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Burnett outdueled Pedro Martinez while Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui each homered for New York, as the Yankees pulled even in the World Series with a 3-1 victory.
Philadelphia used a superlative effort from Cliff Lee to take Wednesday's opener, 6-1, at Yankee Stadium.
Burnett (1-0) countered with a gem of his own in his first career start in the Fall Classic, surrendering just one run on four hits and two walks in seven frames. The hard-throwing righty also struck out nine against the team that roughed him up for five runs in a six-inning start back in May.
Jorge Posada added a pinch-hit RBI for the Yankees, and Mariano Rivera closed it out with a six-out save, highlighted by an inning-ending double-play ball off the bat of Chase Utley in the eighth.
Martinez (0-1), the longtime Yankees rival and lightning rod for media attention, turned in a quality outing for Philadelphia, ending with a line of three runs on six hits and two walks with eight punchouts in six-plus innings.
Matt Stairs knocked in the lone run for defending champion Phillies, whose 1- through-4 hitters went 1-for-13 with three walks and six strikeouts, four coming from Ryan Howard.
Game 3 will take place on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park. Cole Hamels, last year's World Series MVP, will take the mound for the Phillies, while the Yankees will likely opt for postseason veteran Andy Pettitte.
The Phillies are attempting to become the first repeat World Series champion from the National League since the Cincinnati Reds in 1975-76. In the process, they are trying to win their third world championship, far fewer than the 26 World Series titles already in the Yankees' hardware case.
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