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Orlando Hernandez will try to close it out Sunday night for the Yankees, with Boston starting Derek Lowe. We want to come back and play another good game.' 'You can forget about history,' New York captain Derek Jeter said. Seasons since Joe Torre took over as manager, their 40th overall. To get the one victory they need for the seventh AL pennant in nine

No major league baseball team has ever overcome a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series, and 20 of the 25 that lost the first three games went down in four straight. 'To be up 3-0, I think we're surprised by the fact that we've done that,' Torre said. Offense on a night Javier Vazquez relieved an ineffective Kevin Brown to get just his second win in more than two months.

New York, which has won six straight postseason games, had 22 hits in all, eight of them doubles. 'It doesn't matter who we're facing or who is pitching.' 'We feel like we have a lot of momentum,' Rodriguez said. Matsui had five hits, five RBI and five runs scored, and Rodriguez homered and scored five times.īernie Williams had four hits and three RBI, setting LCS career records for hits (47), total bases (77) and RBI (29). Sheffield broke a 6-all tie with a three-run homer off Curtis Leskanic in the fourth inning.

#YANKEES RED SOX GAME SERIES#

Gary Sheffield, Hideki Matsui and Alex Rodriguez turned Game 3 of the AL Championship Series into one big round of batting Orlando Hernandez will start for the Yankees in his first outing of the playoffs. He pitched one inning of relief and earned the win in the ALDS-clincher over the Angels. It'll be his first start - and just second outing - of the postseason. Trailing three-games-to-none, Derek Lowe will start for Boston. The Red Sox are in an impossible spot, heading into Sunday's Game 4. And those 19 runs were the most ever allowed by Boston in postseason franchise history. The Yankees scored an ALCS-record 19 runs. The Yankees went on to score five runs in the top of the fourth, and never gave up the lead after that. Johnny Damon was next up and grounded out to end the inning, leaving the score tied at 6-6. At that moment, the momentum was sapped from the Red Sox. Jason Varitek scored from third as did Kevin Millar from second, but in an attempt to give his team the lead Bill Mueller was thrown out at the plate. With one out and the bases loaded and the Red Sox trailing 6-4 in the bottom of the third, Orlando Cabrera lined a double to the wall in right-center. Just an awful effort overall by the Red Sox staff. Heck, why not choose each one who pitched? Boston used six pitchers, all of whom weren't even close to being effective. His pivotal three-run homer in the fourth snapped a 6-6 tie and put the Yankees in command.

He was 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI. While it's difficult to pick only one Yankees player - especially with the way Hideki Matsui swung the bat - Sheffield is the one by the slimmest of margins. By the time the long, long night ended with a devastating 19-8 romp over the Red Sox, the dreaded New Yorkers were just one game away from a shocking sweep. BOSTON (AP) - The Yankees kept circling the bases, embarrassing Boston's beleaguered pitching staff.

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