Yankees Win Opening Day
The last Opening Day at Yankee Stadium was a success as the Yanks beat the Blue Jays, 3 to 2. Chien-Ming Wang, who started, went away with the win after pitching seven innings. He had a pretty good day, allowing only two runs and six hits. He had an ERA of 2.57 and struck out two. Setup man, Joba Chamberlain came out in the eighth and struck out two. He allowed no runs and no hits. Rivera came in to close and he also didn’t allow any runs or hits (and he had one K.)
On the offensive side of the ball the Yankees had a combined 8 hits. Melky Cabrera, A. Rod., and Matsui each had one RBI. Melky’s had a good day with a solo shot and a few nice defensive plays. Alex Rodriguez looks like his old self again with two hits and a RBI today.
The Yankees looked nice as they began the last season at the stadium. This game was also the debut for skipper Joe Girardi, so it is great that the Yanks won. Hopefully we can repeat tomorrow against the Blue Jays again. The game is at 7:05 EST and will be on both ESPN and YES. Starting for the Yanks is Mike Mussina and for the Blue Jays it will be A.J. Burnett.
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