The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season. As the 105th{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/|title=Playoff and World Series Stats and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=December 28, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/| archive-date=January 9, 2010| url-status= live}} edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National League (NL) and defending World Series champions, and the New York Yankees, champions of the American League (AL). The Yankees defeated the Phillies, 4 games to 2, winning their 27th World Series championship.

The series was played between October 28 and November 4, broadcast on Fox, and watched by an average of roughly 19 million viewers. Home field advantage for the Series went to the AL for the eighth straight year as a result of its 4–3 win in the All-Star Game. The Phillies earned their berth into the playoffs by winning the National League East. The Yankees won the American League East to earn their berth, posting the best record in the Major Leagues. The Phillies reached the World Series by defeating the Colorado Rockies in the best-of-five National League Division Series and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins in the American League Division Series and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the AL Championship Series (ALCS) to advance to their first World Series since 2003. As a result of their loss, the Phillies became the first team since the {{wsy|2001}} Yankees to lose the World Series after winning it the previous year. As of 2024, this is the most recent World Series to feature a defending champion.

Cliff Lee pitched a complete game in the Phillies' Game 1 victory, allowing only one unearned run, while Chase Utley hit two home runs. In Game 2, solo home runs by Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui helped the Yankees win by a score of 3–1. After a rain delayed start, Game 3 featured more offense, with a combined six home runs and thirteen total runs en route to a Yankee victory. The Yankees won Game 4 by scoring the decisive three runs in the ninth inning after an alert base running play by Johnny Damon. The Phillies avoided elimination with a win in Game 5, aided by Utley's second two–home run game of the series. The Yankees secured their World Series championship with a Game 6 victory in which Matsui hit his third home run of the series. He was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the series, making him the first Japanese-born player and the first full-time designated hitter to win the award. Matsui was the series' MVP despite starting only the three games that were played at Yankee Stadium, since the designated hitter position was not used in NL ballparks at the time.

Several records were tied, extended, or broken during this World Series, including team championships (Yankees with 27), career postseason wins (Andy Pettitte with 18), career World Series saves (Mariano Rivera with 11), home runs in a World Series (Utley with five), strikeouts by a hitter in a World Series (Ryan Howard with 13), and runs batted in in a single World Series game (Matsui with six).

Teams

=Philadelphia Phillies=

During the off-season, the Phillies promoted assistant general manager Rubén Amaro Jr. to general manager, succeeding Pat Gillick who retired at the end of a three-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081103&content_id=3660782&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi&partnerId=rss_phi|title= Amaro Jr. takes over reins for Phillies|access-date=November 3, 2008|last=Mandel|first=Ken|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 3, 2008}} Their most notable offseason player change was in left field, as Pat Burrell departed due to free agency and was replaced by free agent Raúl Ibañez.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081216&content_id=3718927|title=Ibanez excited to join world champs|last=Gonzalez|first=Alden|date=December 16, 2008|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217131609/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081216&content_id=3718927&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp|archive-date=December 17, 2008|url-status=dead}} Another notable acquisition was free agent pitcher Chan Ho Park.{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081215&content_id=3717580&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|first=Anthony|last=DiComo|date=December 15, 2008|access-date=October 26, 2009|publisher=Major League Baseball|work=MLB.com|title=Park agrees to one-year deal with Phils|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212093738/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081215&content_id=3717580&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|archive-date=February 12, 2009|df=mdy-all}} Park was originally signed as a backup option for the bullpen, as reliever J. C. Romero was assigned a 50-game suspension after violating the Major League Baseball drug policy, but Park won the fifth starter's job in Spring Training.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/11573963|title=Phillies release veteran outfielder Jenkins, name Park fifth starter|date=March 31, 2009|work=CBS Sports|access-date=April 3, 2009}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3812334 |title=Suspended Romero 'didn't cheat' |date=January 9, 2009|first=Peter|last=Gammons|author-link=Peter Gammons|access-date=March 3, 2011|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures}}

In July 2009, Phillies scouts evaluated pitcher Pedro Martínez in two simulated games against the Phillies DSL team, leading to a one-year, $1-million contract.[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090714&content_id=5875102&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi Pedro signs one-year deal with Phillies]. Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved on December 21, 2013.[https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4338734 Pedro set to join Single-A club Monday]. Sports.espn.go.com (July 18, 2009). Retrieved on December 21, 2013. Replacing Jamie Moyer as a starter in the Phillies rotation on August 12, 2009, Philadelphia won each of Martínez's first seven starts, the first time in franchise history that this had occurred with any debuting Phillies pitcher.{{cite web|author=ESPN.com |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/notebook?page=bbtn/090913|title=Baseball Tonight Clubhouse: Rockies search for wins, not respect|work=ESPN.com|date=September 13, 2009|access-date=July 22, 2010}} The Phillies made one large acquisition at the trade deadline, trading four minor league players to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Cliff Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4363553 |title=Phillies get Lee from Indians |access-date=January 6, 2010|first=Jayson|last=Stark|author-link=Jayson Stark|date=August 1, 2009|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures}} Lee won seven of his 12 regular season starts for Philadelphia in 2009.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leecl02.shtml|title=Cliff Lee Statistics and History|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=March 1, 2011}}

During the regular season, the Phillies led the National League East for most of the year, taking first place for good on May 30.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2009-schedule-scores.shtml|title=2009 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=November 17, 2009}} Ibáñez had started the year strongly, batting well over .300 with 17 home runs and 46 runs batted in (RBI) in the first two months of the season, which led the New York Post to call him an "early MVP candidate".{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=ibanera01&year=2009&t=b|title=Raul Ibanez 2009 Batting Splits|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=March 1, 2011}} He was placed on the disabled list in mid-June for a groin injury, however, and though he returned he did not bat above .260 for any other month that season.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090618&content_id=5393172|first=David|last=Gurian-Peck|date=June 18, 2009|access-date=March 1, 2011|publisher=Major League Baseball|work=MLB.com|title=Phillies' Ibanez lands on disabled list}} Although Ibáñez did not receive MVP votes his teammates Ryan Howard and Chase Utley had successful years, finishing 3rd and 8th in the balloting respectively.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2009.shtml#NLmvp|title=2009 Awards Voting|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=March 1, 2011}} The Phillies finished the season with a record of 93–69 (.574), six games above the second-place Florida Marlins in their division.

The second-seeded Phillies defeated the wild card Colorado Rockies in the National League Division Series (NLDS), three games to one, advancing to the National League Championship Series (NLCS). Facing the Los Angeles Dodgers again, making the first NLCS rematch in back-to-back years since 2004-05 series, when Houston faced St. Louis, and the 3rd LCS rematch in back-to-back years since 2000 (the other in the 2003-04 ALCS between New York and Boston), the Phillies won the NLCS, four games to one, becoming the first team to repeat as National League champions since the 1995–96 Atlanta Braves.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/|title=Major League Encyclopedia|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=December 28, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123721/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/| archive-date=January 9, 2010| url-status= live}} Ryan Howard won the NLCS MVP for his strong offensive performance during the series.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4584440 |title=Phillies' Howard takes home NLCS MVP |access-date=February 27, 2011|agency=Associated Press|date=October 22, 2009|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures}} Howard tied Lou Gehrig's postseason record by having at least one RBI in eight straight games across the NLDS and NLCS. They became the first World Series champion to return to the World Series the following year since the 2000–01 New York Yankees.

=New York Yankees=

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The Yankees' offseason began in November 2008 with control over their organization shifting from long-time owner George Steinbrenner to his son Hal Steinbrenner.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081120&content_id=3686135&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Control of Yankees shifts to son Hal|date=November 20, 2008|last=Bloom|first=Barry|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=November 2, 2009}} Notable player departures included Mike Mussina—who announced his retirement on November 20, 2008{{cite web |title=Mussina retires on a high note, with 20 wins in final season|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3715207|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=November 20, 2008|access-date=February 24, 2011}}—as well as Bobby Abreu,{{cite web|url=http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090210&content_id=3816686&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp|title=Out of left field, Abreu joins Angels|date=February 12, 2009|last=Spencer|first=Lyle|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=November 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203020042/http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090210&content_id=3816686&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp|archive-date=February 3, 2010|df=mdy-all}} Jason Giambi,{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090106&content_id=3735119&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp|title=Giambi 'excited to be home' with A's|date=January 7, 2009|last=Urban|first=Mychael|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=November 2, 2009}} and Carl Pavano,{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090109&content_id=3738312|title=Pavano finds right fit with Indians|date=January 9, 2009|last=Castrovince|first=Anthony|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=November 2, 2009}} who all left as free agents. Notable free agent acquisitions included starting pitchers CC Sabathia and A. J. Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira. Another major addition was outfielder Nick Swisher, acquired in a trade with the Chicago White Sox.{{cite web |title=Yankees acquire Swisher, send Betemit and two pitchers to White Sox|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3700869|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|first=Jerry|last=Crasnick|author-link=Jerry Crasnick|date=November 13, 2008|access-date=November 12, 2009}}

