Remind me once again: just how good are Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera?

I just wanted to pass along some great bits of statistical information from MLB.com today:

ALDS Game 2: Yankees vs. Twins

• Andy Pettitte allowed two runs on five hits in seven innings and earned the win in the Yankees' 5-2 victory. In his 41st career postseason start, Pettitte improved to 19-9 with a 3.87 ERA. Pettitte is the all-time postseason leader in starts and wins. In his 15th career LDS start, Pettitte improved to 7-3. He is the all-time leader in starts in Division Series play and tied with John Smoltz for the most wins in the LDS. The game marked Pettitte's 15th start in a Game 2 (the most-ever). In those 15 starts, Pettitte was 7-3, with a 3.02 ERA.

• With a scoreless ninth inning, Mariano Rivera earned his 41st career postseason save and lowered his career postseason ERA 0.73 (11 earned runs in 135 2/3 innings pitched). Both are the best marks in postseason history (ERA leaders based on minimum of 30 innings pitched). Dating back to his first appearance of the 2005 postseason, Rivera has pitched 27 innings and allowed two earned runs (0.67 ERA).

• Rivera has converted nine straight postseason save opportunities. That is the third-longest streak in postseason history.

Longest Postseason Save Streaks

Pitcher	Streak	Years
Mariano Rivera	23	1998-2001
Brad Lidge	10	2008-09
Mariano Rivera	9	2005-10
Rollie Fingers	8	1972-74
Randy Myers	8	1990-97
Jason Isringhausen	8	2000-04

• Of Pettitte's 19 career postseason wins, Rivera has earned the save in 11 of them.

• Lance Berkman went 2-for-4, with two runs scored, two driven in, a home run and a double. In 30 career postseason games, Berkman is hitting .327 with seven home runs, 28 RBIs and 16 extra-base hits. His 16 extra-base hits through his first 30 postseason games are tied for the 10th-most in postseason history. Lou Gehrig holds the all-time mark with 21.

• The Yankees improved to 11-2 against the Twins in postseason play.

• The Twins have lost 11 straight playoff games, dating to the second game of the 2004 ALDS. After defeating the Yankees in the first game of the 2004 DS, Minnesota lost three straight. In 2006, they were swept out of the DS by the Athletics, and then last year, the Twins were swept by the Yankees in the first round.