SB Nation New York - Kendrick Pitches Phillies To 7-1 Victory Over Yankeeshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48977/ny-fave.png2010-06-17T22:39:18-04:00http://newyork.sbnation.com/rss/stream/12874952010-06-17T22:39:18-04:002010-06-17T22:39:18-04:00Phillies Win, 4-2, Take Two Of Three From Yankees
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<p>Bronx, NY (Sports Network) – Kyle Kendrick pitched seven strong innings and Shane Victorino hit a two-run homer off Yankees starter Andy Pettitte, as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York, 7-1.</p>
<p>Kendrick (4-2) yielded an <span class="caps">RBI</span> single to Robinson Cano among his four hits, walked two and struck out three. Kendrick has allowed one earned run or less in three of his last four starts.</p>
<p>Ryan Howard recorded a run-scoring single and added a sacrifice fly for the Phillies, who took two of three from the Yankees in a rematch of last year’s World Series, which New York won in six games.</p>
<p>Pettitte (8-2) gave up three runs — two earned — on six hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in seven full frames.</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/2010/6/17/1524011/phillies-win-4-2-take-two-of-threeEd Valentine2010-06-17T16:33:38-04:002010-06-17T16:33:38-04:00Yankees, Phillies Meet Tonight In Rubber Game Of Series
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">(Sports Network) - <span>Andy Pettitte</span> faces the <a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/PHI" class="sbn-auto-link">Philadelphia Phillies</a> for the first time since clinching the <a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/NYY" class="sbn-auto-link">New York Yankees</a>' 27th World Series title when the Bronx Bombers play the rubber match of their three-game set with the two-time defending National League champions tonight at Yankee Stadium.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Pettitte, who turned 38 on Tuesday, beat the Phils twice in last year's Fall Classic and has carried that success into this season, as he is off to the best start of his career by going 8-1 with a 2.46 earned run average.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The left-hander joined Whitey Ford (236) and Red Ruffing (231) as the only pitchers to win 200 games as a Yankee in his last start Friday against Houston, which managed two earned runs and four hits off him in 7 1/3 innings.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"It's special. There's not a lot of guys that have won that many games as a Yankee," Pettitte said. "So it's a good thing."</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Pettitte is 2-2 lifetime with a 3.67 ERA in seven regular-season starts against the Phils.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">While Pettitte will be taking center stage in Thursday's finale, it was another aging lefty who stole the show on Wednesday, as <span>Jamie Moyer</span> threw eight strong innings to help Philadelphia to 6-3 win.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Exactly 24 years to the day since his major-league debut, Moyer (7-6) limited the potent Yankees' offense to just three hits and two runs. He also walked a batter and struck out five.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">At 47 years, 155 days old, Moyer became the oldest pitcher ever to win against the Yankees.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"I think we stuck with a pretty good game plan that we had, and I was able to make consistent pitches and good pitches, and we scored enough runs," said Moyer, who couldn't get out of the second inning in his last start on Friday in Boston. "It's nice to have run support, but as a pitcher you have to go out and do your job."</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Ryan Howard</span> and <span>Jayson Werth</span> each hit solo home runs while <span>Shane Victorino</span> added a three-run triple for the Phillies, who won for just the second time in their last six tries.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Robinson Cano</span> and <span>Jorge Posada</span> each hit solo home runs for the Yankees, who lost for the first time in 10 home games and fell for only the second time in their last nine overall contests.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">New York starter <span>A.J. Burnett</span> (6-5) was tagged for six runs on six hits with four walks and three strikeouts in just 3 1/3 innings of work.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"Everything was up, my sinker was off the plate, but I think my hook feeds off that too," Burnett said. "When I throw that for strikes, I have the same arm slot as my fastball. I was throwing every pitch at every different angle, and I didn't feel good at all."</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Philadelphia will turn to righty <span>Kyle Kendrick</span> tonight as he tries to bounce back from an awful outing in his last start, which took place June 8 against the <a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/FLA" class="sbn-auto-link">Florida Marlins</a>. Kendrick gave up six runs in five innings of that one, but was bailed out by his offense and did not get a decision in his team's 10-8 win.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Kendrick, who is 3-2 with a 4.80 ERA on the year, pitched two scoreless innings in relief of Moyer on Friday. This will be his first-ever appearance against the Yankees.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Phillies took two of three at Yankee Stadium during interleague play last season, but are just 3-5 versus the AL this season. New York is 5-3 against the Senior Circuit this season.</p>
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