Andy Pettitte Valiant Loser to Cliff Lee in What Could Be His Final Start

Filed under: Rangers, Yankees, MLB Playoffs, American League Championship Series

NEW YORK -- If this was Andy Pettitte's last hurrah, and that certainly seems possible, it was a valiant one.

One mistake Monday, a misplaced cut fastball that Josh Hamilton deposited into the right-field seats, kept Pettitte from matching Cliff Lee zero-for-zero in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.

And after pushing himself through seven innings, Pettitte allowed himself to consider whether he had pitched for the last time.

"When I'm out of the game, sitting in the clubhouse, you kind of think about that," he said. "But then there's a lot of baseball to be played. And I feel real good about our team and about the club that we have.

"And we plan on coming out here and winning the ballgame tomorrow here. ... Hopefully I'll have a few more starts besides this one."

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