World Series Game 3: Yankees 8, Phillies 5

The New York Yankees swatted three home runs
to win a pivotal Game 3 by scoring five unanswered runs and rally
for an 8-5 win over Philadelphia to take a 2-1 series lead in a
game that featured the first reversal of an umpire’s call on replay
in World Series history.
   
The Yanks trailed 3-0 before their bats came alive. They got two
back on a disputed fourth-inning home run by Alex Rodriguez for his
first hit of the World Series. They went ahead with three more in
the fifth inning on a run-scoring single by pitcher Andy Pettitte
and a two-run double by Johnny Damon. Nick Swisher added a solo
homer in the sixth and Hideki Matsui (hih-DEK’-ee mat-SOO’-ee)
delivered a pinch homer in the eighth.
   
Rodriguez hit his disputed two-run home run in the top of the
fourth. At first, it was ruled a double. But after Joe Girardi
appealed, the umpires went to instant replay and it was ruled a
home run that hit a TV camera that was set up above the right field
wall. It’s A-Rod’s sixth homer of this postseason, tying Bernie
Williams for the Yankee postseason record. It’s the first time that
instant replay has been used to overturn a call in the postseason
since replay has been in use the past two seasons.
   
The Yanks knocked out Cole Hamels in the fifth. He lasted four
and a-third innings, allowing five runs on five hits. J.A. Happ
relieved in the fifth and gave up a homer in the sixth. Jorge
Posada added a run-scoring single in the seventh to make it 7-4.
   
Jayson Werth has hit two solo homers for the Phils. Both came
off Pettitte, the winning pitcher who allowed four runs on five
hits and struck out seven in six innings. Joba (JAH’-bah)
Chamberlain and Damaso Marte (mahr-TAY’) each pitched an inning of
scoreless relief. Phil Hughes gave up a solo homer to Carlos Ruiz
in the ninth. Mariano Rivera got the final two outs for his 11th
career World Series save.
   
Game 4 is Sunday night in Philadelphia. CC Sabathia
goes for the Yanks against Joe Blanton.