NEW YORK — Cliff Lee's left arm has been the most dominant force in baseball during the past two postseasons.

Now, all that October success has earned him another matchup with the New York Yankees.

"They're basically an All-Star team. From top to bottom, they have threats everywhere," Lee said. "I'm not going to get intimidated."

With the best-of-seven AL championship series tied at one apiece, the scene shifts to Yankee Stadium for Game 3 on Monday night, when a pair of pressure-proven pitchers will be back in the spotlight.

Lee is a spectacular 6-0 with a 1.44 ERA and three complete games in seven postseason starts the last two years. He gets the ball for the Texas Rangers against Andy Pettitte, who has an outstanding October resume of his own. The longtime Yankees lefty is going for his 20th postseason win.

"Obviously, it's a great matchup," New York manager Joe Girardi said Sunday, when the Yankees and Rangers worked out under blue skies in the Bronx. "Before we played Game 1, all the talk was about Game 3."

Coming off the first home playoff win in the franchise's 50-season history, the Rangers are back on the road — where they're unbeaten in these playoffs. Texas won all three first-round games at AL East champion Tampa Bay.

Next, he'll try to join Orlando Hernandez and Orel Hershiser as the only pitchers to win their first seven postseason decisions.