WORLD SERIES Marlins returning home after revealing road trip

The series is tied 1-1 with the next three games in Florida.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Florida Marlins packed for a trip north eight days ago, unsure whether they would play just one game or four.
It turned out to be four. And although they lost the last one, the Marlins flew back to Miami on Monday pleased by perhaps the most momentous trip in franchise history.
They head home tied 1-1 with the New York Yankees in the World Series. Andy Pettitte beat the Marlins 6-1 Sunday night.
"It's been a good trek for us," Marlins third baseman Mike Lowell said. "We split here. I think that's a pretty good job."
They left Miami on Oct. 12 trailing the Chicago Cubs 3-2 in the NL championship series. Two dramatic victories at Wrigley Field gave the Marlins the pennant.
Three games at home
Now they're back at Pro Player Stadium for three games against New York beginning Tuesday night. Josh Beckett, whose last home start was a two-hit shutout to beat the Cubs, is scheduled to pitch in Game 3 against Mike Mussina.
"I look for another good game from Josh," teammate Derrek Lee said. "The way he has been pitching, there's no indication he's going to slow down. He has been dominating and has really given us a lift this postseason."
If Beckett fails to provide a boost this time, the weather will. It should be 30 degrees warmer than Sunday night, when Florida endured a frigid, frustrating defeat.
The scrappy Marlins made the most of their speed and finesse Saturday to win 3-2, but in damp, breezy, 48-degree weather for Game 2, Florida struggled to get anything going.
Pettitte was part of the problem. The Marlins scored only because of a ninth-inning error by third baseman Aaron Boone, and their running game was neutralized by New York's big early lead.
"You've got to tip your cap to Andy Pettitte," Florida manager Jack McKeon said. "We talked about it all along -- pitching is going to win. Their pitching was better than our pitching tonight."
Like Pettitte, the Marlins' Mark Redman worked on three days' rest, but he wasn't nearly as sharp.
Redman left after 21/3 innings trailing 4-0. He gave up five hits, walked two and hit one, and his postseason ERA rose to 6.50 in four starts.
Homers
Hideki Matsui hit a three-run homer off Redman in the first, and Alfonso Soriano added a two-run shot off Rick Helling in the fourth. The lopsided score made the Yankee Stadium crowd much more lively than in Game 1, while in the visiting dugout the Marlins sat quietly, hunched over with their hands buried in the pockets of their jackets.
"It was pretty cold," said Lee, who drove in Florida's only run. "It definitely wasn't Miami. I had underalls on, and a couple of pairs of sleeves, and it was still cold out there. It'll be nice to get back in the heat and the humidity. That's how we like it."
The defeat ended Florida's postseason winning streak at four games.
"We were fired up to try to get the sweep here," Lee said. "But we got a split. We'll take that."
They have to because of the big hole Redman dug early. He walked Soriano to start the game, then picked him off. But Jason Giambi was hit by a pitch with one out, Bernie Williams singled and Matsui hit a 3-0 pitch over the 408-foot sign in center field.
Redman gave up another run in the second when lumbering first baseman Nick Johnson reached on a bunt single and scored on a double by Juan Rivera.
It was the second consecutive rough outing for Redman, who gave up nine hits and five runs in three innings in Game 7 of the NLCS against the Chicago Cubs.
"I can't really pinpoint anything," he said. "Both starts were in the cold. They were on the road."
In other words, for Redman and the Marlins, it'll be good to get home.