Yanks on brink
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Pedro Martinez speaks to reporters at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in New York. Martinez is scheduled to pitch against the New York Yankees on Wednesday in Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Hideki Matsui tied the World Series record with six RBI on a home run, single and double that each drove in two runs, and the New York Yankees led the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3, after eight innings in Game 6 late Wednesday night as they neared their record 27th championship.
Matsui’s third homer of the Series gave starter Andy Pettitte a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
Philadelphia, which fought off elimination by winning, 8-6, in Game 5, got a run back in the third on Jimmy Rollins’ sacrifice fly. Matsui hit a bases-loaded single with two outs in the third, then greeted reliever J.A. Happ with a two-run double off the right-field wall that boosted New York’s lead to 7-1 in a three-run fifth.
Matsui improved to 8 for 12 (.666) with three homers and eight RBI in the Series, and 9 for 19 (.474) against Martinez in postseason play. The only other player with six RBI in a Series game was the Yankees’ Bobby Richardson, who had a first-inning grand slam and a two-run single in Game 3 against Pittsburgh in 1960.
Starting on three days’ rest following a start for the first time since September 2006, Pettitte allowed three runs, four hits and five walks in 5 2-3 innings with three strikeouts. The 37-year-old left-hander won the division series and league championship series clinchers, then beat the Phillies in Game 3 to increase his record for postseason wins to 17.
Full recap at albanyherald.com.
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