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SimSeries: Can the Yankees take command in Game 3?

SimSeries Game 3: Damon, Teixeira, Rodriguez

Photo credit: Newsday / Ana P. Gutierrez

With the Yankees up 2-0 in the SimSeries, the Phillies send Cole Hamels to the mound against the Yankees' Mr. Clutch, Andy Pettitte. Can Pettitte help the Yankees take a commanding 3-0 lead, or will Hamels stop the Yankees' high-powered offense, which has already hit seven homers in the first two games of the series?

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