World Series 2009
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| Period: | October 28 - November 4, 2009 | |||||||||
| MVP: | Hideki Matsui (New York) | |||||||||
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With the World Series 2009 from October 28 to November 4, 2009 the winner of the North American (USA and Canada) Major League Baseball was determined for the 105th time . The best-of-seven series is traditionally played between the winner of the American League and the champion of the National League . The finalists were the New York Yankees from the American League and the Philadelphia Phillies from the National League . After six games, the Yankees won 4-2. This enabled the Yankees to expand their record number of titles to 27 championships. For MVP of the World Series was Hideki Matsui selected.
The finalists
For the New York Yankees it was the 40th participation in the World Series with 26 previous titles, which are both records by a wide margin (see list of winners ). However, even the successful Yankees had to overcome a long dry spell: they last participated in the World Series six years ago ( 2003 ), the last World Series title win even nine years ( 2000 ). To get back on the road to success, the Yankees paid a little less in salaries in 2009 than in the previous year, but this year's US $ 201.5 million was still a league record. For the additions CC Sabathia , AJ Burnett (both pitcher) and Mark Teixeira alone , more than US $ 50 million in salaries were due annually.
The Philadelphia Phillies were the defending champions after winning the 2008 World Series . After many years of unsuccessfulness, only the second title could be won in the previous year (previously winner in 1980 ) with a total of six participations, which corresponds to the number of titles in the National League. The Phillies could hardly be considered an outsider, although their salary expenses of $ 113 million were well below that of the Yankees. Particularly noteworthy compared to 2008 is the engagement of the pitcher Cliff Lee from the Cleveland Indians .
Overview of the games
2009 World Series venues |
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| game | date | guest | Score | home | Score | Total status
(PHI - NYY) |
starter
(PHI - NYY) |
Ball park | spectator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 28, 2009 | Philadelphia Phillies | 6th | New York Yankees | 1 | 1 - 0 | Lee - Sabathia | Yankee Stadium | 50.207 |
| 2 | October 29, 2009 | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | New York Yankees | 3 | 1 - 1 | Martínez - Burnett | Yankee Stadium | 50.181 |
| 3 | October 31, 2009 | New York Yankees | 8th | Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 1 - 2 | Hamels - Pettitte | Citizens Bank Park | 46,061 |
| 4th | November 1, 2009 | New York Yankees | 7th | Philadelphia Phillies | 4th | 1 - 3 | Blanton - Sabathia * | Citizens Bank Park | 46,145 |
| 5 | November 2, 2009 | New York Yankees | 6th | Philadelphia Phillies | 8th | 2 - 3 | Lee - Burnett | Citizens Bank Park | 46.178 |
| 6th | November 4, 2009 | Philadelphia Phillies | 3 | New York Yankees | 7th | 2 - 4 | Martínez - Pettitte | Yankee Stadium | 50,315 |
| Yankees win 4-2 | |||||||||
* Win: Joba Chamberlain (NYY)
The way to the World Series
→ Main article: MLB 2009
The American League and National League winners were determined between October 7th and 25th, 2009. To this end, the three division winners and the best runner-up (so-called wild card) met each other in two division series matches in the best-of-five mode ( ALDS or NLDS = American or National League Division Series). Then the winners of the Division Series matches played the best-of-seven from the respective league champion ( ALCS or NLCS = American or National League Championship Series ). The wild card winners usually play against the best division winner, i.e. the team with the most wins from the regular season games. Since the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies could not meet the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers playing in the same division, both played against the second-best division winner in their league.
