Kendrick shoots one into center field past a diving Robinson Cano. Kendrick at first with two down for Jeff Mathis.
Mathis rips one off the wall in left field and Kendrick comes around third, sliding into home and the Angels win it.
That'll wrap it up. The Angels take Game 3 and get back into the series.
LA 5 NY 4
WP- Ervin Santana
LP- Alfredo Aceves.
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Top of the Eleventh
Ervin Santana on to pitch for the Yankees.
John Lackey is warming in the bullpen.
Melky Cabrera grounds out to second to start the inning. Jeter flies out to center for the second out.
Francisco Cervelli at the plate now and he strikes out to end the inning.
LA 4 NY 4
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Bottom of the Tenth
Hughes still in for the Yankees. Jeff Mathis starts the inning with a double off Hughes. Runner on second with nobody out for Erick Aybar. Let's see if Scioscia opts for some small ball and bunts Mathis over to third.
Girardi lifts Hughes. Mariano Rivera makes his way to the mound.
Aybar's bunt is fielded by Rivera. Rivera bounces the throw to Ridriguez at third and the ball scoots into left field. Nice back-up by Johnny Damon to keep Mathis from scoring.
First and third, nobody out for Chone Figgins.
Teixeria makes a diving snag on Figgins shot down the line. Teixeria makes the out at first and prevents the run from scoring.
Intentional pass for Abreu will load the bases for Torii Hunter. Hunter has been impatient at the plate today. It will be interesting to see if he changes his approach with the game on the line.
Jerry Hairston comes in to play left field for the Yankees. Hairston has a stronger arm than Damon.
First pitch to Hunter is low and in for ball one. Second pitch in almost the same spot. Hunter up 2-0. Third pitch is a cutter over for strike one. Rivera gets Hunter to chase to 2-1 offering to even the count at 2 and 2. Hunter hits one on the ground to Teixeira, who quickly fires home to get the force.
Guerrero up with the bases loaded and two outs.
First pitch is low and in for a ball. Vlad takes a huge cut anf fouls one back for strike one. Guerrero grounds out to Teixeira to end the inning.
Mariano Rivera once again comes up huge for the Yankees in the postseason.
LA 4 NY 4.
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Top of the Tenth
Jason Bulger doing the pitching for the Angels now. Posada leads it off for the Yankees.
Bulger gets Posada swinging to start the tenth.
Cano rolls one over to Kendrick, who throws to first for the second out. Nick Swisher stepping into the box.
Bulger gets Swisher swinging on a sharp breaking ball. Impressive inning by Bulger.
LA 4 NY 4
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Bottom of the Ninth
Hughes stays in for the Yankees in the ninth.
Rivera starts the inning with a ground out. One down for Kendry Morales.
Morales smokes one down the first-base line. Teixeira protects himself and makes the catch.
Kendrick pops up to Cano and we're going to extras.
LA 4 NY 4
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Top of the Ninth
Brian Fuentes in for the Angels. Scioscia going with his closer in a tie game.
Fuentes gets Damon to ground out to second and follows it up with a strike out of Mark Teixeira.
Scioscia elects to put Rodriguez on intentionally with nodoby on and two outs. A-Rod gets the Barry Bonds treatment. Runner on first, two outs.
Jerry Hairston Jr. comes on to picnh-hit for Matsui. Move pays off the Angels as Fuentes gets Hairston swinging. On to the bottom of the ninth.
LA 4 NY 4
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Bottom of the Eighth
Phil Coke in to pitch for the Yankees.
Abreu hits one to the wall in center. The hit would have been an easy double, but Abreu thought he could stretch it to three, then changed his mind and got caught going back into second. Keep that base running mistake in mind, could come back to bite the Angels.
Coke does his job and gets Abreu, albeit in an unorthodox way. Girardi lifts Coke for the righty Phil Hughes.
Hughes strikes out Hunter for the second out.
Vlad reaches and pulls one down the line to Rodriguez. Rodriguez's throw is off the mark, but Teixeira applies the tag and the Angels are retired in the eighth.
LA 4 NY 4
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Top of the Eighth
Jepsen stays on in the eighth for the Angels. Leaves Angels fans longing for the days of Brendan Donnelly, Francisco Rodriguez and Troy Percival closing the door for the Angels.
Matsui works a walk to start the eighth. One on and nobody out for Jorge Posada.