The Yankees played the 2009 season in "New" Yankee Stadium, their first year in that park after playing for 84 years in "Old" Yankee Stadium.{{cite news |title=Yankees open new stadium with blowout loss to Indians|url=http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=290416110|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715200316/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=290416110|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012|work=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press|date=August 16, 2009|access-date=February 19, 2011}} They won the American League East with an eight-game lead over their rivals, the Boston Red Sox, compiling a record of 103–59.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2009.shtml|title=2009 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=December 28, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100104091513/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2009.shtml| archive-date=January 4, 2010| url-status= live}} Sabathia won 19 games and position players Alex Rodriguez and Teixeira both had strong seasons offensively, Rodriguez with 30 home runs and 100 RBI and Teixeira with 39 and 122 respectively. Closing pitcher Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save against the Yankees' cross-town rival New York Mets, becoming the second pitcher in history to do so.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090627&content_id=5566046|title=Rivera takes place in history with No. 500|date=June 29, 2009|last=Hoch|first=Bryan|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=November 2, 2009}} On September 11, 2009, shortstop Derek Jeter recorded his 2,722nd career hit, passing Lou Gehrig to become the all-time leader in career hits recorded as a Yankee.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090911&content_id=6909874|title=Jeter passes Gehrig with 2,722nd hit|date=September 11, 2009|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=November 2, 2009}}

The top-seeded Yankees defeated the third-seeded Minnesota Twins in three games in the American League Division Series and the second-seeded Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in six games in the American League Championship Series (ALCS) to win their first American League pennant since 2003. Sabathia was named MVP of the ALCS with two wins in the series.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2009_ALCS.shtml|title=2009 League Championship Series – NYY vs. LAA|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=December 28, 2009}} The Yankees' victory in the ALCS earned them their 40th World Series appearance in franchise history, and their first since losing to the Florida Marlins in {{wsy|2003}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/|title=New York Yankees Team History & Encyclopedia|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=March 3, 2011}}

=Series preview=

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The two teams played a three-game interleague series at Yankee Stadium in May 2009, with the defending World Series champion Phillies winning two of the three games.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091027&content_id=7561434&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|title=Phillies-Yankees Interleague recap|first=Jenifer|last=Langosch|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=October 27, 2009|access-date=March 1, 2011}} The series included two blown saves by Phillies' closer Brad Lidge in games 2 and 3, although the Phillies came back to win the final game in extra innings.

The Yankees had home field advantage for the Series as the American League had won that year's All-Star Game,{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090715&content_id=5881270&vkey=allstar2009&fext=.jsp|title=AL retains World Series advantage|first=Anthony|last=Castrovince|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=July 15, 2009|access-date=January 6, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100119084524/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090715&content_id=5881270&vkey=allstar2009&fext=.jsp| archive-date=January 19, 2010| url-status= live}} a year after the "Old" Yankee Stadium hosted the 2008 All-Star Game. The team match-up was heavily discussed and analyzed in the media prior to the beginning of the series. Both teams' offensive lineups were heavily touted,{{cite news |title=World Series packs punch at plate |author=Nightengale, Bob |newspaper=USA Today |date=October 27, 2009}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=296306 |title=2009 World Series Preview – Philadelphia vs. New York |date=October 27, 2009 |publisher=The Sports Network |access-date=January 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108041238/http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=296306 |archive-date=November 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |title=The rest is hit story; Offence, offence and more offence mark these World Series contenders |last=Lott|first=John |newspaper=National Post |date=October 27, 2009}} with the Yankees and Phillies leading their respective leagues in runs scored per game.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2009.shtml|title=2009 Major League Baseball Team Statistics and Standings|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=January 20, 2010}} Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez drew particular focus in the media for his success in earlier rounds of the 2009 playoffs in contrast to past postseason performances.{{cite web |url=http://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/10/post_127.html |title=Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez deserves cheers for postseason performance |last=Chimelis|first=Ron |date=October 21, 2009|work=MassLive.com |publisher=The Republican |access-date=January 20, 2010}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2009/10/politi.html |title=As NY Yankees' Alex Rodriguez has postseason for the ages, it's best to appreciate, not ask why |last=Politi|first=Steve |date=October 21, 2009|work=NJ.com |publisher=The Star-Ledger |access-date=January 20, 2010}}

{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091020&content_id=7508478 |title=Night-and-Day Rod: '09 Alex at his best |author=DiComo, Anthony |date=October 21, 2009|work=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=January 20, 2010}} The two lineups featured 20 former All-Stars and three former MVP award winners. Only one regular starter between both teams, Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz, did not have at least ten home runs during the 2009 regular season. The two teams combined for 468 home runs during the season, more than any pair of opponents in World Series history.

The pitching staffs were also the subject of significant discussion prior to the series. The starting pitchers for Game 1, CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee, were regarded as aces who dominated the 2009 postseason with a 0.96 earned run average (ERA) between them.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/sports/baseball/27kepner.html |title=Baseball Hopes to Break a Streak of Clunker Series |last=Kepner|first=Tyler |date=October 26, 2009 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 21, 2010}} This matchup was of particular note, as Sabathia and Lee were former teammates from the Cleveland Indians and each had won a Cy Young Award with that franchise.{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/10/28/lee.sabathia/index.html |title=World Series lament for Indians fans: What might have been |last=Posnanski|first=Joe |date=October 28, 2009|work=SI.com |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=January 21, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100104110958/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/10/28/lee.sabathia/index.html| archive-date=January 4, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2009-10-29-former-indians-pitchers-lopo_N.htm |title=Spurned Cleveland watches former Indians with a sigh |author=Lopresti, Mike |date=October 29, 2009|newspaper=USA Today |access-date=January 21, 2010}} Yankees manager Joe Girardi had been using a three-man starting rotation during the playoffs, in contrast to the four-pitcher rotation used by the Phillies.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4611766 |title=Girardi may go with three-man rotation |date=October 29, 2009|author=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |access-date=January 21, 2010}}{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2009-10-27-world-series-breakdown_N.htm |title=Yankees and Phillies on track for a tight Series |date=October 28, 2009|author=Ortiz, Jorge |author2=Shandler, Ron|newspaper=USA Today |access-date=January 21, 2010}} This difference led USA Today to give the Phillies' starting rotation the "edge" in the series, as the World Series had one fewer day off than previous rounds of the playoffs, making the series less conducive to using a three-man rotation. Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN criticized Girardi's strategy, arguing that Chad Gaudin should have pitched in Game 5 or 6, instead of A. J. Burnett or Andy Pettitte on reduced, three days' rest.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=4612984&sportCat=mlb |title=Girardi needs to give it a rest |date=October 31, 2009|first=Gene|last=Wojciechowski|author-link=Gene Wojciechowski|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |access-date=March 25, 2010}} Wojciechowski argued that while Sabathia had proven his ability to pitch on shorter rest, Burnett and Pettitte should have been given their regular time between starts. Burnett had drawn some criticism, as he performed poorly in his last appearance before the World Series, a start in Game 5 of the ALCS in which he allowed six runs over six innings.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA200910220.shtml|title=October 22, 2009 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 5, Yankees at Angels|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=January 20, 2010}} However, Burnett had previously been successful on short rest, going 4–0 with a 2.33 ERA in four career starts on short rest before this game. Some believed Girardi settled on a three-man rotation because he had limited options for a fourth starting pitcher, either Gaudin or Joba Chamberlain, who had been inconsistent as starters in the regular season and had been shifted into the bullpen for the postseason.{{cite news|url=http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/yankees-may-use-a-three-man-rotation/|title=Yankees May Use a Three-Man Rotation | last=Kepner | first=Tyler |date=October 27, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 26, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100327234601/http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/yankees-may-use-a-three-man-rotation/| archive-date= March 27, 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/sports/baseball/14yankees.html|title=Barring Rain, Yanks Consider 3-Man Rotation | last=Kepner | first=Tyler |date=October 13, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 26, 2010}}

The matchup of closers, Mariano Rivera and Brad Lidge, also drew attention. Rivera and Lidge were the only closers who had not blown a save during the 2009 postseason, whereas closers on other postseason teams blew 11 saves in the 24 postseason games before the World Series.{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091027&content_id=7558018&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Closer matchup reflects playoff perfection |author=Langosch, Jenifer |date=October 27, 2009|work=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=March 17, 2010}} Both had performed well during the postseason, but Lidge had posted a 7.21 ERA during the 2009 regular season, in contrast to Rivera's 1.76.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml|title=Mariano Rivera Statistics and History|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=March 17, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100208150022/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml| archive-date=February 8, 2010| url-status= live}} Lidge's 2009 numbers were in stark contrast to the previous season (41 out of 41 save opportunities, a 1.95 ERA, and 92 strikeouts in 62 games). As a result, USA Today gave the Yankees the edge, noting that Lidge had blown two saves against the Yankees during their regular season series earlier that year.

Background

The Series started on October 28, 2009, which was the latest start in World Series history, beating the previous record held by the 2001 World Series (October 27).{{cite news |first=Bob|last=Dutton|title=World Series Buzz: Martinez ruminates on New York|work=The Kansas City Star|date=October 29, 2009}} Game 4 was played on Sunday, November 1 and the series-winning Game 6 took place on November 4. The Series was only the third to end in a month other than October. The first came in {{wsy|1918}}, which was played entirely in September after the regular season was cut short due to World War I.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1918|title=World Series History|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=January 6, 2010}} The other such series was in 2001, when the September 11 attacks caused a delay in the baseball season that eventually forced the end of the World Series into November.{{cite video|title=Nine Innings from Ground Zero|people=Shapiro, Ouisie (writer)|medium=DVD}}

