Yankees tie up Series ahead of Philly trip

MARK TEIXEIRA and Hideki Matsui shook the New York Yankees from their slumber and sent the World Series to tonight’s third game in Philadelphia tied at 1-1.

Yankees tie up Series ahead of Philly trip

Teixeira and Matsui hit solo homers off familiar foe Pedro Martinez, backing a sharp performance by AJ Burnett and giving the Yankees a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 on Thursday night.

Burnett joined an elite list of Yankees pitchers on Thursday becoming the third to throw seven-plus innings in the World Series with nine or more strikeouts while allowing four or fewer hits and one or fewer earned runs.

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