The Rangers were up 2-1 after another classic postseason outing by Cliff Lee. Lee struck out 13 in the Bronx on Monday night to give his Rangers a series lead. The Rangers won 8-0 after scoring 6 runs in the Top 9. The Yankees had no response as evident by most of the fans who went in the top of the ninth.
Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer off Andy Pettitte and started a six-run blast in the ninth with a double in the opening. Lee improved to 7-0 with a 1.26 ERA in eight postseason starts. Three of those victories came against the mighty Yankees, including two in last year’s World Series for Philadelphia.
Pettitte just made one mistake and it was a fastball with a hanging cut over the middle of the plate that Josh Hamilton took over the right-field wall, giving his team a 2-0 lead and all the lead it needed. Cliff Lee. After the home run, Pettitte retired 20 of the Ranger’s next 23 batters.
Just another pitching-dominated playoff game. Game four in the Bronx is scheduled for tonight at 8 pm when AJ Burnett takes the mound for the Yankees to take on the Rangers’ Tommy Hunter. No lines have been established at the time of this publication.
Games 4 and 5 will be played in New York. If there is a Game 7, Cliff Lee would start and the Yankees don’t want to face Lee again. If the Rangers win tonight, good night, Yankees.