Earlier in the season Commissioner Bud Selig expressed interest in scheduling a World Series game during daylight hours instead of the evening.{{cite news|title=World Series could get earlier starting times|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30111531/|work=NBC Sports|agency=Sporting News|date=April 8, 2009|access-date=March 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115021237/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30111531|archive-date=January 15, 2010|url-status=dead}} The starting times were ultimately moved before 8 p.m. ET for the first time in 30 years, but no day games were played.{{cite web |title= WS games to start 40 minutes earlier|url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4174213|author=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=May 18, 2009|access-date=May 18, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090520134209/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4174213| archive-date=May 20, 2009| url-status= live}}{{cite news |first=Larry|last=Fine|title=Selig mulls World Series changes, not to home comforts|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-baseball-selig-idUSTRE4B18VG20081203|work=Reuters|date=December 2, 2008|access-date=December 3, 2008}} The Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) played across the street from Citizens Bank Park at Lincoln Financial Field on the day of Game 4. The NFL moved that game's kickoff time to 1 p.m. to avoid it ending too close to the start of Game 4.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/blogs/sports/watchdog-1.812020/giants-jets-play-at-same-time-11-1-1.1520052|title=Giants, Jets play at same time 11/1|first=Neil|last=Best|work=Newsday|date=October 13, 2009|access-date=October 13, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091015110950/http://www.newsday.com/blogs/sports/watchdog-1.812020/giants-jets-play-at-same-time-11-1-1.1520052| archive-date=October 15, 2009| url-status= live}} Similarly, Game 5 was played at Citizens Bank Park on the same day as the Philadelphia Flyers hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL) at the Wachovia Center. The opening faceoff of the hockey game was scheduled for 7 p.m. but the NHL moved it to 5 p.m. to avoid conflict.{{cite web|url=http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=502389|title=Flyers Change Start Time of November 2nd Game|date=October 16, 2009|access-date=October 29, 2009|publisher=philadelphiaflyers.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091021142810/http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=502389| archive-date=October 21, 2009| url-status= live}}

The umpires for the series were Joe West, Dana DeMuth, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, Jeff Nelson and Mike Everitt.{{cite web |title=Meet the World Series umpiring crew|url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4600610|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=October 27, 2009|access-date=November 17, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091031194903/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4600610| archive-date=October 31, 2009| url-status= live}} The World Series crew had included at least 1 umpire who had never worked the World Series in 24 of the past 25 series; however, following several mistakes by umpires in earlier rounds of the playoffs, this crew did not.{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091022&content_id=7527964&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=MLB may use veteran umps in Fall Classic: Change would break longstanding baseball tradition |first=Adam |last=McCalvy|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball |date=October 22, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091022&content_id=7524222&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Umpire's call on Damon draws attention: Yankee looked safe at first base on third-inning groundout |first=Anthony |last=Castrovince |work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball |date=October 23, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=4598071&sportCat=mlb |title=Instant replay for the World Series? Yes|first=Gene|last=Wojciechowski|author-link=Gene Wojciechowski|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |date=October 27, 2009|access-date=November 17, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091030130026/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=4598071&sportCat=mlb| archive-date=October 30, 2009| url-status= live}}

The Phillies had won the previous season's World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays for the franchise's second championship. The Yankees had lost their previous World Series appearance to the Florida Marlins in {{wsy|2003}} and had not won since {{wsy|2000}} against the New York Mets. This was the fifth Series played between teams from New York and Philadelphia, the first Yankees–Phillies matchup since {{wsy|1950}},{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1950_WS.shtml|title=1950 World Series – NYY vs. PHI|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=December 28, 2009}} and the seventh New York–Pennsylvania matchup in the World Series (1905, 1911, 1913, 1927, 1950, 1960). The series also was the fourth consecutive time that the Phillies would have faced a team from the current AL East in the World Series, while the Yankees had faced a NL East opponent in four of their five most recent World Series appearances.

This Series had two unofficial nicknames: "Turnpike Series", for the New Jersey Turnpike, which connects New York to Philadelphia through the state of New Jersey,{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_verducci/10/27/five.cuts/index.html |title=How can the Phillies beat the Yankees in the 2009 World Series? |first=Tom|last=Verducci|author-link=Tom Verducci|date=October 28, 2009|work=SI.com |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=January 21, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100205111403/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_verducci/10/27/five.cuts/index.html| archive-date=February 5, 2010| url-status= live}} and "Liberty Series", based on the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and the Statue of Liberty in New York.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091026&content_id=7549598&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title= Liberty Series: Statue, Bell Set for Clash |access-date=October 26, 2009|last=Newman|first=Mark|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=October 26, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091027192133/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091026&content_id=7549598&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=October 27, 2009| url-status= live}}

Summary

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| winner = New York (AL)

| leader =

| score = 4–2

| date1 = October 28

| score1 = Philadelphia Phillies – 6, New York Yankees – 1

| loc1 = Yankee Stadium

| time1 = 3:27

| att1 = 50,207

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| date2 = October 29

| score2 = Philadelphia Phillies – 1, New York Yankees − 3

| loc2 = Yankee Stadium

| time2 = 3:25

| att2 = 50,181

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| date3 = October 31

| score3 = New York Yankees – 8, Philadelphia Phillies – 5

| loc3 = Citizens Bank Park

| time3 = 3:25

| att3 = 46,061

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| date4 = November 1

| score4 = New York Yankees – 7, Philadelphia Phillies – 4

| loc4 = Citizens Bank Park

| time4 = 3:25

| att4 = 46,145

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| date5 = November 2

| score5 = New York Yankees – 6, Philadelphia Phillies – 8

| loc5 = Citizens Bank Park

| time5 = 3:26

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| date6 = November 4

| score6 = Philadelphia Phillies – 3, New York Yankees – 7

| loc6 = Yankee Stadium

| time6 = 3:52

| att6 = 50,315

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}}

Matchups

=Game 1=

File:Cliff Lee, philly.jpg

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First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden escorted former Yankees catcher and World War II veteran Yogi Berra to the mound, where the ceremonial first pitch was thrown by a veteran of the Iraq War.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091027&content_id=7558082&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=First lady, Dr. Biden on hand for Game 1 |access-date=November 11, 2009|last=Newman|first=Mark|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=October 28, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091031070612/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091027&content_id=7558082&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=October 31, 2009| url-status= live}} The Phillies' Ryan Howard got the first hit of the 2009 World Series by doubling in the first inning.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200910280.shtml|title=October 28, 2009 World Series Game 1, Phillies at Yankees|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=January 12, 2009}} Howard was stranded in the first and the game was scoreless after two innings. The Phillies scored first with a two-out home run by Chase Utley in the top of the third inning. Through the first five innings, Philadelphia starting pitcher Cliff Lee allowed no runs and three hits, striking out seven Yankees batters. In the top of the sixth, Utley hit another home run to give the Phillies a 2–0 lead. The starting pitchers Lee and CC Sabathia continued to pitch until the top of the eighth when Sabathia was replaced by Phil Hughes. Hughes walked the first two batters and was replaced by Dámaso Marte. Marte got two quick outs and was relieved by David Robertson, who walked Jayson Werth and gave up a two-run single to Raúl Ibañez. The Phillies added two more runs in the ninth with an RBI single by Shane Victorino and an RBI double by Howard. Lee finished with a complete game allowing one unearned run on six hits and striking out ten batters, not walking any of the hitters he faced.

Lee's pitching performance made history in several ways:{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=4604436 |title=Lee takes over Yankee Stadium |first=Jayson |last=Stark|author-link=Jayson Stark|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=October 28, 2009|access-date=October 29, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091101152743/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=4604436| archive-date=November 1, 2009| url-status= live}}

This was the fourth postseason start of Lee's career. In all four starts, he went at least seven innings and gave up no more than one earned run. The only other starting pitcher ever to begin his postseason career with four such starts was Christy Mathewson.
He was also the first left-handed starter to beat the Yankees in The Bronx to open a World Series since Sandy Koufax in {{wsy|1963}}.
He was the first starting pitcher to throw a complete game without giving up an earned run against the Yankees in Game 1 of a postseason series.
Lee was the first pitcher ever to strike out at least ten, walk no one, and give up no earned runs in a World Series start.

=Game 2=

File:Mariano Rivera allison 7 29 07.jpg

{{Linescore

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|RoadHR=|HomeHR= Mark Teixeira (1), Hideki Matsui (1)

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Prior to the game, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed the song "Empire State of Mind" for the Yankee Stadium crowd, while John Legend performed the national anthem.{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1625161/20091029/keys_alicia.jhtml|title=Jay-Z And Alicia Keys Pump Up World Series Crowd In NYC|first=Jayson|last=Rodriguez|publisher=MTV|access-date=November 2, 2009|date=October 29, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091102065545/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1625161/20091029/keys_alicia.jhtml| archive-date=November 2, 2009| url-status= dead}} This game marked the first postseason appearance of Pedro Martínez against the Yankees since the 2004 American League Championship Series, when he was with the Boston Red Sox and a part of the two teams' long standing rivalry; it was also the second-ever World Series start that Martínez made.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martipe02.shtml|title=Pedro Martínez Statistics and History|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=October 30, 2009}} There was much media interest in Martínez's "return to Yankee Stadium" for Game 2, as he told reporters at a pre-game press conference "When you have 60,000 people chanting your name, waiting for you to throw the ball, you have to consider yourself someone special, someone that really has a purpose out there."{{cite web|last=Silverman|first=Mike|url=http://news.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/other_mlb/view.bg?articleid=1208123&srvc=sports&position=0|title='Influential' Pedro Martinez holds court|work=Boston Herald|date=October 29, 2009|access-date=July 22, 2010|archive-date=April 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402214015/http://news.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/other_mlb/view.bg?articleid=1208123&srvc=sports&position=0|url-status=dead}}

The Phillies scored first for the second game in a row, with Raúl Ibañez hitting a ground rule double and then scoring on a Matt Stairs RBI single off A. J. Burnett in the second inning.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200910290.shtml|title=October 29, 2009 World Series Game 2, Phillies at Yankees|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=October 30, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091102110038/http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200910290.shtml| archive-date=November 2, 2009| url-status= live}}

