Almost...

Yesterday was an almost day for the New York Yankees as they went to Los Angeles to play the Angels in the third game of the series. On the mound for the Yankees was Andy Pettite, who faced off against Jared Weaver.

To start the game Jeter led off, only seeing two pitches before taking the third one out of the park for the first run of the game. Things were looking good in the early innings for the Yanks, Alex Rodriguez also had a solo home run in the fourth making it 2-0. Along side A-rod and Jeter, Johnny Damon decided to pitch with a solo home run in the fifth inning making it 3-0 After 4-1/2 innings of play. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Angels Kendrick, decided to start things off with a solo home run to left field. Unfortunately for the Yanks, this is when we started going down hill. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Vladamir Guerrero had a two run blast tying the score at 3-3. As the game went on, the Angels took the lead 4-3 in the bottom of the 7th, as Izturis hit a sacrifice fly which scored Kendrick. It wasn't over yet, Jorge Posada decided to put in some work of his own for the Yankees fourth solo home run of the game tying the game at 4-4.

This game was so interesting to watch, especially in the late innings, and eventually went into extra innings. Throughout the game, the yanks had several opportunity's to put runs on the board but had trouble getting that one big hit. In the bottom of the eleventh, was possibly the dumbest move Joe Girardi has made all year. To start the eleventh inning, Girardi took Robertson out of the bullpen and put him in the game. Two up- two down in this inning, and Girardi decides that, that wasn't good enough, so he took out Robertson and put in Aceves who was very good for us this year. Unfortunately, Aceves gave up a single, than a long hit to the outfield Mathis, and Kendrick scored to win the game. After the walk off, the Angels did just like the Yanks and celebrated on the field, tackling each other, and cheering. The crowd in LA was going nuts, and the hometown Bronx was definitley very quiet. I know that my apartment did not have a good rest of the night after watching the end of this one, especially since the Yanks did not lose a game yet in the postseason. After watching this game, it gives me a different perspective on how this series could end up, but like my roommates said, I'm just being a Yankee fan(they will pull this one out). I know a lot of people are upset that we lost a game, and if not taken care of, can lose a couple more, but I do know one thing, with CC Sabathia on the mound tonight, the Angels are going to have to try that much harder, and the Yanks are definitely going to have to turn there bats around and start hitting. However, the Yanks were ALMOST undefeated this playoffs, and we were ALMOST about to win, but tonight will be a huge game, and possibly could decide the series advantage.