2009 World Series Game 2: AJ Burnett Returns Serve
Baseball | 2009 World Series - AJ Burnett - Mariano Rivera
by Memphis Bengal on Friday, October 30th, 2009 at 05:42am
(great pic from the NY Daily News as the crowd arrives last night)
AJ Burnett makes that contract pay off, as, let’s face it, Yankees players get a good chunk of their free agent money to show up in October. 7 innings, 1 run, 9 Ks, and a general pumping first pitch strikes machine all night. There is good Burnett and bad Burnett. Good Burnett showed up with a vengeance last night. And, by so doing, squares the series 1-1.
Pivotal moment in another tight game? Mariano Rivera inducing a double play from game one hero Chase Utley with two on, one out, and the Phils down one in the 8th. Good stuff.
Now, after two games where Lee, Sabathia, Burnett, and Pedro put the collective bats of two potent line-ups on general ice, the teams head to Philly for the weekend. At some point, an offensive awakening is coming in what looks, for all the world, like a series that might actually be classic.