"The Yankees are still Pedro's daddy.

Granted, the Bombers didn't exactly reassert their paternity with an exclamation point in Game 2 of the World Series last night at Yankee Stadium.

The result, though, was still the same for Pedro Martinez: more postseason frustration against the Yankees as they topped his Phillies, 3-1, to even the series at 1-1 -- in what might have been Pedro's final major-league appearance.

He has strongly hinted he will hang them up if the Phillies go on to win their second consecutive World Series.

Despite battling a virus, the three-time Cy Young winner was mostly terrific in his first Fall Classic appearance in five years. But the Yankees' A.J. Burnett was just a little bit better.

"That's all I could do for today," said Martinez, who had been ill the previous two days. "I don't feel that I saved anything. I felt I did everything I could do to beat those guys. You just have to give them credit. It's just a loss.""