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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Oh, now it's Embree...
If we play tomorrow, Pedro better have an A game because there is no bullpen.
Laughed my @ss off...
And NOW the Yankee bats decide to die?
I knew this would happen.
Sierra might want to have one of his patented stress-free home runs about now.
Sierra might want to have one of his patented stress-free home runs about now.
A dinger by Clark will have to suffice.
4 NY
4 BOS
Bot 10th
A dinner at Smith and Wollensky if Clark hits a home run.
Serious. You know he won't.
See???
Clark's got no game.
Put in Leyritz.
Where's that, and what kinda dinner did I just miss?
>>These announcers are the WORST
Turn up your radio; ESPN or Yankee or Red Sox networks.
Gotta be better.
Anyone see the SNL cartoon (Robert Smigel's TV Funhouse)
that had Steinbrenner hiring a giant man-eating pitcher
from another planet? In the end he eats a batter and spits him out over the fence. (Not a classy move.) Then he
eats John "Yankees Win...theeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees
win!" Sterling.
Hope Olerud gets back soon.
Gordon coming in - get ready for some pain.
Gordon in -- game over. He's lost it.
the line drives are going to have to be hit directly towards someone if he is to have a chance.
Let's follow Leyritz with Mantle and Reggie.
Classic steak place in Midtown.
It was an easy bet to make. Clark sucks.
Inning over in a ....Flash.
wow, Gordon looked good.
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