Mark Teixeira tied the game with a home run in the fourth inning, and Hideki Matsui broke the tie in the sixth with another homer. Martínez departed the game after giving up consecutive hits to Jerry Hairston Jr. and Melky Cabrera to start the seventh inning, and reliever Chan Ho Park gave up an RBI single to Jorge Posada.{{cite web |first=Bryan|last=Hoch|title=Yanks take Classic duel to pull even|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091029&content_id=7572446&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=October 30, 2009|access-date=October 30, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091102045339/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091029&content_id=7572446&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=November 2, 2009| url-status= live}} With Cabrera at second base and Posada at first, Johnny Damon hit a low line drive at Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard. Howard grabbed the ball and threw to second where Posada was tagged and called out while standing on the base. First-base umpire Brian Gorman ruled that Howard had caught the ball in the air; thus, the result was an inning-ending double play. Both Posada and Joe Girardi vehemently protested the call, claiming that the batted ball had hit the ground before being caught; however, the umpires did not reverse the call. ESPN reported that Gorman blew the call.{{cite web |title=Game 2 calls draw more scrutiny|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4607883|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=October 30, 2009|access-date=December 8, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091102180815/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4607883| archive-date=November 2, 2009| url-status= live}} This was the first of two calls made by Gorman in Game Two that were heavily criticized.{{cite news |title=Time for video replay in baseball before something really sorry happens... again |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/marinersblog/2010169691_time_for_video_replay_in_baseb.html|date=October 30, 2009|newspaper=Seattle Times|first=Geoff|last=Baker|access-date=December 8, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091104083300/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/marinersblog/2010169691_time_for_video_replay_in_baseb.html| archive-date=November 4, 2009| url-status= live}}{{cite news |title=The time has come for MLB to implement instant replay |url=http://www.nesn.com/2009/10/the-time-has-come-for-mlb-to-implement-instant-replay.html|date=October 31, 2009|publisher=New England Sports Network|first=David|last=Heck|access-date=December 8, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091205005355/http://www.nesn.com/2009/10/the-time-has-come-for-mlb-to-implement-instant-replay.html| archive-date=December 5, 2009| url-status= live}}{{cite news |first=David|last=Waldstein|title=In World Series, Umpires Find Themselves Back in Center of Dispute|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/sports/baseball/30umps.html?_r=1|work=The New York Times|date=October 30, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2011}}

Burnett left the game after seven innings, having given up one run. He was replaced by Mariano Rivera in the eighth inning. With one out in the eighth, the Phillies put two runners on with a walk to Jimmy Rollins and a single by Shane Victorino. However, Chase Utley grounded into an inning-ending double play ending on a close play at first base. The play was the second disputed call made by umpire Brian Gorman in Game Two. Gorman himself later admitted he missed this call, saying, "on a freeze frame, it looks like there's a little bit of a ball outside [Teixeira's] glove when [Utley] hits the bag." Ultimately, Rivera threw 39 pitches and got six outs for his 38th postseason save, his tenth in World Series play.{{cite news |first=Erik|last=Boland|title=Rivera gets six-out save as Yankees win Game 2, 3–1|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/rivera-gets-six-out-save-as-yankees-win-game-2-3-1-1.1557551|newspaper=Newsday|date=October 30, 2009|access-date=October 30, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091102093726/http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/rivera-gets-six-out-save-as-yankees-win-game-2-3-1-1.1557551| archive-date=November 2, 2009| url-status= dead}}

{{Clear}} Burnett earned the win in Game Two.{{cite news|url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2009/10/ny_yankees_beat_philadelphia_p.html|title=NY Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3-1, in Game 2 of World Series|work=NJ.com|last=Carig|first=Marc|date=October 29, 2009|access-date=October 28, 2018}}

=Game 3=

{{Linescore

|Date=October 31, 2009

|Time=9:17{{nbsp}}pm (EDT)

|Location=Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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|WP=Andy Pettitte (1–0)|LP=Cole Hamels (0–1)

|RoadHR=Alex Rodriguez (1), Nick Swisher (1), Hideki Matsui (2) |HomeHR=Jayson Werth 2 (2), Carlos Ruiz (1)

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The start of the game was postponed 80 minutes due to a rain delay, pushing the start time to 9:17 p.m.{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-baseball-series-rain-idUSTRE5A000I20091101|title=World Series gets underway after rain delay|date=October 31, 2009|access-date=December 20, 2012|work=Reuters}} Amber Riley, accompanied by cast members of the television series Glee (Jenna Ushkowitz. Chris Colfer, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Mark Salling, Dianna Agron, and Kevin McHale) performed the national anthem, as part of a ceremony featuring a large American flag and several members of the armed services.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091031&content_id=7586030&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=MLB Stands Up to Cancer in Game 3|access-date=March 16, 2010|last=Newman|first=Mark|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 1, 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.512aw.afrc.af.mil/News/story/id/123176480/|title=Reservist takes part in opening ceremony of Game 3 of World Series|access-date=March 16, 2010|last=Losurdo|first=Marnee|work=512th Airlift Wing|publisher=United States Air Force|date=November 6, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722180557/http://www.512aw.afrc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123176480|archive-date=July 22, 2011|df=mdy-all}} The Phillies scored first with Jayson Werth's lead-off home run, which was followed by a bases-loaded walk and a sacrifice fly to make the score 3–0 in the bottom of the second inning.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI200910310.shtml|title=October 31, 2009 World Series Game 3, Yankees at Phillies|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=November 2, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091108163317/http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI200910310.shtml| archive-date=November 8, 2009| url-status= live}} Following Mark Teixeira's walk in the top of the fourth inning, Alex Rodriguez hit a deep ball down the right field line. It was originally ruled a double so Teixeira held at third base. The play was reviewed using MLB instant replay, which revealed that the ball had struck a camera sticking over the top of the wall, so the ball was ruled a two-run home run,{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7594160&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Camera moved after A-Rod homer|access-date=November 1, 2009|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 1, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091104234934/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7594160&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=November 4, 2009| url-status= live}} giving Rodriguez his first World Series hit.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodrial01.shtml|title=Alex Rodriguez Statistics and History|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=November 2, 2009}} This was the first home run reviewed by instant replay in postseason play. Specifically, the ball hit a camera owned by Fox and MLB which extended slightly over the right field wall. The camera was moved back for Game 4 such that its lens was in line with the wall. Coincidentally, Alex Rodriguez also had the first regular season home run reviewed by replay.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080903&content_id=3412816&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title= Instant replay used for first time|access-date=November 1, 2009|last=Chastain|first=Bill|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=September 4, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091103075313/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080903&content_id=3412816&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=November 3, 2009| url-status= live}}

Nick Swisher opened the top of the fifth inning with a double and scored on a single to center field by Andy Pettitte. This was Pettitte's first career postseason RBI and the first RBI by a Yankees pitcher in a World Series since Jim Bouton in 1964.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=4613099|title=2009 World Series: New York Yankees' Pettitte knows his way around this stage |access-date=November 2, 2009|date=October 31, 2009|first=Jayson|last=Stark|author-link=Jayson Stark|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091104235650/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=4613099| archive-date=November 4, 2009| url-status= live}} Derek Jeter followed Pettitte with another single, and both runners scored on a two-run double by Johnny Damon. Cole Hamels then walked Teixeira and was relieved by J. A. Happ. Happ closed out the fifth without allowing further scoring, but Nick Swisher added to the Yankees lead with a home run off of him in the sixth. Werth hit his second home run of the game leading off the bottom of the sixth to close the Yankees lead to 6–4, becoming the second Phillies player to hit multiple home runs in this World Series.

Chad Durbin relieved Happ in the top of the seventh. He walked Johnny Damon, who then stole second base. Rodriguez was then hit by a pitch, and Damon scored on a single by Jorge Posada. Joba Chamberlain relieved Pettitte in the bottom of the seventh and retired the side in order. Brett Myers retired the first two batters in the top of the eighth, but Hideki Matsui then hit a home run pinch hitting for Chamberlain.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7591284&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Lack of DH doesn't hinder Yankees|access-date=November 1, 2009|last=Ghiroli|first=Brittnay|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221120621/http://mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7591284&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|archive-date=February 21, 2010|df=mdy-all}} Phil Hughes pitched a third of an inning in the bottom of the ninth and allowed a solo home run to Carlos Ruiz before being relieved by Mariano Rivera. Rivera closed out the game, throwing just five pitches to record the final two outs. This game was Pettitte's 17th career postseason win, extending his MLB record.

