Yankees - Yankees 10, Angels 1 Game 4 FINAL; Yanks lead series 3-1

Whatever momentum the Angels got from winning Game 3 is GONE. The Yankees completely crushed the Angels 10-1 to take a 3-1 lead in the ALCS. CC Sabathia, pitching on 3 days rest, pitched yet another brilliant post season game. He led the way by giving the Yankees some solid pitching (8 innings pitched, 1 run allowed, 5 hits, 2 walks and 5 strikeouts). Alex Rodriguez continued his ridiculous post season tear by leading the Yankees offense ( 3 for 4, triple shy of the cycle, including a 2-run home run and a steal). Scott Kazmir for the Angels opposed him, but had a sub par outing (4 innings pitched, 4 runs allowed, 6 hits, 4 walks and 3 strikeouts) despite having good career numbers against the Yankees (6-5 record with a 2.67 ERA). Chad Gaudin, in his first appearance this post season, pitched a scoreless 9th inning. This is good news for the Yankees as their bullpen receives a big day off and an off day tomorrow. Sabathia is having a post season that should silence some critics who say he's terrible in the playoffs. In 3 post season starts with the Yankees, he's 3-0 with a 1.19 ERA and allowed only 3 walks while striking out 20. He has been the ACE the Yankees wanted and needed. In 8 career post season starts, he has a 5-3 record, with a 4.72 ERA, 25 walks and 44 strike outs. Both Sabathia and A-rod were, in my opinion, the players of the game.

Notes: OCTOBER REDEMPTION FOR A-ROD - In the post season from 2004-2007, A-Rod had a .245 average, hit 4 home runs and had 9 RBIs. This post season he has a .407 average, with 5 home runs and 11 RBIs. A-rod drove in a RBI for the 8th consecutive game, tying Ryan Howard and Lou Gehrig for most consecutive post season games with an RBI.

Yankees post season stats (so far):
6 Wins, 1 Loss
5.3 Runs per game
.258 Average
14 Home runs
1.91 ERA

Series Recap:
Game 1: Angels 1, Yankees 4 (Yanks lead series 1-0)
Game 2: Angels 3, Yankees 4 13 innings/F (Yanks lead series 2-0)
Game 3: Yankees 4, Angels 5 11 innings/F (Yanks lead series 2-1)
Game 4: Yankees 10, Angels 1 (Yanks lead series 3-1)
Game 5: A.J. Burnett (Yanks) vs John Lackey (Angels)