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Lee-Jimenez rematch for Game 4

"What Phillies lefthander Cliff Lee called "the never-ending chess match" of hitter vs. pitcher goes to a different level Monday in the National League division series.Lee will pitch against Colorado righthander Ubaldo Jimenez for the second time in six days. Facing the same team in consecutive starts presents a strategic question for each pitcher.Should he plan on making significant changes, or follow the same approach?"They're going to watch the video of the last game and make adjustments," Lee said tonight. "They'd be a fool not to. That's the nature of this game. If you're not making adjustments, you're losing ground."This situation rarely arises during the regular season.Jimenez faced the same team in consecutive starts three times this season. In the rematches, he went 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA.Lee did it twice, once with the Phillies and once with Cleveland. He pitched well in the rematches, going 1-1 with one earned run allowed in 17 innings. That included a six-hit shutout of last-place Washington."The first thing you have to do is watch the video of the [first] game and try to learn from the mistakes you made," Jimenez said. "And hopefully not do the same mistakes as the first game."Jimenez lost the series opener, allowing five runs in five innings. The final line was deceptive. He shut out the Phillies in the first four innings but lost control in the fifth.Jimenez offered different explanations for the collapse, which happened regularly earlier in his career. He first blamed a sudden lack of aggressiveness but later said his delivery went out of whack, a problem that was fixed in a throwing session."I'm not concerned at all," Jimenez said. "I just have to try to be the same every time, like I did in the first four innings.""


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