Brett Gardner in to run for Matsui. Gardener runs, Scioscia calls for the pitch-out and Gardener is out at second.
Bad Move by Gardner to run as Posada goes deep to tie the game. Jepsen left a fast ball right over the heart of the plate and Posada crushed over the center-field wall.
Goes to show, it doesn't matter how hard you throw it. If it's over the plate, a major league hitter is going to do some damage.
Cano singles and that gets some action going in the Angels bullpen.
Jepsen walks Swisher. That puts two on and one out for Melky Cabrera. Jepsen still in the game. Jepsen gets Cabrera swinging for the second out.
Jeter grounds out to the pitcher to end the inning.
I'm smelling extras.
LA 4 NY 4
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Bottom of the Seventh
Pettitte remains in the game as Chamberlain continues to throw in the Yankee bullpen. Girardi will no doubt have Pettitte on a short leash this inning after giving up the home run to Guerrero last inning.
Morales skies one down the right-field line that just misses chalk. Two pitches later, he lines one to left that is speared by Damon for the first out.
Apparently, Girardi has seen enough. He signals for Chamberlain out of the bullpen and that'll be the night for Andy Pettitte.
Pettitte's final line : 6 1/3 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO.
Kendrick greets Chamberlain with a rocket off the wall in right. Kendrick goes into third sliding with a triple. Go-ahead run 90 feet away with one down for Mike Napoli.
Make that Maicer Izturis pinch-hitting for Napoli.
Izturis hits one to the track in right-center. Plenty deep enough to score Kendrick from third. Angels take the lead on Izturis' sac-fly.
Erick Aybar ground one down the line, fair, and is in at second with a stand-up double. Jeter and Posada have some encouraging words for Chamberlain on the mound, but the big righty gets the hook.
Chamberlain faces three batters and gives up two hits and a run. He leaves the game responsible for the runner on second base.
The lefty Damaso Marte comes on for the Yankees and Figgins swings at his first pitch. Swisher easily catches the fly ball to right and the inning is over.
Girardi could be second-guessing himself for taking Pettitte out. Angles take the lead.
LA 4 NY 3
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Top of the Seventh
Oliver stays in for the Angels to face Jeter. Oliver needs a shut-down inning here to keep the momentum on the Angels' side.
Jeter swings and misses for the first out.
Damon loops one into center, but Hunter lines it up and makes a running grab for the seond out.
Oliver walks Teixeira and that'll be it for the lefty with Rodriguez coming up. Scioscia is going to go with young right-hander Kevin Jepsen.
A-Rod hits a 3-1 pitch on the ground to Figgins. Figgins fires to Kendrick covering at second and the inning is over.
Shut-down inning complete.
NY 3 LA 3
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Bottom of the Sixth
Figgins grounds one to Jeter who scoops and fires over to Teixeira for the first out.
Abreu has another long at-bat, then lines one through the hole on the right side for a base hit. One on and one out for Torii Hunter.
Hunter takes a mighty cut again, but gets under the ball and skies one into shallow right. Swisher squeezes and Abreu stays at first. Two down.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi comes out to talk it over with Pettitte with the count 2 and 2 on Vlad Guerrero.
Didn't work. Vlad crushes one to left and this game is tied. Pettitte went middle-in with a fastball, but Vlad opened up and sent it into the Angels bullpen.
Joba Chamberlain immediately gets up in the pen for the Yankees.
Rivera pops out to end the inning, but Vlad does the damage.
NY 3 LA 3
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Top of the Sixth
Weaver pleaded with Scioscia to leave him in, but to no avail. Weaver is done after five, his final line: 5 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 3 BB, 4 SO.
Lefty Darren Oliver is on in relief of Weaver. He'll face Posada to start the sixth.
Throw a backwards "K" on the board. Oliver gets Posada looking for the first out.
Cano hits one hard on the ground at Aybar. the ball hits the heel of Aybar's glove and ends up in left field. Cano on first with one out for Swisher. Give Cano a hit on a ball that probably should have been fielded.
Cano is nearly picked off, but gets back to the bag. Morales played off the bag a little bit and looked like he might have had Cano, but the tag was just a bit high and Cano got his hand in before the tag.
Swisher hits one on the ground that appeared fair, but was called foul. Oliver rings Swisher up on the next pitch. Man on at first and two down for Cabrera.
