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Bats look to break out as Series shifts

October 30, 2009

PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Derek Jeter(notes) almost seems to delight in the way thisWorld Series is playing out.

Forget all those power hitters. Pitching is priceless.

“I told you,” he said with a smile.

Without any offense from Alex Rodriguez(notes), Jeter and the New York Yankeestotaled four runs in the first two games and still eked out a split at home.Now, the Series shifts to Philadelphia for Game 3 on Saturday night, with ColeHamels(notes) set to start for the Phillies against fellow lefty Andy Pettitte(notes).

Three wins from a second consecutive championship, Philadelphia could wrapit up at home. Chase Utley(notes), Jimmy Rollins(notes) and crew can’t wait to play beforetheir fervent fans in the second-ever World Series game on Halloween.

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“We’re back in our own ballpark. It’s going to be hostile. It’s going to beloud,” Shane Victorino(notes) said.

Nothing new, according to the Yankees.

“Because of the team we are, we get booed and yelled at everywhere we go,”Johnny Damon(notes) said. “Even coming off the train.”

Citizens Bank Park is approximately 108 miles from Yankee Stadium, with allthose New Jersey Turnpike tolls in between. Both teams zipped down on the trainin a little more than an hour—the Phillies after their 3-1 loss Thursdaynight, the Yankees on Friday afternoon.

During batting practice, as one slugger after another sent balls ricochetingaround Philadelphia’s cozy ballpark, it was hard to fathom how Cliff Lee(notes) andA.J. Burnett(notes) looked so dominant on the mound the previous two nights.

“I can’t say enough about our advanced scouting and our reports. They’reright on,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said.

Sooner or later, though, some of these big bats are bound to break loose.

Mark Teixeira’s(notes) only hit in seven at-bats is a solo homer. Phillies bopperRyan Howard(notes) is hitting .222 with six strikeouts. A monster in the playoffs,Rodriguez is 0 for 8 in his first World Series, also with six strikeouts.

“I feel pretty good. I mean, it’s only been eight at-bats, but I felt likeI’ve had a lot of good swings,” he said. “I fouled a couple of pitches offthat I should have put in play.”

A-Rod was mostly an October bust before this year, but Jeter insisted he’snot worried.

“No, the guy’s been killing the ball for three weeks,” Jeter said. “It’skind of hard to sit here and overanalyze things. If pitchers make their pitches,they’re going to get you out.”

Damon said the rest of the Yankees need to pick up the slack for Rodriguez.But with offense at a premium, they’ll be missing a dangerous bat during thenext three games.

Because World Series rules do not allow a designated hitter in the NationalLeague park, New York must decide whether to put Hideki Matsui(notes) in the outfieldor on the bench.

“As productive as he’s been for us this year, you don’t want to lose hisbat,” manager Joe Girardi said.

Matsui hit a go-ahead homer off Pedro Martinez(notes) in Game 2 and it might seemtempting to start him in right field in place of slumping Nick Swisher(notes). Slowedby knee surgeries, however, Matsui hasn’t played the outfield since June 15,2008, at Houston. He appeared in right field only three times that year, all inApril.

Matsui was stationed in right during batting practice and jogged after a fewfungos, but it was hardly an intense workout.

“I don’t see any major issues,” he said through a translator. “At thispoint, the way I feel, I think it should be fine. I mean, again, you really haveto try and then see how it feels.”

Speaking before his team took the field, Girardi didn’t disclose his plans.

“I’m going to look at some things today, watch a little bit, see how hemoves around and see if we think that it’s physically possible for him to doit,” he said. “If we can’t do it, we’ll use him in a role to pinch hit when wefeel that he can be most valuable to us. It might be a situation where you mightthink about a double switch at high time, but you don’t want to lose his bat.”

Manuel, who acknowledged that several Phillies are fighting flu symptoms,did announce a decision. He picked Joe Blanton(notes) to start Game 4 rather than Leeon short rest or rookie J.A. Happ(notes), who will stay in the bullpen.

Lee tossed a six-hitter with 10 strikeouts and no walks for a 6-1 victory inthe opener at Yankee Stadium, improving to 3-0 with a 0.54 ERA in four startsthis postseason. But he’s never pitched on three days’ rest.

First, the Phillies turn to Hamels, last year’s World Series MVP againstTampa Bay.

A sure thing last October, the 25-year-old Hamels has struggled this season.He went 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA in three NL playoff starts.

“It’s been a growing process,” Hamels said. “It’s just coming back anddelivering, and I still have an opportunity to help this team out and win somebig games.”

Saturday will be a big one, indeed. Nine of the last 10 teams to win Game 3when the World Series was tied 1-all went on to take the title.

Hamels said that when he was growing up he emulated Pettitte, who set amajor league record with his 16th postseason win when he beat the Los AngelesAngels to clinch the AL championship series.

The 37-year-old Pettitte is 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA this postseason and 3-4 witha 3.82 ERA in 11 World Series starts.

“He doesn’t seem fazed by anything,” Jeter said. “He’s pitched in everykind of big game you can think of.”

Indeed, Pettitte sounded perfectly relaxed one day before his outing,detailing how upset his daughter is that he won’t be home for Halloween.

“My wife is flying up here to be with me, but my kids, they want to be homefor Halloween and go around trick-or-treating and do the things that theynormally do,” he said. “I’m not going to mess with that with them if that’swhat they want to do.”

The Yankees, of course, had some World Series luck on Halloween in 2001,when Jeter’s 10th-inning homer capped a Game 4 comeback against Arizona.

“I remember that,” Pettitte said. “That was special.”

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