The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 at Yankee Stadium to win the World Series, the Bronx Bombers ending a nine-year wait for a 27th title with a 4-2 series victory over the defending champions. Hideki Matsui was named Most Valuable Player after batting .615 with three home runs and eight RBIs over the series, the Japanese slugger driving in six runs in Wednesday’s clincher to tie the World Series record for most RBIs in one game.

Lo Yankee Stadium esplode in un urlo liberatorio: gli Yankees tornano sul tetto del baseball a stelle e strisce vincendo 4-2 le World Series 2009 dopo il 7-3 con cui hanno regolato i Philadelphia Phillies campioni in carica in gara-6. E’ il 27° titolo per i Bronx Bombers, la squadra più titolata dell’Mlb e dello sport pro Usa, che però non vinceva dal 2000.

The Philadelphia Phillies kept their championship hopes alive by beating the New York Yankees 8-6 to force a sixth game in the best-of-seven World Series. Chase Utley belted two home runs to support the pitching of Cliff Lee, the same combination that produced victory in last week’s Fall Classic opener.

The New York Yankees scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to forge a commanding 3-1 World Series lead with a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Yankees broke open a 4-4 tie with three runs off Phillies reliever Brad Lidge and moved within one victory of claiming their 27th Fall Classic crown with Game Five in the best-of-seven series being played in Philadelphia on Monday. After home runs by Phillies Chase Utley in the seventh and Pedro Feliz in the eighth tied the game, Lidge gave up an RBI-double to Alex Rodriguez and a two-run single to Jorge Posada to hand the Yankees their winning margin.

The New York Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit to claim an 8-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies and take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. Yankees starter Andy Pettitte settled down after yielding three runs in the second inning of a game delayed 80 minutes by rain to extend his postseason record for wins to 17. He gave up four runs on five hits over six innings, including two solo home runs by Jayson Werth.

The New York Yankees levelled the World Series at one game each as A.J. Burnett outdueled old Yankees nemesis Pedro Martinez in a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui homered for the Yankees, who overcame a 1-0 second-inning deficit for the crucial victory as the best-of-seven series shifts to Philadelphia for the next three games starting on Saturday. The hard-throwing Burnett gave up four hits in seven innings and struck out nine while walking two.

The Philadelphia Phillies won the opening game of the World Series 6-1 over the host New York Yankees behind the masterful pitching of Cliff Lee and two home runs by Chase Utley. Lee baffled the Yankees with an assortment of fastballs, change-ups and breaking balls, limiting them to six hits, striking out 10 without a walk and inducing a string of weak swings and easy outs.

The Philadelphia Phillies ended their long wait for a World Series title with a short burst of baseball as they clinched the crown by completing a rain-suspended 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. The Phillies captured their first Fall Classic title since 1980 in a unique, three-inning finish as they resumed Game Five, suspended in the middle of the sixth on Monday with the score tied 2-2 when the field became unplayable after rain. The victory gave the Phillies a 4-1 triumph in the best-of-seven series and ended a dream season for the Rays, who rebounded from the worst record in the majors last season.

The Philadelphia Phillies crushed the Tampa Bay Rays 10-2 to move within one win of their first World Series crown in 28 years. Slugger Ryan Howard belted two homers while Jayson Werth and starting pitcher Joe Blanton also cleared the fences for the Phils, who claimed a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Rays’ dream season, which has taken them from the worst record in the majors to their first Fall Classic, will come to an end if they lose Game Five at Citizens Bank Park on Monday. Howard, who had gone the entire postseason without a homer until he hit one on Saturday, said his big-game dreams came true.

The Philadelphia Phillies took advantage of some sloppy play in the bottom of the ninth to claim a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays and earn a 2-1 lead in the World Series. Victory in the rain-delayed game gave Philadelphia a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series with Game Four scheduled for Sunday. After relinquishing a 4-3 lead in the eighth, the Phillies began the winning rally when JP Howell hit leadoff man Eric Bruntlett, who took second base on a wild pitch and dashed on to third on a poor throw by the catcher. Grant Balfour, who delivered the wild pitch while facing Shane Victorino in relief of Howell, then issued intentional walks to the next two hitters to load the bases with no outs.

Big Game James. That’s quite a nickname for a pitcher with 32 major league wins. James Shields definitely deserved it Thursday night. Shields stymied the slumping Philadelphia Phillies, rookie David Price got the final seven outs and the plucky Tampa Bay Rays rebounded from a rare home loss with a 4-2 victory that tied the World Series at 1-all.