A-Rod Going Deep Off Of Hammels-AP Eric Gay

The Yankees bats have awakened as they have taken a 2-1 series lead over the Philadelphia Phillies.

The New York Yankees hit 3 home runs against the Phillies to take a one game lead in the World Series.

The Halloween game, which was delayed by rain for about 80 minutes, started off as a horror show.

Pettite was having problems, walking batters and he and Jorge Posada didn’t seem to be on the same page. A Jayson Werth blast — the first of two off Andy — and a misplayed Cole Hamels bunt led to three runs in the second inning.

But the Yankees and Andy Pettitte did not give up.

Alex Rodriguez hit a controversial two run blast off Cole Hamels in the fourth which got them back in the game.

Yes, the umps initially signaled a double and had to go to the review television under the bleachers before declaring the blast a home run. But it WAS a home run. The ball bounced off a FOX camera perched in right field and came back on the field. ESPN’s John Kruk was ranting about how embarrassing it was for Major League Baseball.

What the chunky ex-ball player didn’t know, was that the umpires had discussed the camera before the game and they had come to an agrrement: Any ball that hit the camera in the air would be ruled a home run.

That play was the turning point of the game. Cole Hammels couldn’t get an out and the Yankees went on a tear and couldn’t be denied their second victory of the series.

The big players of the game were Andy Pettite, A-Rod, Matsui, and Damon, who all came up clutch with some big hits and some nice RBIs. Yes, I included Pettite in that group because he did knock in his 18th career RBI.

I guess Cole Hammels enjoyed his Halloween as he got booed by the Philly faithful.

In the first inning, the Yankees have already taken a 2-0 lead against the Anaheim Angels. They are off to a good start thanks to their amazing one-two punch in Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon.

After Jeter and Damon both reached safely, thanks to two nice base hits, Alex Rodriguez was able to score Jeter on a sacrafice fly to deep center. The next hitter, Hideki Matsui was able to score Damon thanks to a communication error by Angel’s third baseman Chone Figgins and shortstop Erick Aybar. Matsui hit a soaring fly ball in the direction of the two Angel infielders. To put it simply, they both thought the other was going to catch the routine flyball. Either way, it led to a Yankees 2-0 lead.

Joba Chamberlain

After jumping out to an early 4-0 lead over the Texas Rangers, the NewYork Yankees and Joba Chamberlain fell apart and couldn’t hold on to the lead. Joba was well rested and has no excuses for the rallys that the Rangers had in both the second and fourth inning with two outs. The Yankees better get their act together and figure out how to beat the Rangers at Yankee Stadium, because they could very well be their first round opponent in this years playoffs.

With eight days rest, Joba needed 96 pitches to get him through only four innings. He gave up seen runs on nine hits nd three walks. His worst inning of all was his last, in which it took him 44 pitches to get ot of it. Rough night for Joba, dropping his second straight decision. I am just starting to wonder if he is going to turn this around soemtime soon. The playoffs are lurking right around the corner. Maybe Joe Girardi should should have him throw on two or three days rest. Maybe that will get him into gear. Who knows?

The Yanks put together a  couple  of base hits in the bottom of the ninth, and were looking to win the game, when Melky Cabrera lined into an inning ending double play.