Alex Rodriguez, welcome to the World Series. The New York Yankees are back in baseball's big event. The sport's top spenders finally cashed in with their first pennant in six years Sunday night, beating the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the AL championship series behind the savvy pitching of that old October pro, Andy Pettitte. Next up, New York hosts defending champion Philadelphia in the World Series opener Wednesday night. Cliff Lee is expected to face ALCS MVP CC Sabathia in an enticing pitching matchup between former Cleveland teammates - and the past two AL Cy Young Award winners.
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AL CHAMPIONSHIP

GM	HM	Result	Visiting Pitcher	Home Pitcher
1	NYY	NYY 4-1
2	NYY	NYY 4-3
3	LAA	LAA 5-4
4	LAA	NYY 10-1
5	LAA	LAA 7-6
6	NYY	NYY 5-2

Box Scores

Angels (2 - 4) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Yankees (4 - 2) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. C Figgins, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 2. B Abreu, RF 4 0 1 1 0 3. T Hunter, CF 4 0 1 0 0 4. V Guerrero, DH 4 0 3 1 0 4. R Willits, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 5. K Morales, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 6. H Kendrick, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 7. J Rivera, LF 4 0 2 0 0 8. J Mathis, C 2 1 1 0 0 8. M Izturis, PH 1 0 0 0 0 8. M Napoli, C 0 0 0 0 0 8. G Matthews Jr., PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. E Aybar, SS 3 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 2 9 2 1		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. D Jeter, SS 2 1 0 0 3 2. J Damon, LF 4 0 2 2 1 3. M Teixeira, 1B 4 0 2 1 0 4. A Rodriguez, 3B 2 0 2 1 3 5. J Posada, C 5 0 0 0 0 6. H Matsui, DH 4 0 0 0 0 7. R Cano, 2B 2 2 1 0 2 8. N Swisher, RF 3 1 1 0 0 8. B Gardner, PR-CF 0 1 0 0 0 9. M Cabrera, CF-RF 2 0 1 0 0 Totals 28 5 9 4 9
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Saunders (L, 0-1) 3.1 7 3 3 5 0 4.35 D Oliver 2.2 1 0 0 1 2 4.26 E Santana 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 1.59 S Kazmir 0.2 0 1 0 1 0 7.71 J Weaver 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 4.26		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* A Pettitte (W, 1-0) 6.1 7 1 1 1 6 2.84 J Chamberlain (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 M Rivera (S, 2) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.29
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: V Guerrero (3), J Mathis (5)		BATTING

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Player News

Angels Scot Shields (LAA) News: Shields (knee) has been activated from the 60-day DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Dustin Moseley (LAA) News: Moseley (hip) has been activated from the 60-day DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Torii Hunter (LAA) News: Hunter may need to undergo sports hernia surgery this winter, the Orange County Register reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 18, 2009)

Yankees Johnny Damon (NYY) News: According to Ken Davidoff on Twitter, the Yankees are making Johnny Damon their top free agent priority this offseason.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Shelley Duncan (NYY) News: The Yankees have outrighted first baseman Shelley Duncan from Triple-A.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Shelley Duncan (NYY) News: The Yankees outrighted Duncan to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday, the Newark Star-Ledger's Marc Carig reports.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)