Another day in the cityof Brotherly Love. Same result on the diamond. This time it was a different character doing it with the bat for the Rockies. Kaz Matsui was the spark plug at the top of Colorado's line-up, but It was the 2nd batter in the order that got things started. Troy Tulowitzki and Matt Holliday went back to back in the 1st inning to get the Rox on the board, but Philly had a MVP candidate of their own with something to prove. SS Jimmy Rollins homered and tripled to give the Phils a 3-2 lead, but then Matsui struck with a grand slam in the 4th and an RBI triple in the 6th of his own. The Colorado bullpen stepped up to throw 6 innings of 2-run relief. Capping it with a 2 inning appearance for his 2nd save of the series was Manny Corpas. Philly 1st baseman Ryan Howard added a solo homer, but also got picked off 1st base. Going back to the Mountains with a 2 games to none lead is pretty muchh all that needs to be said about this series. Honorable Mention: Yorvit Torrealba
The Yankees bench had all the postseason experience, but Cleveland looked like the regulars. After falling behind early with CC Sabathia on the mound the Indians leaned on Kenny Lofton to do what he has done for years: light a spark. Lofton answered the call with a 3 hit-4 RBI night in route to a 12-4 victory. Yankees started Chien Ming Wang was ineffective giving up 8-runs in 4 2/3 innings. The tribe had 4 different players hit homers while Victor Martinez and Ryan Garko added 2 RBIs apiece. 8 of the 9 Indians in the line-up had at least 1 hit. The Yankees had sub-par production from their 2 thru 6 hitters( 1 for 16 ). Including an 0-4 night from the Captain Derek Jeter. The Yankees will now have to rely on the "Old Guys" Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens to shoulder the load if they plan to make any noise in the series. Dishonorable Mention: Clevelands own Lebron James strolled into Jacobs Field wearing a NY hat. Lost a little respect there LJ.
The Valley of the Sun has proven no place for Cubs. The Diamondbacks used their potent young line-up and usual bullpen script to all, but seal the NLDS up. Starter Doug Davis got the victory despite giving up 4 runs due to a steady stream of zero's from the relief core. Tony Pena, Brandon Lyon and Jose Valverde each tossed a shutout inning with Valverde striking out the side in the 9th. Arizona got its offense from everyone chipping in. Anyone, Anytime as veteran Tony Clark says. Chris Young got it started with a 2 out three run homer and Eric Byrnes followed up a Stephen Drew single with a booming triple off the LF wall. Drew would also add a 2-run triple of his own in the 4th inning. Chicago added 8 hits of it's own, but nothing to speak of after Bob Melvin made his call to the bullpen.
The Yankees bench had all the postseason experience, but Cleveland looked like the regulars. After falling behind early with CC Sabathia on the mound the Indians leaned on Kenny Lofton to do what he has done for years: light a spark. Lofton answered the call with a 3 hit-4 RBI night in route to a 12-4 victory. Yankees started Chien Ming Wang was ineffective giving up 8-runs in 4 2/3 innings. The tribe had 4 different players hit homers while Victor Martinez and Ryan Garko added 2 RBIs apiece. 8 of the 9 Indians in the line-up had at least 1 hit. The Yankees had sub-par production from their 2 thru 6 hitters( 1 for 16 ). Including an 0-4 night from the Captain Derek Jeter. The Yankees will now have to rely on the "Old Guys" Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens to shoulder the load if they plan to make any noise in the series. Dishonorable Mention: Clevelands own Lebron James strolled into Jacobs Field wearing a NY hat. Lost a little respect there LJ.
The Valley of the Sun has proven no place for Cubs. The Diamondbacks used their potent young line-up and usual bullpen script to all, but seal the NLDS up. Starter Doug Davis got the victory despite giving up 4 runs due to a steady stream of zero's from the relief core. Tony Pena, Brandon Lyon and Jose Valverde each tossed a shutout inning with Valverde striking out the side in the 9th. Arizona got its offense from everyone chipping in. Anyone, Anytime as veteran Tony Clark says. Chris Young got it started with a 2 out three run homer and Eric Byrnes followed up a Stephen Drew single with a booming triple off the LF wall. Drew would also add a 2-run triple of his own in the 4th inning. Chicago added 8 hits of it's own, but nothing to speak of after Bob Melvin made his call to the bullpen.
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