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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Good question. And the Boston players escaped all blame last year, but they shouldn't this time.
This is it!!!
And Leiter and other vets on the Mets treat the clubhouse like a country club. The Mets traded Scott Kazmir, their No. 1 pitching prospect, because Leiter thought the kid was "cocky" for putting on Eminem in the clubhouse during spring training.
"Last I checked, Leiter's team had one of the highest payrolls in the majors--and one of the fattest contracts happens to be his."
And how much was Sojo making in 2000 when he was giving Leiter so much trouble? I bet it was just a small fraction of Leiter's pay.
Mo saving the first and last games of this sweep would be sweet.
Haven't followed baseball much this summer, but the comments by Francona after the games, and his body language on the bench tells me he is over his head. Be surprised if he is still there next year. The new management, who I used to respect till they gave Kerry box seats, is very different the Yawkey's. They expect success. They are NYers.
LEADOFF WALK!
4 NY
3 BOS
Bot 9th/runner on 1st
Mo's over-throwing. It won't be easy.
not a good start.
Mo likes to make it interesting. ....sometimes too interesting.
STOLEN BASE!
4 NY
3 BOS
Bot 9th/runner on 2nd
That's why Kazmir was traded?!?!?!
What a pathetic bunch of losers. That franchise needs to be transformed before it turns into another Milwaukee Brewers. I thought Wilpon was finally going to sell the team, perhaps to someone sane, sober and not a big-time horse player. Obviously that's not going to happen.
Bobby V. won't save that team. Neither will more expensive free agents and two general managers.
SCORE! BELIEVE!
4 NY
4 BOS
Bot 9th/runner on 1st
what a mess. they may have to pull Mo now, they can't blow him out in this game. get Gordon in there.
Yes! Sox have shot to win!
Boston you are the only only only....!
Very interesting, indeed.
SAC BUNT! Runner advances
4 NY
4 BOS
Bot 9th/1 out/runner on 2nd
bunt--winning run to 2nd!!
We're in trouble.
if the Sox win here, Pedro will not lose tomorrow, too much money on the line for his contract renewal. it will come back to NY for game 6.
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