Phillies-Yankees: Who's hot, who's not?
Hot PHILLIES: Shane Victorino. The ultimate red-light player on a team filled with red-light players, Victorino has a .299 average in 26 career postseason games. He has an on-base percentage of .370 over that time with six home runs. Of those home runs, the biggest was a grand slam in last year's NLDS against CC Sabathia.
Hot
PHILLIES: Shane Victorino. The ultimate red-light player on a team filled with red-light players, Victorino has a .299 average in 26 career postseason games. He has an on-base percentage of .370 over that time with six home runs. Of those home runs, the biggest was a grand slam in last year's NLDS against CC Sabathia.
YANKEES: Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez has shown how to win a pennant, hitting .438 in nine postseason games. Even more impressive is his OBP of .548. No one knows his importance better than the Phillies.
Not
PHILLIES: Pedro Feliz. Sure, his glove is a huge part of his game but a .212 career postseason average over 31 games with the Phillies and San Francisco is hard to ignore.
YANKEES: Mark Teixeira. One of the prized acquisitions last offseason, Teixeira has come up small at the plate this postseason. The first baseman has hit just .205 with one home run and five RBI.
Obscure stat
When Chase Utley walked in Game 5 of the NLCS against the Dodgers, he reached base safely for the 25th straight postseason game. That tied him with Orioles legend and barbecue icon Boog Powell for the major league record.