After two games of the World Series, this has the feeling it could go to the very last out of game seven. The starting pitchers have done an incredible job in the first two games. AJ Burnett turned in what may be the best pitching performance of his Yankee career or maybe even his entire career, given the circumstances.

“It was the biggest game I’ve ever thrown in for this team,” Burnett said. “You can’t let that affect you, and I tried not to let it affect me. I knew I had a big task ahead of me with Pedro on the mound, and I wanted to go out and pitch the best I could.”

Let’s understand something. Pedro pitched a great game. His counterpart, Burnett, pitched better. The back pages of the newspapers wouldn’t read “Who’s Your Daddy” if Burnett and the Yankees staff gave up four runs and lost 4-3. It’s similar to how Sabathia pitched a great game and his counterpart, Cliff Lee, pitched better.

Burnett’s curveball was remarkable and he threw a lot of first pitch strikes. The hardest ball the Phillies hit was Stairs’ RBI single in the 2nd inning. Referring to is curveball, Burnett said, “It was on”.

The Yankees and Phillies are tied at one heading to Philly.