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Found November 02, 2009 on Babes Love Baseball: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Johnny Damon,  Chase Utley
TEAMS: New York Yankees,  Philadelphia Phillies

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A day after the New York Yankees came back to win Game 3, Johnny Damon became the difference-maker with a two-out, ninth-inning, game-saving performance.

The Yankees took a 3-1 World Series lead with a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies just after the reigning champs had started a rally in the seventh inning. Chase Utley took CC Sabathia’s 107th pitch of the evening into the right-field bleachers to make it a one-run game on his third bomb of the Series.

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