The Yankees replaced Melky Cabrera on their postseason roster with Ramiro Peña due to his injury in Game 4, while Brett Gardner took Cabrera's place in center field . [104] A. J. Burnett, the Yankees' Game 2 starter, started Game 5 on three days rest, one less than the Phillies' Cliff Lee. [105] The Yankees scored first in the first inning, with Johnny Damon reaching base with a single and then scoring on a two-out double by Alex Rodriguez. [106] The Phillies responded in the bottom of the inning with a single by Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino reaching after being hit by a pitch , and finally a three-run home run by Chase Utley to take the lead. [106] The Phillies added to their lead in the third inning with Utley and Ryan Howard drawing walks followed by RBI singles by Jayson Werth and Raúl Ibañez. [106] With no outs in the inning, Burnett was relieved by David Robertson, who allowed another run to score on a Carlos Ruiz ground out. [106]
Robertson held the Phillies scoreless for a second inning in the fourth.[106] Jorge Posada entered as a pinch hitter in the fifth inning for José Molina and grounded out. [106] Eric Hinske then pinch hit for Robertson and walked, advanced to third on a Derek Jeter single, and scored on a ground out by Damon. [106] Alfredo Aceves entered as the new Yankee pitcher in the bottom of the fifth. [106] The first batter he faced, Jayson Werth, hit a deep drive to center field but it was caught for an out by Gardner, who collided with the outfield wall to complete the play.[106] Aceves completed the inning without a run scoring, inducing ground outs from Ibáñez and Ruiz.[106] Phil Coke relieved Aceves in the seventh inning and allowed two Phillies players to tie World Series records. [106] First, Utley tied Reggie Jackson 's record for most home runs in a World Series with a home run, his fifth of the series.[107] Coke then struck out Howard, Howard's 12th strikeout in the series, tying Willie Wilson's record for most strikeouts in a World Series. [108] Finally, Coke was driven from the game after allowing another home run, this time to Ibáñez, and was relieved by Phil Hughes. [106]
Victorino was replaced defensively in the eighth inning by Ben Francisco. [106] Lee was driven from the game after allowing a single to Damon, followed by a double by Mark Teixeira, and then a double by Rodriguez that scored both runners.[106] Chan Ho Park relieved Lee and induced a ground out from Nick Swisher, which advanced Rodriguez to third base. Rodriguez scored on a sacrifice fly by
Robinson Canó. [106] Ryan Madson entered in the ninth to close the game, allowing a double to Posada and a single to Hideki Matsui without recording an out. [106] Batting with men on first and third base, Jeter grounded into a double play, allowing Posada to score but emptying the bases. [106] Damon singled to bring Teixeira to bat as the potential tying run, but Madson struck him out to record his first World Series save . [106] Members of the news media, such as
Gene Wojciechowski, were critical of the three-man starting rotation strategy following Game 3, [48] and contended that Burnett's poor performance was caused by insufficient rest in between starts. [109] However, Burnett had been successful up to this point in such situations, going 4–0 with a 2.33 ERA in four career starts on short rest (less than the normal four days between starts) before this game. [110]
Game 6
Yankees designated hitter Hideki Matsui, pictured here in the 2007 regular season, tied a World Series record for most RBIs in a single game and won the World Series MVP award.
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