Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A wasan 3 na 2009 American League Championship Series
, Mathis ya buga wasan RBI sau biyu a karo na 11, ya ci New York Yankees 5 zuwa 4. Duk da talaucin da ya yi a kakar wasa ta yau da kullun (tazarar bugun jini na.211), ya yi amfani da kyakkyawan wasan da ya yi na wasan kwaikwayo da kuma kyakkyawar kwarewar tsaro don karfafa karar da ya yi na karawa zuwa dala miliyan 1.3, inda ya doke gudanarwar Mala'iku a kotun sulhu. Hukuncin sulhu ya kasance wani abu ne na ruwa a cikin adadin da aka biya don ƙididdigar kariya ta Mathis. LA Times ta nuna kwatancen kwatankwacin mai kamawa mai gasa Mike Napoli: "a cikin innings 657 tare da Mathis mai saurin aiki a bayan farantin, Angels masu jefa kwallo suna da matsakaicin 3.99; suna da 4.86 ERA a cikin innings 758 tare da Napoli kamawa. Mathis kuma ya kama 17 daga cikin 69 da aka yi ƙoƙari na sata-base don nasarar nasarar kashi 24.6%; Napoli, wanda zai sami dala miliyan 3.6 a 2010 amma yana fitowa daga yanayi biyu na 20-homer, ya kama 13 daga cikin 87 da aka yi ƙoƙari na sata-base don nasarar nasarar kashi 14.9%". Mathis ya kasance daga cikin shugabannin AL a cikin tsaran tsaran tsaran kwallo yayin da yake bayan farantin.