Yankees Homers Fail to Stop Angels
Monday, October 19, 2009. The New York Yankees hit four solo home runs but could not stop the Los Angeles Angels who won in dramatic fashion last night in eleven innings 5-4. Jeter hit his homerun to lead off the game. Alex Rodriguez, Johnny Damon and Jorge Posoda hit solo homeruns. Jorge’s blast came in eighth to tie up the game 4-4. Andy Pettitte started for New York and went 5 1/3 innings, yeilding 3 earned runs. Joba Chamberlain followed and gave up a triple which led to another Angels run. Mariano Rivera came in the tenth with a runner on second and no one out. After allowing another baserunner on an infield hit, Mark Texeria stopped a run from scoring with a great play to home. Mariano then gave up an intentional walk to load the bases. The next two batters could not get the ball out of the infield and the Yankees were out of the inning. But it was for naught. In the bottom of the eleventh, Mathis hit a double to score the winning run. The Yankees now lead the series 2-1. Final box score: Yankees – 4 runs, 8 hits, 0 errors; Angels – 5 runs, 13 hits, 0 errors. Next game: Tuesday, October 20th, 7:57 PM, New York @ Los Angeles.
