2009 ALCS Game 6: Angels @ Yankees

Game six a day too late for some regardless the weather much better Sunday evening the Yanks looking for a 40th AL pennant the Angels looking to extend it one more night Bernie Williams the ceremonial first pitch of course Bernie a four-time champion with the game Andy Pettitte is 38th career postseason start here is Andy Pettitte and that's what he's done this postseason overall in his postseason history well 15 victories tying John Smoltz for the most all time he was really impressive is 133 games the last two years bit of an arm problem in mid-august it'll pop off into right field for a braid saunders gives them back-to-back hits with two outs breaking ball is popped into right swisher for out number one throw behind for a double-play you can understand that immediately thought the ball might drop but once you see swish you're closed can't get double up on this ball plays right in front of me he's out by two feet at first to the right side Kendra Morales will go to the bag three more runners left on for Johnny Damon three for the Yankees five on the night into the third in it Game six no score and a strikeout for Petitte prasada looks the runner Mathis back to second gets the out at first one away combination is struggled this postseason to one is grounded to the right side Cannell picks it up makes a play to our covered a ton of ground and gets the second out of the year to the right side but it's one out to wait fine play by Cano the ball stays down the pivot and that strong arm - no not quite but the Yankees talk about him as having a shortstops arm it's very very strong for second base and a base hit into right the Angels strike first a pitch stayed up and Bobby Abreu jumped on it and the Angels take advantage of a back-to-back curveballs the first one a good one the one he hit not a good but watch it stay up inside part of the plate and Abreu puts the angels on top catchers don't usually catch those Yanam on the outside corner is Abreu at for out number two here's a 2-1 to the right side Morales slips gets to the bag and that's it the Yankees have stranded six got him on the outside corner and plan didn't like that pitch I in like the last two and he's out number one while it is rare for a pitcher to get a call furred strike to Vladimir Guerrero Railroad thought it was outside didn't look outside Yankees got and five strikeouts for pet second and third for Tito and there is a ball late swing strike one ball two one of the better fast balls of the night from Joe Saunders 94 in a good spot - and - that squirts away the knot fights it off pops it up right side foul ball Reacher and a pop up back in how to load them off in the left centerfield two runs are going to score Yankees lead Johnny Damon gets the bad head out fastball away Damon hits it away and the Yankees take their first lead of the night that changed left side bar throws to second not in time bases loaded damn and Edith this is almost a situation where you have to take Sanders out of the game we've got tips in the heart slower a guy can get in on Alex Rodriguez the hottest hitter in the postseason and the worst of things happening to the Angels no place to put a rod with one out the infield hit roads him up for the new Yankee hero ball one ball two Wow three and one and that will force home a run to make it 3 2 1 Saunders wants to know where that mist and it's 3-1 New York on a bases-loaded walk that'll be for Joe Saunders third walk of the inning Joe Saunders through 83 pitches he leaves with the bases loaded down 3 2 1 and sure is still thinking about that 3 1 pitch to Rodriguez that's the 83rd pitch of the ballgame right there Saunders wanted it said it Mike Scioscia but it just would have made the count full to Alex Rodriguez instead it's ball fan it's three one New York Darren Oliver takes over a 38 year old left-hander for Jorge Posada chop through the second basement I'll click for one and onto first for a double play and a big inning-ending double play turned by the Angels one out and strikeout number six for Andy better 1:02 the second basement you know with a backhanded dick in a throw for three of the double play yeah before Turner Field debuted the next year big uns trying to bunt his way on that ball hit him in fair territory he's out it took a bounce and got him in the foot or in the leg and he is out once he's out of the batter's box trying to push the ball to the right side and if that ball hits him in foul territory he's not out but it hit him in fair territory Sean Figgins or what a nightmare of a series he's having it's him right Annie are a 1.19 left side Higgins will step throw across to low but dug out by Morales and another scoreless inning put up by darren oliver how happy and a line drive into right park by Swisher swishy playing the count blank kindred a little more toward the line with two strikes good hitting by Kendrick but he found an outfielder before it hit the ground and he cut it's got to love that the math was coming up Andy Pettit's coming out Joba Chamberlin when this series has pitched a total of one inning he's allowed five hits here's a two-two to the shortstop Jeter he kicks it out at second his two no saves the play what a job by robinson cano ball trickling in his direction off the chest of Derek Jeter with his foot on the bag he picked it up for the out talk about the Yankees getting the trickle off the chest of Jeter and rolling over to no watch again Jeter went to pick it up Cano barehanded it one more time about them slowly hit to short Jeter throws to first and Chamberlain gets out of the seventh gets to ground balls one off the bat of his tourists one off the bat of ivory R postseason home runs and her starts and stops morales throws to second out back to first well turn double play three six three Alex Rodriguez had started on that pitch as if he was going to steal second and stop it's two out nobody on here in the seventh for New York boy again that strong throwing arm of contra Morales it's got an outfielders arm as a first baseman that's a knees and a bad site for the Angels and their fans with Rivera coming out from the Yankee bullpen is there any question in your mind and win defensively a little flair in the left there goes Jeter can't get there and a good start to the in it Figgins is on and that will bring up the tying run just out of the reach of Derek Jeter for a leadoff base hit and if you do get to Rivera this is the type of hit that you see often a flare body language no good draw this was the right move for Joe Girardi to bring Rivera in the game no question in my mind shatter back diving stop to show he continues to dazzle with his blog a tight cutter go from one dazzling pitch to a dazzling play he's been all over the place defensively up the middle - no was there - I how about that the thread of the steel placed to know around second base otherwise he doesn't make this play you can see him right there set up around second by the time he gets back close to the position he's still in a position to make the play and throws up here's Guerrero runner at second two out Rivera trying to get around that leadoff hit by Figgins strike one door one strike two that's ball three nice try Vlad tying run at the plate two out good swing by Guerrero still three and two to the right side and through Higgins will come to the plate there is no fro and it's a one run game as Vladimir Guerrero has his third hit of the night bunker to the right side Cano picks it up we go to the bottom of the 8th angels get a run off Rivera Scott Kazmir is coming in Santana gives up the leadoff walk Swisher is coming up mike scioscia making the pitching change and a punt is perfect and dropped it first to on with it will be scored as sacrifice in an error on Howie Kendrick now the angels are going to have another try at feeling of life from Melky Cabrera this time like he took his eye off the ball and in one way the head of tendrá English third is Gardner and it's for to New York get another chance to him to feel the pun so they made another until you're proving once again Joe that even at its highest level Lane's a simple game II won cashmere makes the play cheater first instead of lobbing one for out number one and a flyball into centerfield well hit on the track Torii Hunter - in scoring is Gordon that I now mike scioscia out of the dugout with a rod coming up at the biggest lead of the night have deal with Jared Weaver and the man coming to the plate is Alex Rodriguez who has two walks two hits yep bases loaded the tutu got him on the inside corner and again Jared Weaver good out of the bullpen for the angels off the plate laying back on it for out number one to Sheriff the 1 2 & 2 right that's Cabrera - I Yankees win the pennant five two is the final and the Yanks win the series and six it's a record 40th American League pennant Pettitte second win of the postseason Rivera his third save of the postseason Saunders takes the loss to it's each for Damon Teixeira an a-rod CC Sabathia named the ALCS MVP for more on the Yankees clincher we head out to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx

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Keywords: 2009 American League Championship Series (Event), New York Yankees (Baseball Team), Game, baseball, playoff, clincher

Id: WdDl45zJ4sM

Length: 19min 43sec (1183 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 01 2013