| League Division Series | League Championship Series | World Series | |||||||||||
| 1 | New York Yankees | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota Twins | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | New York Yankees | 4th | |||||||||||
| American League | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Los Angeles Angels | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Los Angeles Angels | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4th | Boston Red Sox | 0 | |||||||||||
| AL1 | New York Yankees | 4th | |||||||||||
| NL2 | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | |||||||||||
| National League | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Philadelphia Phillies | 4th | |||||||||||
| 2 | Philadelphia Phillies | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4th | Colorado Rockies | 1 | |||||||||||
ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series): Best-of-Seven
The games in detail
Game 1, October 28th
The Phillies win in Game 1 is largely due to the excellent throwing performance of their pitcher Cliff Lee , who delivered a full game. On the offensive, however, the Phillies built on Chase Utley, as in the first game of last year's Series . His two home runs, each with empty bases, in the third inning with a count of 3-2 and in the sixth run at 0-2 made for the only runs up to and including the seventh inning.
CC Sabathia , pitcher of the New York Yankees, was already behind in the first inning with full bases after two quick outs, but was able to score the last out against Raul Ibanez . For a long time, New York's offensive consisted of a double from Derek Jeter with two outs in the third inning; a blow from Robinson Cano caught just above the ground resulted in a real double play, which was discussed by the referees, with a tag out for Hideki Matsui .
The defensive game on both sides only picked up speed in the eighth inning when Sabathia cleared the mound for the bullpen. Phil Hughes provided two baserunners and left the game without a personal out for Damaso Marte . Its two outs for Utley and Ryan Howard initially "only" led to the occupation of first and third base by Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino . Both then scored after a single from Ibanez to lead the Phillies 4-0. The Yankees continued as before in the second half of this inning; Lee caught a ball struck in the middle behind his back for the first out of the inning, almost provocatively casual.
In the ninth inning, Lee received further run support after the quick first out by a double from Carlos Ruíz and three singles from Rollins, Victorino and Howard, who brought Ruíz and Rollins home. Victorino's attempt to score from first base was prevented by a throw to home plate. The flare-up of the Yankees offensive in the ninth inning not only came too late, but was also facilitated by a throwing error by Rollins at first base when attempting a double play, whereupon Jeter was able to achieve the only run. Shortly thereafter, Lee ended the game befittingly with his tenth strikeout against Jorge Posada .
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6th | 9 | 1 |
| new York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | 0 |
Game 2, October 29th
The Phillies set the first highlight of the game through Raul Ibanez in the second inning: After his ground rule double (a ball had jumped from the field into the spectator stands) he was able to score the first run for the Phillies with a single from Matt Stairs . In the same inning, Hideki Matsui made the first hit for the Yankees with a single. Among other things, the spectacular catch of a flight ball by Ibanez ensured that the Yankees initially had no run of their own.
AJ Burnett as the pitcher of the Yankees made life difficult for himself and the fans of the Yankees in the third inning when he first brought about a walk from Jimmy Rollins and he then reached second base with two outs. This was followed by the deliberate second walk of the inning this time with Chase Utley . This brave move paid off: Although Ryan Howard, the player with the most RBIs in the National League, stepped onto the plate, Burnett ensured the end of the inning with a strike out.
The Yankees ignited their offensive at the start of the fourth inning: Teixeira hit the second pitch of the inning with a home run in the spectator stands. So the previously white vest of Pedro Martínez , the pitcher of the Phillies, got the first spots. With the new score of 1: 1, the second half of the sixth inning went quite uneventfully. With two outs and 1-2 against himself, Matsui managed the second home run for the Yankees and thus the lead for the home team. They still needed nine outs to keep this lead until the end of the game. For the first three and thus the end of the upper half of the seventh inning, AJ Burnett made a quick 1-2-3 inning, two of which were strike outs (out of a total of nine). These would be his last throws as the Yankees got pinch runner Brett Gardner to home plate with three hits in a row in the second half of this run : 3-1 for the Yankees. Mariano Rivera was allowed to defend this lead as a closer .
Before he could intervene, however, a double play by the Phillies at the end of the seventh inning caused discussion on the field and in the stands. In contrast to the controversial decisions of the previous day, it was a wrong decision, which could have avenged itself at the beginning of the eighth inning when Rivera faced only one out runner on first and second base. With another wrong decision by the referees, a double play by the Yankees made for the end of the inning without a run for the Phillies.
