ken rosenthal is with us. m after this pitch who talked to jim leyland about how he needs to use mariano in this game and what was his answer, ken? >> ken: he said he might need to use him in the eighth rather than the ninth if the american league lead wasn't big enough. the reason for that is this. if fear, if you blow the lead in the eighth with another reliever, then you might not see reliever in the ninth because there night not be a bottom of the ninth. we're likely to see him in the eighth given that the score is 2-0. >> joe: typically, he would be the anchor of the bull pen. the seniority, the success. joe nathan is there as well. this is the night that will not come and go without this new york crowd being able to salute the greatest to ever do his job, mariano rivera. >> tim: 638 saves. >> joe: 42 in the post season. >> tim: post season numbers, staggering. >> joe: the 2-2 pitch. peralta waits on it. that's a base hit. flips it into right. the first two are on here in the eighth inning for the american