World Series Game 2: Stars
mlbplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com 10/31/2009 — The 2009 World Series continued in New York on Thursday at New Yankee Stadium as the Philadelphia Phillies were set to do battle with the home town Yankees, leading the series one game to none after a masterful pitching performance from game one starter Cliff Lee. The Yankees were very ...

Burnett pitches the games of his life, as the Empire Strikes Back and ties up the series
zellspinstripeblog.com 10/30/2009 — People were already putting this team in a 2-0 hole, when they looked who was starting Game 2 for the Yankees. AJ Burnett had something to say about that last night. He pitched the game of his life, in what some called a “must win” game. In my opinion, it wasn’t a must win ...

3 Yankees, 1 Phillies
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 10/30/2009 — Both AJ Burnett and Pedro Martinez surpassed my expectations for last night, unfortunately Burnett and the Yanks came out the victors. Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui hit solo homers off Pedro Martinez who went 6 innings, 3 er and 8 ks, which isn't shabby for a guy who was fighting chickens ...

Yankees Even Up Series Behind Great Pitching from Burnett and Rivera
yanksblog.com 10/30/2009 — With much hoopla, Pedro Martinez returned to postseason baseball at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night, facing A.J. Burnett in Burnett's first ever World Series start. The Phillies struck first, in the second inning, when Matt Stairs hit a hard g...

Where did the good A.J. Burnett come from?
weretheteamtobeat.com 10/30/2009 — Who the hell was that guy pitching for the yankees last night? That wasn't the human base on ball machine that I've been so used to. The guy has incredible stuff, we knew that, but since when does he fill the strike zone like that? He threw first pitch strikes to over 20 hitters. Now of all ...

A.J. Burnett owns Philadelphia Phillies as New York Yankees win Game 2 of the World Series, 3-1
nydailynews.com 10/30/2009 — A.J. Burnett has done his best all season to control his emotions on the mound, trying to stay within himself. Thursday night at Yankee Stadium , in the first World Series start of his career, he took a new approach. Burnett attacked the Phillies from ...

Burnett’ Electric and Yanks are Even
nybaseballdigest.com 10/30/2009 — A.J. Burnett may have finally put any doubts to rest with his performance last night. Burnett had electric stuff, especially his curveball, and held the fort down just enough for the Yankees bats to get going in the 3-1 win. It seems listening to Cliff Lee a night earlier talk about confidence ...

Back To Even
fackyouk.blogspot.com 10/30/2009 — For all the complaining that we did about Joe Girardi's managerial decisions before the game, the difference between having not having Jorge Posada and Gardner/Hinske/Swisher in the line up was not that big in terms of run expectancy. When the tires met the road in the Bronx last night, ...

World Series Game 2: "That's Like, Wow, He Was On"
sports-central.org 10/30/2009 — A.J. Burnett would like to thank Cliff Lee for giving him what he needed to beat Pedro Martinez and the rest of Lee's guys in Game 2 of the World Series, says SC's Jeff Kallman.

World Series Game#5: Yankees at Phillies
zellspinstripeblog.com 11/2/2009 — Yankees (10-3) vs. Phillies (8-4) Pitching Matchup: RHP A.J. Burnett (1-0, 1.29) vs LHP Cliff Lee (1-0, 0.00) Lineup Jeter SS Damon LF Teixeira 1B Rodriguez 3B Swisher RF Cano 2B Gardner CF Molina C Burnett P Game News & Notes (Courtesy of the LoHud Blog)  ...

Yankees 3, Phillies 1: With Burnett in Control, Yankees Chip Away to Even Series — NYT > Baseball 10/30/2009
The Yankees defeated the Phillies 3-1 in typical fashion, with home runs, strong starting pitching and Mariano Rivera. The Series is now tied at one game apiece.

Teixeira, Matsui and Burnett help Yanks tie Series — Boston.com -- Baseball News 10/30/2009
Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui shook the New York Yankees from their lumber slumber and sent the World Series to Philadelphia all tied up.

Yankees get even, thanks to Burnett, bats — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 10/30/2009
NEW YORK — Pedro Martinez was good Thursday night. A.J. Burnett and the New York Yankees were better in a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. The World Series, tied 1-1, now rolls to Philadelphia with each team feeling good about ...

Burnett delivers for Yankees in crucial Game 2 — Boston.com -- Baseball News 10/30/2009
A.J. Burnett hardly got any attention -- until he got the win. Almost an afterthought in his matchup with colorful star Pedro Martinez, Burnett challenged Philadelphia right from the start Thursday night and gave the New York Yankees the confident ...

Inspired by Lee, Burnett hogs the spotlight in World Series Game 2 — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 10/30/2009
A word from Derek Jeter helps A.J. Burnett shrug off a rare miscue. NEW YORK -- Hello, Little Rock. You are the big winner of the first two games of the World Series.   Little Rock resident A.J. Burnett wasn't quite as dominant in ...