Cabrera lines out to Figgins to end the inning.
Nice job by Oliver to not allow any runs after the Angels put one up last inning.
NY 3 LA 1
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Bottom of the Fifth
Pettitte's line through four: 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO.
Pettitte whifs Morales for the first out.
Howie Kendrick takes the third pitch he sees and puts it over the wall in left. The Angels finally get on the board, still down two.
Napoli chases one out of the zone for the second out. The smoke from the fireworks after Kendrick's home run has finally made its way out of the ballpark.
Hot shot to Rodriguez off the bat of Aybar and the inning is over, but the Angels finally get to Pettitte.
NY 3 LA 1
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Top of the Fifth
Despite the two home runs, Weaver has pitched well for the Angels. His line thus far: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 SO.
Jeter connects on the first pitch and flies out to Abreu in right.
Two pitches later, Damon sends one into the second row in right field and gives the Yankees a three-run lead. Five hits for the Yankees today, three solo home runs.
Teixeira walks and the Angels start to get some action in the bullpen. Lefty Darren Oliver is getting loose.
Rodriguez swings at the first pitch he sees and just misses his second homer of the night. Rivera squeezes it at the wall in left and Kate Hudson can sit back down.
The Yankees are being very agressive this inning, but getting some good hacks off of Weaver.
Weaver fans Matsui to end the inning, but another solo home run from the Yankees has them ahead by three.
NY 3 LA 0
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Bottom of the Fourth
Second time through the lineup now for the Angels. Abreu leads it off, followed by Hunter and Guerrero.
Couple of hall-of-famers in attendance as Hank Aaron and Rod Carew have been spotted.
Abreu lines one out to left, Damons snags it for the first out of the inning.
Hunter swings for the fence on the second pitch he sees, but will have to settle for a long, loud foul ball. He takes the next pitch to left field for a base hit. Fourth straight inning with a baserunner for the Angels.
Hunter breaks for second, but Pettitte throws to first. Hunter, running on Pettitte's first off move, is easily thrown out at second by Teixeira.
Guerrero walks. Instead of first and second with one out, it's a man on first with two outs as Hunter may have ran the Angels out of a big inning here.
Rivera gets on top of one, but lines it right at Damon for the third out.
Angels still can't get anything going against Pettitte.
NY 2 LA 0
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Top of the Fourth
A-Rod leads it off for the Yankees. He flied out in his first at-bat. Rodriguez belts a 3-1 fast ball deep to left for home run. Weaver has made two mistake pitches today and both have found thier way into the left-field seats.
Can't try to sneak a 3-1 fast ball by Rodriguez, that's asking for trouble.
Matsui works a walk. He's at first with nobody out for Posada.
Posada ropes a 3-2 pitch into right-center for a base hit and the Yankees have first and second, still nobody out. Weaver desperately needs to avoid a big inning here.
Cano grounds it to Kendrick who flips to second for one out. No play at first and the Yankees have runners at the corners with one down for Swisher. Swisher should see a steady diet of breaking balls here as Weaver will look to induce a double play.
A 1-2 change-up to Swisher just misses the corner and the count runs even at 2 and 2. Swisher does not see one fastball and goes down swinging on a curve. Two down, runners still at the corners for Melky Cabrera.
Cabrera lofts one into shallow center, but a nice running catch by Aybar saves at least one run and Weaver is out of the inning with just one run.
NY 2 LA 0
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Bottom of the Third
The Angels will send Kendrick, Napoli and Aybar to the plate to start the bottom half of the third. Then back to to the top with Figgins.
Kendrick gets jammed a sends one in the air to right. Swisher fights off the California sun and puts it away for the first out of the inning.
Napoli completely shatters his bat and sends another one to Swisher. Two down.
Another broken bat, this one belongs to Erick Aybar. But he is able to muscle a base hit into center field. One on and two out for Chone Figgins.
Pettitte nearly picks off Aybar, but the throw short-hops Teixeira a little bit and Aybar scampers safely back to the bag.
Aybar plays the waiting game with Pettittte then swipes second. Pretty good pitch for Posada to throw on, but Aybar is in there at second regardless. That's the first Angels baserunner to make it past first base.
Figgins pops the next pitch foul to Teixeira.
Three baserunners for the Angels today, and so far they can't get to Pettitte.