=Game 4=

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This game marked the second time the World Series was held during November. Prior to the start of the game, Derek Jeter and Albert Pujols were named winners of the Hank Aaron Award for their offensive performances in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7595224&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Pujols, Jeter winners of Aaron Award |access-date=November 4, 2009|last=Bloom|first=Barry|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 1, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091104234955/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7595224&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=November 4, 2009| url-status= live}} This was the first game to test manager Joe Girardi's decision to use a three-man starting rotation, as CC Sabathia started the game on three days rest, a shorter period than he normally got during the regular season.{{cite web |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291031122&teams=new-york-yankees-vs-philadelphia-phillies |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714074844/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291031122&teams=new-york-yankees-vs-philadelphia-phillies |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |author=Associated Press|title=A-Rod starts rally, Pettitte hits RBI single as Yankees claim 2–1 lead over Phillies |date=October 31, 2009|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |access-date=March 25, 2010}} Jeter led the game off with a single and advanced to third base on a double by Johnny Damon.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI200911010.shtml|title=November 1, 2009 World Series Game 4, Yankees at Phillies|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=January 12, 2009}} Jeter scored via a Mark Teixeira ground out and Alex Rodriguez was hit by a pitch. Rodriguez was hit twice the night before and the umpires issued warnings to both benches.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7594158&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Benches warned after A-Rod plunking|access-date=November 2, 2009|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 1, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091104234929/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7594158&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=November 4, 2009| url-status= live}} Jorge Posada then added to the Yankees lead that inning with a sacrifice fly. The Phillies answered quickly, scoring a run on successive doubles by Shane Victorino and Chase Utley in the bottom of the first. Sabathia intentionally walked Jayson Werth, but escaped the inning without further scoring. The Phillies tied the game in the bottom of the fourth as Ryan Howard singled, stole second, and scored on a single by Pedro Feliz. Although the run counted, instant replay of Howard's slide showed that he did not touch home plate. As Sabathia threw to second base, Mike Everitt signaled that Howard was safe due to the attempted play on Feliz. Sabathia then pitched to Carlos Ruiz as part of an intentional walk, therefore losing the right to appeal that Howard missed home.{{cite video|title=Major League Baseball on Fox: Game 4 of the 2009 World Series|medium=television|publisher=Fox|date=November 1, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7597644&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Howard scores without touching plate|access-date=November 2, 2009|last=Langosch|first=Jennifer|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221120217/http://mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7597644&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|archive-date=February 21, 2010|df=mdy-all}}

Nick Swisher walked to lead off the fifth inning and advanced to second on a Melky Cabrera single. Swisher restored the Yankees' lead, scoring on a single by Jeter, and Cabrera added to it by scoring a run on a Damon single. Brett Gardner replaced Cabrera in center field as a defensive substitution in the bottom of the sixth inning after Cabrera left the game due to a hamstring injury.{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291101122|title=New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Recap – November 10, 2009 – ESPN |access-date=November 2, 2009|author=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091105033102/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291101122| archive-date=November 5, 2009| url-status= dead}} Chan Ho Park relieved Phillies starter Joe Blanton in the seventh and held the Yankees scoreless in that inning. Chase Utley hit his third home run of the series in the bottom of the seventh with two outs, bringing the game to 4–3. Dámaso Marte relieved Sabathia and got the final out of the seventh without further scoring.

Ryan Madson relieved Park in the eighth and allowed a walk and a single but held the Yankees scoreless. Joba Chamberlain replaced Marte in the bottom of the inning. He struck out the first two batters he faced but allowed a game-tying home run to Feliz before closing the inning.

Brad Lidge came into the game for the ninth inning, popping out Matsui and striking out Jeter before surrendering a two-out single to Damon—after a nine-pitch at bat with two strikes and four foul balls.{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=4615712 | title=Damon steals the show|author=Stark, Jayson|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures| date=November 2009}} Then, with Teixeira batting, Damon stole second and, on the same play, also stole third as the base was uncovered due to a defensive shift against Teixeira.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7594166&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Johnny lately: Yanks' 9th makes it a 3–1 Series |access-date=November 2, 2009|last=Hoch|first=Brian|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 1, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091104234938/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091101&content_id=7594166&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=November 4, 2009| url-status= live}} Several news outlets referred to this as a "mad dash".{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=4615700 |first=Jerry|last=Crasnick|author-link=Jerry Crasnick|title=Phillies awoke nearly silent Rodriguez |date=November 1, 2009|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |access-date=March 29, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/news/sports/games/62368/ |first=Will|last=Leitch|title=No Holding Back This Holliday Season |date=November 28, 2009|work=NYmag.com|publisher=New York |access-date=March 29, 2010}} Some believed that Damon's play caused Lidge to avoid throwing his best pitch—a slider with sharp downward movement—for the rest of the inning, as it risked a wild pitch that would have allowed Damon to score from third base.{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2009/11/hes_no_idiot_af.html|title=He's no idiot after all |last=Abraham|first=Peter|work=Boston Globe|date=November 2, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2011}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2009-11-02-series-breakdown_N.htm|title=Series breakdown: Veteran Damon makes grand theft|last=White|first=Paul|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 2, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2011}} Teixeira was then hit by a pitch and Rodriguez put the Yankees ahead with a double, scoring Damon. Posada added to that lead with a single that scored Teixeira and Rodriguez, but was thrown out at second to end the inning. Mariano Rivera entered in the bottom of the ninth and saved the game for the Yankees on eight pitches for his second save of the series.

=Game 5=

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Canadian singer Alanis Morissette sang the national anthem. The Yankees replaced Melky Cabrera on their postseason roster with Ramiro Peña due to his injury in Game 4, while Brett Gardner took Cabrera's place in center field.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091102&content_id=7602252&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Yanks' Pena spells injured Melky on roster |access-date=November 2, 2009|last=Hoch|first=Bryan|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 2, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091104235029/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091102&content_id=7602252&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=November 4, 2009| url-status= live}} A. J. Burnett, the Yankees' Game 2 starter, started Game 5 on three days rest, one less than the Phillies' Cliff Lee.{{cite web |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291102122&teams=new-york-yankees-vs-philadelphia-phillies |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717134835/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291102122&teams=new-york-yankees-vs-philadelphia-phillies |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |author=Associated Press|title=Utley's record-tying 5th World Series HR helps Phils cut Yanks lead to 3–2 |date=November 2, 2009|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |access-date=March 25, 2010}} The Yankees scored first in the first inning, with Johnny Damon reaching base with a single and then scoring on a two-out double by Alex Rodriguez.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI200911020.shtml|title=November 2, 2009 World Series Game 5, Yankees at Phillies|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=January 12, 2009}} The Phillies responded in the bottom of the inning with a single by Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino reaching after being hit by a pitch, and finally a three-run home run by Chase Utley to take the lead. The Phillies added to their lead in the third inning with Utley and Ryan Howard drawing walks followed by RBI singles by Jayson Werth and Raúl Ibañez. With no outs in the inning, Burnett was relieved by David Robertson, who allowed another run to score on a Carlos Ruiz ground out.

Robertson held the Phillies scoreless for a second inning in the fourth. Jorge Posada entered as a pinch hitter in the fifth inning for José Molina and grounded out. Eric Hinske then pinch hit for Robertson and walked, advanced to third on a Derek Jeter single, and scored on a ground out by Damon. Alfredo Aceves entered as the new Yankee pitcher in the bottom of the fifth. The first batter he faced, Jayson Werth, hit a deep drive to center field but it was caught for an out by Gardner, who collided with the outfield wall to complete the play. Aceves completed the inning without a run scoring, inducing ground outs from Ibáñez and Ruiz. Phil Coke relieved Aceves in the seventh inning and allowed two Phillies players to tie World Series records. First, Utley tied Reggie Jackson's record for most home runs in a World Series with a home run, his fifth of the series.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4618248 |title=Utley ties Jackson with 5th HR |access-date=November 12, 2009|author=Associated Press|date=November 3, 2009|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091106235928/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4618248| archive-date=November 6, 2009| url-status= live}} Coke then struck out Howard, Howard's 12th strikeout in the series, tying Willie Wilson's record for most strikeouts in a World Series.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/11/04/2009-11-04_ryan_howard.html|title=Philadelphia Phillies hoping Ryan Howard can shake slump, pound New York Yankees |access-date=November 5, 2009|last=Red|first=Christian|work=New York Daily News|date=November 4, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091105105711/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/11/04/2009-11-04_ryan_howard.html| archive-date=November 5, 2009| url-status= live}} Finally, Coke was driven from the game after allowing another home run, this time to Ibáñez, and was relieved by Phil Hughes.

Victorino was replaced defensively in the eighth inning by Ben Francisco. Lee was driven from the game after allowing a single to Damon, followed by a double by Mark Teixeira, and then a double by Rodriguez that scored both runners. Chan Ho Park relieved Lee and induced a ground out from Nick Swisher, which advanced Rodriguez to third base. Rodriguez scored on a sacrifice fly by Robinson Canó. Ryan Madson entered in the ninth to close the game, allowing a double to Posada and a single to Hideki Matsui without recording an out. Batting with men on first and third base, Jeter grounded into a double play, allowing Posada to score but emptying the bases. Damon singled to bring Teixeira to bat as the potential tying run, but Madson struck him out to record his first World Series save. Members of the news media, such as Gene Wojciechowski, were critical of the three-man starting rotation strategy following Game 3, and contended that Burnett's poor performance was caused by insufficient rest in between starts.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=4618452&sportCat=mlb |title=Short rest leads to Burnett's short start |date=November 3, 2009|first=Gene|last=Wojciechowski|author-link=Gene Wojciechowski|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |access-date=March 25, 2010}} However, Burnett had been successful up to this point in such situations, going 4–0 with a 2.33 ERA in four career starts on short rest (less than the normal four days between starts) before this game.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=4614592&type=story|title=Burnett to face Lee on short rest |date=November 2, 2009|work=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press |access-date=July 30, 2010}}

=Game 6=

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This game was the first Game 6 in a World Series since the 2003 World Series six years earlier, the longest such gap in the history of the World Series.{{cite web |first=Mark|last=Newman|title=Six in the City: Where will this one rank?|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091103&content_id=7615844&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 4, 2009|access-date=November 4, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091107091303/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091103&content_id=7615844&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=November 7, 2009| url-status= live}} Mary J. Blige, a Bronx native, performed "The Star-Spangled Banner".{{cite web |first=Brittany|last=Ghiroli|title=New York's Blige entertains with anthem|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7620350&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 4, 2009|access-date=November 4, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091108214141/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7620350&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=November 8, 2009| url-status= live}} Andy Pettitte started on three days rest, the third straight game in which the Yankees fielded a pitcher on short rest.{{cite web |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291104110&teams=philadelphia-phillies-vs-new-york-yankees |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714144625/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291104110&teams=philadelphia-phillies-vs-new-york-yankees |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |author=Associated Press|title=Matsui's bat drives Yankees to 27th World Series crown |date=October 31, 2009|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |access-date=March 25, 2010}} The Phillies started Pedro Martínez, who called himself and opposing pitcher Andy Pettitte "old goats" and acknowledged that Red Sox fans were rooting for him: "I know that they don't like the Yankees to win, not even in Nintendo games."{{cite web|url=http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2009/11/03/pedro-i-consider-myself-a-bostonian/|title=Pedro: 'I consider myself a Bostonian'|publisher=WEEI.com|date=November 3, 2009|access-date=July 22, 2010}}

The Yankees scored first with an Alex Rodriguez walk opening the bottom of the second inning followed by a two-run home run by designated hitter Hideki Matsui.{{cite web| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200911040.shtml|title=November 4, 2009 World Series Game 6, Phillies at Yankees|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=January 12, 2009}} The Phillies quickly responded with a triple by Carlos Ruiz who then scored on a sacrifice fly from Jimmy Rollins in the top of the third. Matsui answered back, adding to the Yankees lead again with a single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the third, scoring Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon. Damon, injured running the bases while scoring, was replaced defensively in the top of the fourth by Jerry Hairston Jr.

