Phillies refuse to die, beat Yankees to force Game 6

"In that situation, I'm just trying to get outs,'' Madson said. "I knew that I had three runs to work with.''

He got two with one pitch, as Derek Jeter grounded into a crucial doubleplay, scoring a run. Although Damon hit a single, Madson rebounded to strike out Teixeira to end the game.

One night after digging themselves a potentially life-sucking, 3-1 hole, the Phillies found themselves right where one of these two teams had to be heading into Game 6: trailing 3-2, needing just one win to force a decisive Game 7.

Eleven teams have overcome a 3-1 deficit in a best-of-seven series, five of them in the World Series.

With righthander Pedro Martinez on the mound tomorrow facing a yet-to-be-named starter - either Andy Pettitte on 3 days' rest or seldom-used righthander Chad Gaudin - the Phillies still have a chance to write their names in history.

"The mentality was like, it's not over,'' Ruiz said. "We still have a chance. We have to go out there one game at a time. That was the conversation we had with my teammates before the game."

They'll have it again tomorrow.

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