Behind a barrage of power and timely hits from Johnny Damon and Andy Pettitte, of all people, the Yankees overwhelmed Cole Hamels and the Phillies on Saturday night, 8-5, in Game 3 and seized a two-games-to-one advantage in the World Series.
The Phillies led by 3-0, but the Yankees surged with home runs by Alex Rodriguez, Nick Swisher and Hideki Matsui. Rodriguez’s homer in the fourth inning was initially ruled a double, but replays showed it hit a television camera over the wall in the right-field corner.
The umpires conferred and then, making the first use of the video replay system in the World Series, changed the call to a home run.
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