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Phillies starter Pedro Martínez was removed after allowing four runs in four innings, relieved in the fifth by Chad Durbin. Durbin allowed a ground rule double to Jeter, who advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Hairston and scored on a single by Mark Teixeira. Durbin then hit Rodriguez with a pitch and was relieved by J. A. Happ after recording just one out. Happ allowed a two-run double to Matsui, his fifth and sixth RBI of the game, which tied a World Series record for most RBI in a single game set by Bobby Richardson in the 1960 World Series.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7620234&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Statsui: MVP delivers jaw-dropping numbers|first=Anthony|last=DiComo|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=January 12, 2010|date=November 5, 2009}}

The Phillies made the game closer in the top of the sixth inning, as Chase Utley drew a walk and Ryan Howard followed him with a two-run home run, bringing the score to 7–3. After Raúl Ibañez hit a double into right field, Joba Chamberlain relieved Andy Pettitte and closed the sixth without allowing the Phillies to score. Chan Ho Park came in for Happ, ending any Yankees threat that inning. Chamberlain was relieved by Dámaso Marte in the top of the seventh after allowing two baserunners, but Marte struck out Utley to end the inning scoreless. After Park allowed a single to Rodriguez, Scott Eyre replaced him. Eyre allowed Rodriguez to steal second and intentionally walked Jorge Posada but escaped the inning without allowing a run.

Marte recorded one out, a strikeout of Howard, in the top of the eighth inning. With it Howard set a new World Series record for most strikeouts by a hitter in a single series with a total of 13.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7616316&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Howard sets Series record for strikeouts |access-date=November 5, 2009|last=Bowman|first=Mark|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 5, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091108104133/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7616316&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=November 8, 2009| url-status= live}} After the out, Marte was relieved by Yankees closer Mariano Rivera in a non-save situation. Rivera allowed a double to Ibáñez, but no runs, in the eighth. After retiring the first two batters in the eighth, Eyre gave way to Ryan Madson, who allowed a single to Jeter before ending the bottom of the eighth inning. Matt Stairs led off the ninth as a pinch hitter, but lined out. Ruiz worked a walk from Rivera, but successive outs by Rollins and Victorino ended the game 7–3 to clinch the World Series for the Yankees. Pettitte added to his own record for most playoff wins, bringing his career total to 18.{{cite web | author = Associated Press | work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures| title = Matsui's bat drives Yankees to 27th World Series crown | date =November 5, 2009| url = http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291104110| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130102210448/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=291104110| url-status = dead| archive-date = January 2, 2013| access-date =December 28, 2009}}

Composite line score

2009 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (AL) beat Philadelphia Phillies (NL).

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|H1=3|H2=2|H3=2|H4=3|H5=9|H6=2|H7=2|H8=4|H9=5|HR=32|HH=49|HE=2

|TotalAttendance=289,087 |AveAttendance=48,181

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|LosePlayerShare=$265,357.50{{cite news|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091130&content_id=7730198&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp|title=Yanks awarded record postseason shares|last=Gonzalez|first=Alden|work=MLB.com|date=November 30, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2011}}

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Broadcasting

For the tenth consecutive year in the United States, Fox Sports televised the Series. Joe Buck called play-by-play and Tim McCarver provided analysis. The Series was also broadcast on ESPN Radio, with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan calling the action. Fox Sports en Español also broadcast the Series for the US Spanish-speaking audience.{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fox-sports-en-espanol-announces-exclusive-spanish-language-programming-for-the-2009-world-series-with-pre---postgame-analysis-by-chicago-white-sox-manager-ozzie-guillen-66403607.html|title=Fox Sports en Espanol Announces Exclusive Spanish-Language Programming For The 2009 World Series|publisher=PR Newswire|date=October 28, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2011}} The flagship radio stations of the respective teams broadcast all Series games with their local announcers. In Philadelphia, WPHT carried the Phillies' English-language broadcasts, with Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, Tom McCarthy, Gary Matthews, and Chris Wheeler announcing, while WUBA aired the team's Spanish broadcasts.{{cite news|url=http://articles.philly.com/2009-11-04/sports/24987832_1_ryan-howard-hideki-matsui-johnny-damon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726010631/http://articles.philly.com/2009-11-04/sports/24987832_1_ryan-howard-hideki-matsui-johnny-damon|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2011|title=Phillies–Yankees: World Series Game 6 preview|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 4, 2009|first=Marcus|last=Hayes|access-date=February 24, 2011}} In New York, WCBS-AM carried the Yankees' English broadcasts with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman announcing.{{cite news|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091028/SPORTS/910280350/-1/rss02|title=World Series: How to follow the Yankees on TV, radio|work=Times Herald-Record|date=October 28, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=June 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617052708/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091028%2FSPORTS%2F910280350%2F-1%2Frss02|url-status=dead}} This broadcast made Waldman the first woman to announce a World Series game on radio.{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4604021&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines | title=Yankees honor Waldman before Game 1 | author=Associated Press | work=ESPN.com | publisher = ESPN Internet Ventures |date=October 28, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2011}} XM Satellite Radio offered multiple feeds of each game to its subscribers.{{cite press release|url=http://investor.sirius.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=414472|title=SIRIUS XM Radio Announces Extensive MLB Postseason Coverage|publisher=PR Newswire via xmradio.com|date=October 7, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720065449/http://investor.sirius.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=414472|archive-date=July 20, 2011|df=mdy-all}}

Ratings

The 2009 World Series earned high television ratings. Game 1 attracted 19.5 million viewers, second only to the opening of the 2004 World Series for a series opener since 2000 and 29% higher than 2008's opening game.{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091030&content_id=7580380&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy&partnerId=rss_nyy |title=Buzz growing as Series has classic feel |work=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball|last=Newman |first=Mark |date=October 30, 2009|access-date=November 2, 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/29/world-series-game-1-up-29-over-2008-second-highest-game-1-of-decade/32013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012142033/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/29/world-series-game-1-up-29-over-2008-second-highest-game-1-of-decade/32013/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |title=World Series Game 1 up 29% over 2008; Second highest game 1 of decade|work=Fox Sports|publisher=TV By the Numbers |date=October 29, 2009|access-date=January 6, 2010}} Game 4 produced the highest total viewership of the series with 22.8 million viewers, the highest for any World Series game since 2004 and the highest for a "non-decisive Game 4" since 2001. At 11.7 overall, the 2009 World Series was at the time the highest rated World Series since 2004 and one of the only World Series to average double digits since 2007, the other being the 2016 World Series.World Series television ratings

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2{{cite web \|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/30/world-series-game-2-dominates-prime-time-audience-48-better-than-08-gm-2/32108 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024085227/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/30/world-series-game-2-dominates-prime-time-audience-48-better-than-08-gm-2/32108/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 24, 2012 \|title=World Series Game 2 Dominates Prime Time; Audience +48% Better than '08 Gm. 2\|work=Fox Sports\|publisher=TV By the Numbers \|date=October 30, 2009\|access-date=January 6, 2010}} \| 11.7 \|\| 19 \|\| 18.9
3{{cite web \|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/01/world-series-game-3-averages-15-4-million-viewers-after-80-minute-halloween-rain-delay/32211 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024102601/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/01/world-series-game-3-averages-15-4-million-viewers-after-80-minute-halloween-rain-delay/32211/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 24, 2012 \|title=World Series game 3 averages 15.4 million viewers after 80 minute Halloween rain delay\|work=Fox Sports\|publisher=TV By the Numbers \|date=November 1, 2009\|access-date=January 6, 2010}} \| 9.1 \|\| 18 \|\| 15.4
4{{cite web \|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/02/world-series-game-four-nielsen-ratings-2009-world-series-remains-dominant-force-in-prime-time/32326 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012142058/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/02/world-series-game-four-nielsen-ratings-2009-world-series-remains-dominant-force-in-prime-time/32326/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 12, 2012 \|title=World Series Game Four Nielsen Ratings: 2009 World Series Remains Dominant Force in Prime Time\|work=Fox Sports\|publisher=TV By the Numbers \|date=November 2, 2009\|access-date=January 6, 2010}} \| 13.5 \|\| 22 \|\| 22.8
5{{cite web \|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/03/world-series-game-5-delivers-another-home-run-for-fox/32563 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012142203/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/03/world-series-game-5-delivers-another-home-run-for-fox/32563/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 12, 2012 \|title=World Series Game 5 Delivers Another Home Run For FOX\|work=Fox Sports\|publisher=TV By the Numbers \|date=November 3, 2009\|access-date=January 6, 2010}} \| 10.6 \|\| 16 \|\| 17.1
6{{cite web \|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/05/2009-world-series-posts-biggest-year-to-year-growth-in-history/32759 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024132516/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/05/2009-world-series-posts-biggest-year-to-year-growth-in-history/32759/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 24, 2011 \|title=2009 World Series posts biggest year-to-year growth in history\|work=Fox Sports\|publisher=TV By the Numbers \|date=November 5, 2009\|access-date=January 6, 2010}} \| 13.4 \|\| 22 \|\| 22.3