Philadelphia fought to equalize until the end: With two outs in the ninth inning, Ibanez beat the Phillies 'best hitter his second double that evening, which was also the last of the Phillies' six hits. As in Game 1, Burnett (and as Closer Rivera) won the slightly better defense of two almost equally strong teams.
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6th | 0 |
| new York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | 8th | 0 |
WP : AJ Burnett (1–0) LP : Pedro Martinez (0–1) SV : Mariano Rivera (1)
HRs : NYY - Mark Teixeira (1), Hideki Matsui (1)Game 3, October 31st
The start of the third game was delayed by almost 80 minutes due to rain. The Phillies first made their mark on the scoreboard after Jayson Werth scored a solo home run in the second inning; then Andy Pettitte allowed a walk with players on all bases (2-0). A sacrifice fly finally brought the Phillies 3-0 lead.
In the fourth inning, Mark Teixeira walked to first base, followed by a hit into the deep outer field by Alex Rodríguez , who was originally counted as a double. The stroke was then checked with the help of video evidence ("MLB Instant Replay") by the referees, who then decided on the home run - the ball ricocheted off a camera positioned above the boundary of the field (3: 2).
Nick Swisher opened the fifth inning with a double and scored a run to equalize 3: 3. For this, the AL pitcher met Andy Pettitte in his unusual role as a batter with a single hit.
Derek Jeter then scored another single and both runners scored after Johnny Damon scored for a double (3-5). This was followed by a walk by Cole Hamels for Mark Texeira, the Phillies pitcher was then swapped for JA Happ . Happ escaped the fifth inning with no more runs, but in the sixth inning Nick Swisher hit a solo home run for the Yankees' 3-6 lead. Werth then also scored a solo homerun for the Phillies, which brought the score to 4-6.
From the seventh inning, Chad Durbin pitched for the Phillies. He walked Johnny Damon, then Damon stole second base. Alex Rodriguez advanced to first base after being hit by a pitch. This was followed by a single by Jorge Posada , through which Matt Damon was able to achieve another run for the Yankees and restored the old gap (4: 7).
Andy Pettitte was replaced in the seventh inning by Joba Chamberlain , who knocked out the next three Phillies batterers without a hit. Brett Myers then pitched for the Phillies and eliminated the first two Yankees batter. Hideki Matsui , who competed as a pinch hitter for Chamberlain, then hit another solo home run (4-8).
The second half of the ninth inning began Phil Hughes for the Yankees, who allowed a solo home run for Carlos Ruíz ( 5-8 ) before he was exchanged for Mariano Rivera . Rivera ended the game by knocking out the remaining two Phillies batter with only 5 pitches. The game was the 17th winning game in the postseason for Pettitte, who thus further expanded his own record.
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8th | 8th | 1 |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 0 |
WP : Andy Pettitte (1–0) LP : Cole Hamels (0–1)
HRs : NYY - Alex Rodríguez (1), Nick Swisher (1), Hideki Matsui (2) PHI - Jayson Werth 2 (2), Carlos Ruíz (1)Game 4, November 1st
Joe Blanton , starting pitcher of the Phillies, got off to a poor start: his first two batter ( Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon ) not only hit the bases, but also home plate. The Yankees were already leading 2-0 after the first half-linning. The Phillies hit back in the same inning with two doubles, so that Shane Victorino was able to reduce to 1: 2. For the Yankees, CC Sabathia came as a starter after only three days of rest for his second appearance in this year's World Series.
After this blast at the beginning there was a highlight in the fourth inning when the Phillies equalized through Ryan Howard after previously stealing base. As the television pictures show, Howard did not touch home plate, but the run counts. As a result, the Yankees were not greatly irritated, who again took the lead 4-2 at the beginning of the fifth inning when Jeter and Damon met again with first and second base occupied. The second run resulted in the third inaccurate throw of the game to home plate, which resulted in a run by the opponent.