NY 1 LA 0
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Top of the Third
Back to the top of the order for the Yankees, as Jeter looks to follow up on his lead-off home run. It will be interesting to see how Weaver starts Jeter after the shortstop parked a fastball in the first.
Weaver does start Jeter with a high, hard one and Jeter swings under it for strike one. He then flies out to deep right-center for the first out of the inning.
Damon grounds one to Kendrick for out number two.
Weaver gets Teixeira swinging for the third out. Harmless inning for the Yankees as Weaver looks like he is settling in.
NY 1 LA 0
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Bottom of the Second
Vlad Guerrero leads it for the Halos and hits a 2-0 pitch back through the middle for a base hit. Let's see if the Angels can do what they couldn't do in the first and get something going with the lead-off man on.
Rivera yanks one to the left side, fielded by Jeter who flips to Cano to for one out. Rivera narrowly beats the turn at first. One on and one out for Kendry Morales.
Morales rolls another one to Jeter who takes upon himself to get the two outs this time. The 6-3 double play ends the inning and the Angels waste another opportunity to get something going.
NY 1 LA 0
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Top of the Second
Matsui leads it off for the Yanks and Weaver starts him with a strike on the outside corner. Nice battle between Weaver and Matsui as the Yankees DH fights off a couple 3-2 fastballs and dumps a curve into right field for a base hit. Quality at-bat by Matsui.
Home plate umpire Bill Miller jumps the gun a little bit and rings up Posada on strike two. The catcher reminds the umpire that he still has one more strike left and then works a walk. Two on and nobody out for Cano.
On a 2-2 pitch, Cano rolls one over to shortstop Erik Aybar who flips to second for one out. Cano beats out the throw to first and the Yankees have first and third with one out for Nick Swisher.
There's been a Pat Sajak sighting behind home plate. No word if Vanna White is in attendance. Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler also taking in some baseball. Nicholson is rocking a red Yankees hat (showing allegiance to both teams?)
Swisher flies out the left, but it's not deep enough to advance either of the runners. Still first and third with two down now for Melky Cabrera.
Cabrera grounds out to second and the threat is over. Big inning by Weaver, keeps the Yanks off the board after getting the first two batters on base.
NY 1 LA 0
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Bottom of the First
It will be important for the Angels to try and get something going here in the bottom half. Not an easy task against Pettitte.
Figgins starts it off with a base hit through the hole on the left side. Pettitte seems a bit pre-occupied with Figgins over at first as he threw over to the bag three times in a row. Abreu cannot take advantage though, he takes an anxious cut at a 1-0 curveball and pops out foul to Teixeira.
Pettitte continues to pay with catch with his first basemen. Perhaps he is not happy with the nice weather and is trying to make his own delay.
Hunter grounds into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.
NY 1 LA 0
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Top of the First
Weaver is looking to build off of a seven strikeout performance against the Red Sox in Game 2 of the ALDS.
Jeter steps in, and we're ready for baseball.
Weaver quickly falls behind Jeter 2-0. Weaver throws a get-me-over fastball and Jeter deposits it into the left-field seats. Not the start Angels manager Mike Scioscia was looking for.
Weaver responds to get Damon swinging for the first out. Weaver then jams Teixeira, who pops out to center field for the second out.
Weaver gets A-Rod to fly out to right-center on a high fastball down 0-2.
Jeter gets the Yanks off to a hot start.
NY 1 LA 0.
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Hey folks, women's volleyball writer Bill Landis here to take you through Game 3 of the ALCS between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (still need to change that name).
Anyway, the Angels are looking to avoid going down 3 games to the Yankees as the scene shifts from the Bronx to So-Cal.
Here's you're starting lineups:
Yankees
1. Derek Jeter SS
2. Johnny Damon LF
3. Mark Teixiera 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez 3B
5. Hideki Matsui DH
6. Jorge Posada C
7. Robinson Cano 2B
8. Nick Swisher RF
9. Melky Cabrera CF
Starting Pitcher for the Yankees is Andy Pettitte
Angels
1. Chone Figgins 3B
2. Bobby Abreu RF
3. Torii Hunter CF
4. Vladimir Guerrero CF
5. Juan Rivera LF
6. Kendry Morales 1B
7. Howie Kendrick 2B
8. Mike Napoli C
9. Erik Aybar SS
Starting Pitcher for the Angels is Jered Weaver
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