Series overview and aftermath

Many players with both teams won awards for their performances during the 2009 season. Teixeira and Jeter each won a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Award; Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino won Gold Gloves, as well; and Chase Utley won a Silver Slugger Award.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/y2009/index.jsp|title=2009 MLB Awards|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=January 12, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100119050111/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/y2009/index.jsp| archive-date=January 19, 2010| url-status= live}} Rivera was named the 2009 DHL Delivery Man of the Year,{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091014&content_id=7455952&vkey=news_nyy&c_id=nyy|title=Mariano wins Delivery Man of Year Award|first=Anthony|last=DiComo|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=October 14, 2009|access-date=January 12, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100119061808/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091014&content_id=7455952&vkey=news_nyy&c_id=nyy| archive-date=January 19, 2010| url-status= live}} as well as Sporting News{{'}} Pro Athlete of the Year.{{cite web | url = http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2009-12-17/2009-sporting-news-pro-athlete-year-mariano-rivera-yankees-closer | title = 2009 Sporting News Pro Athlete of the Year: Mariano Rivera, Yankees closer | work = Sporting News | first = Ken | last = Bradley | date = December 17, 2009 | access-date = December 17, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005011451/http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2009-12-17/2009-sporting-news-pro-athlete-year-mariano-rivera-yankees-closer | archive-date = October 5, 2013 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }} Along with the Hank Aaron Award announced before Game 4, Jeter won the Roberto Clemente Award and was named Sports Illustrated{{'}}s Sportsman of the Year for 2009.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091029&content_id=7573566&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Jeter takes home Clemente Award|first=Mark|last=Newman|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=October 29, 2009|access-date=January 12, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100119120504/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091029&content_id=7573566&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=January 19, 2010| url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/sportsman/2009/11/25/derek.jeter/index.html |title=Sports Illustrated names Derek Jeter Sportsman of the Year |work=SI.com |publisher=Sports Illustrated |date=November 30, 2009 |access-date=January 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104232602/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/sportsman/2009/11/25/derek.jeter/index.html |archive-date=January 4, 2010 |url-status=live }} Matsui won the World Series MVP for his play, becoming the first Japanese player and first full-time designated hitter to win the award.{{cite news| author = Associated Press | title = Matsui Becomes 1st Japanese-Born World Series MVP | work=The New York Times | date =November 5, 2009 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/05/sports/AP-BBO-World-Series-MVP.html | access-date =November 5, 2009}} He joined 1987 and 1991 championship Minnesota Twins player Dan Gladden as members of the 1994 championship-winning Yomiuri Giants team who have won championships in North America and Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1819933|title=The year that Japanese baseball – and its stars – stepped into the American spotlight|first=Nick|last=Faris|work=The Score|date=October 2019 |access-date=January 17, 2021}} Several items related to the series were sent to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum including bats from Jeter and Matsui; caps from Rivera, Lee, and Pettitte; and Johnny Damon's cleats.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7621018&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Cooperstown to capture Series relics|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=March 16, 2010|date=November 5, 2009|first=Tim|last=Britton}}

=Yankees=

File:CC Sabathia Mark Teixeira World Series parade 2009.jpg

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The series win brought the Yankees' franchise championship total to 27,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/sports/baseball/05series.html?_r=1&ref=global|title=Back on Top, Yankees Add a 27th Title | last=Kepner | first=Tyler |date=November 5, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 5, 2009}} more than any other North American professional sports franchise. This championship came in the Yankees' first year in their new stadium. They had also won the 1923 World Series, the opening year of the previous Yankee Stadium.{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ge-yankeesclinch110409|title=Yankees christen new stadium with a title|date=November 4, 2009|first=Gordon|last=Edes|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|access-date=February 24, 2011}} The victory was noted by some sportswriters as a personal success for Alex Rodriguez, winning his first and only world championship and succeeding in the playoffs where some had previously claimed he was a "choker and a loser".{{cite web|title=Postseason had many defining moments |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=bryant_howard&id=4628594 |work=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |first=Howard |last=Bryant |date=November 6, 2009 |access-date=December 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118154227/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=bryant_howard&id=4628594 |archive-date=November 18, 2009 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=A-Rod finally wins that elusive title|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=caple_jim&id=4624978|work=ESPN.com|first=Jim|last=Caple|date=November 4, 2009|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|access-date=December 28, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091105&content_id=7624852&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Humbled A-Rod soaks in first championship|first=Anthony|last=DiComo|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=December 28, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100119132950/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091105&content_id=7624852&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=January 19, 2010| url-status= live}} Prior to this series, Rodriguez had appeared in 2,166 regular season games without a World Series appearance, then the second-most among active players to Ken Griffey Jr.

The Yankees' victory was credited to a number of different sources.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7621016&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Start spreadin' the clues: Why Yanks won|first=Jenifer|last=Langosch|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=January 6, 2009}} Many players drew praise for their performances, including Series MVP Hideki Matsui; free agents signed the previous offseason including Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, and A. J. Burnett;{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/04/yankees-win-world-series_n_346445.html|title=Yankees Win World Series: New York Beats Phillies For Record 27th Championship|first=Mike|last=Fitzpatrick|work=The Huffington Post|date=November 4, 2009|access-date=January 6, 2009}} and the so-called "Core Four" of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, and Jorge Posada, who had all played a large role in the Yankees' past success in the 1990s.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7620796&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Six games, five rings, four Yankees|first=Bryan|last=Hoch|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=January 6, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/sports/26anderson.html|title=Sports of the Times; From Yanks' Core To Pacquiao, Plenty of Cheers|first=Dave|last=Anderson|work=The New York Times|date=November 29, 2009|access-date=January 6, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7620800&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Pettitte relishes fifth championship ring|first=Thomas|last=Boorstein|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=January 6, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100119133049/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7620800&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=January 19, 2010| url-status= live}} Manager Joe Girardi was also credited for his management of the team,{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091105&content_id=7625028&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Girardi leads Yankees to ultimate goal|first=Thomas|last=Boorstein|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=January 6, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100119132936/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091105&content_id=7625028&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=January 19, 2010| url-status= live}} particularly in his decision to use only three starting pitchers in the Yankees postseason starting rotation.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7621188&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy|title=In the end, Girardi's pitching plan pays off|first=Jennifer|last=Langosch|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=January 6, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100119085954/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7621188&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy| archive-date=January 19, 2010| url-status= live}} The Yankees were the first team to use only three starters in a World Series since the San Diego Padres in the 1998 Series.

Several members of the Yankees franchise dedicated the World Series in part to team owner George Steinbrenner, who had recently stepped back from his once prominent position with the team.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7616200&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=George, this one is for you|first=Barry|last=Bloom|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=January 12, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100119132735/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091104&content_id=7616200&vkey=ps2009news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date= January 19, 2010 | url-status= live}} Steinbrenner died on the day of the All-Star Game the following season at the age of 80.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/sports/baseball/14steinbrenner.html?_r=2&sq=steinbrenner&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print|title=George Steinbrenner, 1930–2010; A Legacy of Championships From the Man Who Hated to Lose|first=Richard|last=Goldstein|newspaper=The New York Times|page=A1 | date=July 13, 2010|access-date=February 24, 2011}} On November 6, a victory parade took place for the Yankees in the "Canyon of Heroes" in Manhattan, New York City.{{cite news|url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/idCATRE5A556L20091106|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715175310/http://ca.reuters.com/article/idCATRE5A556L20091106|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2011|title=NY Yankees victory parade draws thousands of fans|date=November 6, 2009|work=Reuters|access-date=November 21, 2009|first=Michelle|last=Nicholls}} The Yankees sent a group of players, coach Tony Peña, and team Senior Vice President Felix Lopez with the Commissioner's Trophy to the Dominican Republic in early January 2010 to meet with President Leonel Fernández.{{cite web|url=http://www.presidencia.gob.do/app/article.aspx?id=11838|title=Presidente Fernández recibe a ejecutivos y jugadores de los Yankees de Nueva York|language=es|publisher=Presidency of the Dominican Republic|date=January 8, 2010|access-date=January 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725193507/http://www.presidencia.gob.do/app/article.aspx?id=11838|archive-date=July 25, 2011|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100108&content_id=7892702&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Yanks, trophy tour Dominican Republic|first=Bryan|last=Hoch|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=January 7, 2010|access-date=January 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100115113930/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100108&content_id=7892702&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date=January 15, 2010| url-status= live}} Most of the 2009 Yankees received their championship rings on Opening Day the next season.{{cite news|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-04-13/sports/27061526_1_rings-balfour-college-style|title=New York Yankees set for 2010 Opening Day with World Series rings in hand|access-date=February 27, 2011|last=Bondy|first=Filip|work=New York Daily News|date=April 13, 2010|archive-date=August 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801151751/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-04-13/sports/27061526_1_rings-balfour-college-style|url-status=dead}} Matsui was on the Angels in 2010 and when the Angels played their first series of the season in the Bronx, the Yankees home opener, they presented him with his ring.{{cite news|title=Jeter plays ring prank on Matsui|url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=5083131|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|agency=Associated Press|date=April 13, 2010|access-date=February 27, 2011}} They also visited U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House in April 2010, presenting him with a signed jersey.{{cite news|title=Obama hosts Yankees at White House|url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5137815|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|agency=Associated Press|date=April 26, 2010|access-date=February 27, 2011}}

