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The Wee Small Hours
2008-10-26 01:22
by Mike Carminati

Hell of a game. It's too late to say much more.

The Phils now lead two to one. This series is so close at this point that a couple of miscues can turn the tide. Ryan Madson allowing B.J. Upton to steal second and third and then Carlos Ruiz's throwing error which led to the tying run seemed as if it would be the turning point. And then suddenly the Rays have their own problems with a wild pitch and a throwing error by Dioner Navarro on an ill-advised attempt to correct miscue #1, left Eric Bruntlett at third and a dribbler by newly minted Series hero Carlos Ruiz gave the Phillies a win.

The two teams are now separated by four runs in three games. It looks like this could go seven games even though ESPN reports no one is watching.

Here are the other Series that had the first three games decided by four or fewer runs (ignoring ties). Note that only three went the seven full games:

YrWinnerWLoserLTot Diff
1995Atlanta Braves4Cleveland Indians23
1950New York Yankees4Philadelphia Phillies03
1974Oakland Athletics4Los Angeles Dodgers13
1972Oakland Athletics4Cincinnati Reds33
1949New York Yankees4Brooklyn Dodgers13
1941New York Yankees4Brooklyn Dodgers13
1916Boston Red Sox4Brooklyn Robins13
1912Boston Red Sox4New York Giants34
1924Washington Senators4New York Giants34
1923New York Yankees4New York Giants24
1992Toronto Blue Jays4Atlanta Braves24
1980Philadelphia Phillies4Kansas City Royals24
1918Boston Red Sox4Chicago Cubs24
1915Boston Red Sox4Philadelphia Phillies14
2000New York Yankees4New York Mets14
1911Philadelphia Athletics4New York Giants24
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2008-10-26 07:45:20
1.   Cliff Corcoran
The two teams have also scored the same number of runs (10). The last time that was true three games into a World Series was 2000 (listed in your chart above), when the Yanks and Mets each scored 12 through three games (I mention this in my SI.com preview of Game 4, which will be up this afternoon).

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