Oh Happy Day!

The Yankees were able to force a game 5 in Anaheim in the best of 5 series against the Angels.

Tonight both teams took a shutout into the 6th inning, and that is when the scoring began.

The Angels picked up 2 runs when Juan Rivera walked and was sacrificed to second. Then consecutive doubles by Chone Figgins and Orlando Cabrera gave them a two run lead. In the Yankee's half of the inning they picked up one run with a Gary Sheffield single that scored Alex Rodriguez.

The pivotal play came in the seventh inning.

After rookie, (and quickly becoming one of my favorite Yankees) Robinson Cano scored to tie the game, Derek Jeter hit into a fielders choice that made for a close play at the plate.


John Lackey and Bengie Molina of the Los Angeles Angels argue a call with home plate umpire, Alfonso Marquez. While Molina argued briefly that he had tagged Jorge Posada, Posada said he knew his leading leg was on the plate before the catcher touched him with the ball.
(AFP/File/Nick Laham)


Molina can argue that call all he wants, but the replay shows that he may have tagged Posada with his glove before he touched the plate, but Molina had the ball in his throwing hand and not in the glove. It was a great call by Marquez.

Then we enter the eighth inning, and from the PA you hear the all too familiar sound of Metallica's 'Enter Sandman'. What all Yankee fans know is that Enter Sandman is Mariano Rivera's entrance song.

And he was lights out.

Rivera pitched the eighth and ninth, he gave up zero runs, zero hits, and struck out two.

Both teams should be getting ready to land in Southern Cal as I type this, and this series is now a one game winner take all.

Ahh, just the way it should be, the best teams, fighting it out right down to the last game.