The Yankees returned to the playoffs the following season, as the wild card. They lost to the Texas Rangers in the 2010 ALCS; which included an 8–0 shutout in Yankee Stadium by former Phillie ace Cliff Lee; it was Lee's seventh straight postseason win, which included three victories against the Yankees (two as a Phillie in the 2009 World Series, and in 2010 during the ALCS). The Yankees tried to acquire Lee from the Seattle Mariners during the 2010 season, but a potential trade fell through.{{Cite web|last=Leonardi|first=Stephen|date=2020-07-10|title=On this day in Yankees history: The Cliff Lee trade that never was|url=http://bronxpinstripes.com/yankees-history/on-this-day-in-yankees-history-the-cliff-lee-trade-that-never-was/|access-date=2020-12-07|website=Bronx Pinstripes {{!}} BronxPinstripes.com|language=en-US}} The Yankees returned to the American League Championship Series in {{alcsy|2012}}, {{alcsy|2017}}, {{alcsy|2019}}, and {{alcsy|2022}}, and {{alcsy|2024}} losing the first four times and becoming the first team to lose five straight LCS, ultimately winning in 2024, but would go on to lose the World Series to the Dodgers. With the losses by the Mets in {{wsy|2015}} and the Yankees in {{wsy|2024}}, this remains the most recent World Series championship by a team from New York City.{{cite news |last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=October 20, 2019 |title=For the Yankees, Good Is Not Good Enough in the Age of the Astros |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/sports/baseball/yankees-astros.html |access-date=October 27, 2019 |work=The New York Times |quote=The Yankees won the World Series in 2009, but the 2010s will end without a pennant, the first time that has happened since the 1910s.}}

=Phillies=

Following Game 4, after the Yankees took a 3–1 series lead, The Philadelphia Inquirer accidentally printed a three-quarters-page Macy's advertisement congratulating the Phillies for winning the World Series, along with a picture of a Phillies championship T-shirt. The newspaper subsequently apologized for the mistake.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=4616770&type=story|title = Newspaper apologizes for incorrect ad|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|agency=Associated Press|date=November 2, 2009|access-date=March 30, 2010}}

Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated attributed Philadelphia's loss to a lack of pitching depth, noting that three different Yankees starters managed to win games in the series, while only Cliff Lee won games for the Phillies. The Phillies' 2008 postseason star pitchers, starter Cole Hamels and closer Brad Lidge, struggled in their only appearances of the 2009 World Series. The Phillies bullpen which did well in the NLCS performed poorly in the World Series, allowing seven runs in just {{frac|11|2|3}} innings with a 5.40 ERA.{{cite news|url=http://si.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Lack+of+starting+pitching+depth+doomed+Philadelphia+Phillies+-+Lee+Jenkins+-+SI.com&expire=&urlID=414147432&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2F2009%2Fwriters%2Flee_jenkins%2F11%2F05%2Fpedro.martinez%2Findex.html&partnerID=2356|title=Lack of pitching depth cost Phillies|last=Jenkins|first=Lee|date=November 5, 2009|work=SI.com|publisher=Sports Illustrated|access-date=January 21, 2010|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421075501/http://si.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Lack+of+starting+pitching+depth+doomed+Philadelphia+Phillies+-+Lee+Jenkins+-+SI.com&expire=&urlID=414147432&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2F2009%2Fwriters%2Flee_jenkins%2F11%2F05%2Fpedro.martinez%2Findex.html&partnerID=2356|url-status=dead}} Jorge Arangure Jr. of ESPN partially attributed the Phillies' loss to their lack of offensive production, citing the team's .227 batting average in the World Series. Only Chase Utley performed well with 5 home runs and 22 of the Phillies' 90 bases, while Shane Victorino and Jimmy Rollins struggled at the plate, and Ryan Howard struck out a record 13 times in the World Series after his NLCS MVP performance.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=4624839&type=story|title=Five reasons the Phillies didn't repeat|last=Arangure|first=Jorge Jr.|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=November 4, 2009|access-date=March 31, 2010}}

The Phillies swapped ace pitchers, acquiring Roy Halladay from Toronto and simultaneously sending Cliff Lee to Seattle. Despite this, the Phillies were odds on favorite to win their third pennant in a row in 2010. However, they were instead upset by the eventual World Series champion San Francisco Giants in the National League Championship Series in six games. They would reacquire Cliff Lee and trade for Roy Oswalt in the 2010 off-season, which formed a "Four Aces" rotation of Halladay, Hamels, Lee, and Oswalt.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/magazine/mag-03Phillies-t.html|title=The Phillies' Four Aces|date=March 31, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2017|first=Pat|last=Jordan|work=The New York Times}} They won 102 games in 2011, but were again upset by an eventual World Series champion, the St. Louis Cardinals, in the National League Division Series in five games. Afterwards, they would enter a long dry spell of postseason baseball and not make another appearance again until 2022.

=David Paterson ticket scandal=

Among those in attendance during Game 1 was New York Governor David Paterson, whose party had five tickets behind home plate. On March 3, 2010, the New York Commission on Public Integrity found that Paterson had violated state laws concerning gifts to public officials, and that he lied under oath to the commission about his intent to pay for the tickets.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703862704575099663280532160?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird|title=Paterson Faulted For Ethics Slip |last=Saul|first=Michael Howard|date=March 4, 2010|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=March 4, 2010}} The commission further found that Paterson used his position to solicit and receive the five tickets—valued at US$425 each—free of charge from the Yankees,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/nyregion/04paterson.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print|title=Paterson's Ethics Breach Is Turned Over to Prosecutors|last1=Confessore|first1=Nicholas|last2=Peters|first2=Jeremy W.|date=March 3, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=March 4, 2010}} that he had never intended to pay for the tickets despite testimony to the contrary, and that he or a person acting on his behalf wrote a backdated check to pay for them only after scrutiny in the case arose. The Commission ultimately fined Paterson $62,125 for his actions.{{cite web|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/gov-paterson-fined-62125-for-taking-world-series-tickets/|title=Governor Paterson Fined Over World Series Tickets|last=Halbfinger|first=David|date=December 20, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 2, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110112093921/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/gov-paterson-fined-62125-for-taking-world-series-tickets/| archive-date=January 12, 2011| url-status= live}}

References

External links

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[http://mlb.mlb.com/nyy/history/championship09.jsp New York Yankees championship page]

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Game	Ratings (households)	Share (households)	American audience (in millions)
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1 \| 11.9 \|\| 19 \|\| 19.5
2{{cite web \|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/30/world-series-game-2-dominates-prime-time-audience-48-better-than-08-gm-2/32108 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024085227/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/30/world-series-game-2-dominates-prime-time-audience-48-better-than-08-gm-2/32108/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 24, 2012 \|title=World Series Game 2 Dominates Prime Time; Audience +48% Better than '08 Gm. 2\|work=Fox Sports\|publisher=TV By the Numbers \|date=October 30, 2009\|access-date=January 6, 2010}} \| 11.7 \|\| 19 \|\| 18.9
3{{cite web \|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/01/world-series-game-3-averages-15-4-million-viewers-after-80-minute-halloween-rain-delay/32211 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024102601/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/01/world-series-game-3-averages-15-4-million-viewers-after-80-minute-halloween-rain-delay/32211/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 24, 2012 \|title=World Series game 3 averages 15.4 million viewers after 80 minute Halloween rain delay\|work=Fox Sports\|publisher=TV By the Numbers \|date=November 1, 2009\|access-date=January 6, 2010}} \| 9.1 \|\| 18 \|\| 15.4
4{{cite web \|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/02/world-series-game-four-nielsen-ratings-2009-world-series-remains-dominant-force-in-prime-time/32326 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012142058/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/02/world-series-game-four-nielsen-ratings-2009-world-series-remains-dominant-force-in-prime-time/32326/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 12, 2012 \|title=World Series Game Four Nielsen Ratings: 2009 World Series Remains Dominant Force in Prime Time\|work=Fox Sports\|publisher=TV By the Numbers \|date=November 2, 2009\|access-date=January 6, 2010}} \| 13.5 \|\| 22 \|\| 22.8
5{{cite web \|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/03/world-series-game-5-delivers-another-home-run-for-fox/32563 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012142203/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/03/world-series-game-5-delivers-another-home-run-for-fox/32563/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 12, 2012 \|title=World Series Game 5 Delivers Another Home Run For FOX\|work=Fox Sports\|publisher=TV By the Numbers \|date=November 3, 2009\|access-date=January 6, 2010}} \| 10.6 \|\| 16 \|\| 17.1
6{{cite web \|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/05/2009-world-series-posts-biggest-year-to-year-growth-in-history/32759 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024132516/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/05/2009-world-series-posts-biggest-year-to-year-growth-in-history/32759/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 24, 2011 \|title=2009 World Series posts biggest year-to-year growth in history\|work=Fox Sports\|publisher=TV By the Numbers \|date=November 5, 2009\|access-date=January 6, 2010}} \| 13.4 \|\| 22 \|\| 22.3

2009 World Series#Game 2

Teams

=Philadelphia Phillies=

=New York Yankees=

=Series preview=

Background

Summary

Matchups

=Game 1=

=Game 2=

=Game 3=

=Game 4=

=Game 5=

=Game 6=

Composite line score

Broadcasting

Ratings

Series overview and aftermath

=Yankees=

=Phillies=

=David Paterson ticket scandal=

See also

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