Posted on 10/17/2004 3:49:35 PM PDT by Neets
Yankees look for sweep; Astros try to pull even
October 17, 2004 BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - After a record-breaking rout against the Boston Red Sox in Game Three, the New York Yankees are on the verge of their 40th World Series appearance.
The Yankees - and the two teams combined - set a League Championship Series record for runs scored in a 19-8 rout of the Red Sox on Saturday, taking a three games to none lead. Of the 25 instances when a team has taken such a best-of-seven series lead previously, it has closed out the series in four games 20 times.
The chances of New York advancing to the World Series for the seventh time in nine years are very good considering no baseball team has ever come back from a three-game playoff series deficit. New York will give the ball to Orlando Hernandez, who jumped out to an 8-0 start this year before shoulder problems resulted in a finish of 0-2 with an 8.03 ERA. In his one start against Boston this season, "El Duque" pitched just three innings due to a rain delay.
Boston will pin its survival hopes on 14-game winner Derek Lowe, who was moved up from a potential Game Five start after the Red Sox used scheduled Game Four starter Tim Wakefield out of the bullpen Saturday. Lowe has a career 3.50 ERA in the postseason but was saddled with a 9.28 ERA against New York during the regular season.
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The Socksers must have purposely scheduled this game at a late hour after Bambino's bed time! NFG!
what a wild inning.
Good thing you can't hear McCarver...What an idiot.
It's almost like the Red Sox are cursed or sumthin'
4-3 Yanks
That wasn't my fault, either.
Cairo's DUE.
Bellhorn rhymes with Buckner...
No Goleden Gloves on the last series of plays. SWEEP ON THE HORIZON.
All the Yankees should be forced to take paternity tests.
I mean, it sure looks like the Yankees are the 'daddys' of ALL the Red Sox! ;-)
You guys notice the body language of the Sox manager? Francosa folding his arms and rocking on the bench. That is total anxiety.
how many pitches has Timlin thrown here?
Bags juiced for the captain.
You're still online, right?
And HE'S due as well.
Jeter can put it away now...
man I hope he is, its 0-2 on jeter.
Timlin's got an inning left...IF he survives.
That would be letting the sox fans off easy. Take it till the 8th inning then end it.
Right down the pipe...No can do.
Derek's not on his "A" game at bat...Good thing A-Rod, Shef and Godzilla are.
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