Going into the top of the ninth inning it was tied at 4 a piece and Brad Lidge was on the mound for the Philadelphia Phillies. Phillies fans figured that Lidge would have a scoreless inning and make something happen in the bottom of the ninth to even up the series once again. It was close to a scoreless inning for Lidge who had recorded two outs in the inning but then his worst nightmare came up to the plate. Johnny Damon worked the count full and made Lidge throw a lot of pitches and Damon eventually won the battle by hitting a single to left that bounced in front of Raul Ibanez. With Mark Teixeira now at the plate the Phillies put the shift on but this left them vulnerable to the running threat that the Yankees posed. Johnny Damon stole second base on the first pitch but with nobody covering third base Damon scooted around 3B Pedro Feliz and proceeded to third base uncontested. Teixeira was eventually walked putting runners on the corner for Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod hit a screaming line drive double over the head of Raul Ibanez to plate two runs and put the Yankees up 7 – 4. Going into the bottom of the ninth the Phillies were now down by 3 instead of being tied and coming out of the visitor’s bullpen was Mariano Rivera and as we all know he has been lights out this postseason and he was so once again as he shut the Phillies down 1,2,3 to put the Yankees up 3 games to 1 and one win away from World Series Championship number 27.