Again the game took a little break; Blanton left the game without another run after six innings, replaced by Chan Ho Park. Sabathia's personal "fearsome opponent" caused his term of office to end with two outs in the seventh inning: Chase Utley , who scored twice against Sabathia in the first game, made his third home run in the 2009 World Series. It was only 4: 3 for the Yankees. In the eighth inning, things should get even better for the Phillies when Pedro Feliz hit another solo home run against Joba Chamberlain - 4: 4.
There were two quick outs from New York in the ninth inning, but now the Yankees picked up speed. Johnny Damon (with 3 hits at 5 at-bats) stole two bases after an inattention from the Phillies' exposed infield. Below threw Brad Lidge as a pitcher Mark Teixeira at which thereby came to first base, and a double by Alex Rodriguez provided the 5: 4 lead. Jorge Posada made two more insurance runs for the Yankees. But that would not have been necessary, as the again very safe closer of the Yankees Mariano Rivera secured the victory.
With a third straight win, the Yankees now only need one win from the remaining games to win the 2009 World Series. Or to put it the other way round: The Philadelphia Phillies now have to win every game to defend their title from last year.
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new York | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7th | 9 | 1 |
| Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4th | 8th | 1 |
WP : Joba Chamberlain (1-0) LP : Brad Lidge (0-1) SV : Mariano Rivera (2)
HRs : PHI - Chase Utley (3), Pedro Feliz (1)Game 5, November 2nd
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6th | 10 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8th | 9 | 0 |
WP : Cliff Lee (2-0) LP : AJ Burnett (1-1) SV : Ryan Madson (1)
HRs : PHI - Chase Utley 2 (5), Raul Ibanez (1)Game 6, November 4th
Hideki Matsui earned the honor of MVP of the World Series in the ultimately decisive game for the Yankees with three hits that led to six RBI . After five innings it was 7: 1 for New York. Although could Ryan Howard at the beginning of the sixth inning with a two-run home run to 3: 7 shorten, but the possible comeback was missed in the seventh inning. Chase Utley at plate could have opened the game again with two basers and two outs, but his strike out meant the end of hopes for the Phillies to defend their title.
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6th | 0 |
| new York | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7th | 8th | 0 |
WP : Andy Pettitte (2-0) LP : Pedro Martínez (0-2)
HRs : PHI - Ryan Howard (1) NYY - Hideki Matsui (3)Record marks and memorable ones
Chase Utley's five home runs in the first five games resulted in the breaking of Reggie Jackson's previous record from 1977.
The 2009 World Series TV ratings were the highest since 2004.
In this World Series, video evidence was used for the first time (in game 3 ) as to whether there was a home run.
Pettitte's first personal postseason RBI in Game 3 was the first post-season RBI for the Yankees since 1964.
Individual evidence
- ↑ More than money created champs' rosters . In: MLB.com . Retrieved October 29, 2009.
- ↑ Boxscore game 1 . In: MLB.com . Retrieved November 2, 2009.
- ↑ Boxscore game 2 . In: MLB.com . Retrieved November 2, 2009.
- ↑ Boxscore game 3 . In: MLB.com . Retrieved November 2, 2009.
- ↑ Boxscore game 4 . In: MLB.com . Retrieved November 2, 2009.
- ↑ Boxscore game 5 . In: MLB.com . Retrieved November 3, 2009.
- ↑ Boxscore game 6 . In: MLB.com . Retrieved November 4, 2009.
- ^ Double-play rulings help, then hurt Phils in late innings . In: MLB.com . Retrieved October 30, 2009.
- ↑ Utley 'just Superman' for Phillies . In: MLB.com . November 4, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
- ↑ Blessed: Postseason schedule to be tightened . In: MLB.com . November 29, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
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