In the dugout, parkas hidden pinstripes. Teeth clattered in the stands. The few courageous player, with short sleeves wore it regrets later. Conditions for the Yankees season opener were far from ideal, but the result heats the amount of the 48,226.
The Yankees rolled past defined Detroit Tigers, 6-3, and a victory by a command performance from Curtis Granderson, the exceptional defense in Center field played that threw a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning. an encouraging pre-season display of power by Mark Teixeira, a three run Homer hit; and the late inning lockdown of their revised bullpen retired in the discharge of C. C. Sabathia all nine hitters.
Pitchers are acquired and change roles, a reliever remains the same: Mariano Rivera, the dominance of Joba Chamberlain, praised, which have the victory, and his new Setup man, Rafael Soriano.
"This is how it was designed," said Rivera. "We have not the strong rotation, which we have--I mean, the name." I think we have a huge rotation. "But the bullpen has been designed."
Improve the rotation was the Yankees priority this forward and low season. Strengthen the bullpen was out of desperation, as Cliff Lee's decision with Philadelphia sign with the Yankees spend money, and much of which left.
Thus this Soriano against the wishes of General Manager Brian Cashman added their vocal stance on the introductory press conference reached Soriano friends and family at home in the Dominican Republic.
Early in spring training Soriano Cashman sought an explanation. Satisfied, he said he "comfortable so far" with his new job after the close of last season for Tampa Bay, and on Thursday he for a great Chamberlain came and moved two of the Tigers deadly hitters, Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez, as part of his handiwork.
"We are need," manager Joe Girardi said.
The end as superior as it was ordered, meets a prediction offered, before the game by Derek Jeter, quipped, "Awaiting you today not too much of the hitters."
You leave combined for 11 hits as Sabathia and the Tigers ACE worked right, Justin Verlander, six innings with the score tied at 3-3.
Opening days was not as friendly to Sabathia, at least not with the Yankees - a 10.24 earned average run in two starts. But he said he had a better feel for his pitch Thursday, his two seam fastball and slider, which he threw early to get ahead.
Sabathia hitters he complained it default, stored, so that four of his six hits with two strikes - including Brandon Inge fourth zwei-Out, run-scoring single in the. But he could error of Robinson Cano, escape with a lead it not for a fifth inning, which led to an unearned run.
Sabathia starting five last against Detroit came to starting, whose dominant spring training - 0.96 earned run average in 28 innings - it for a lineup, which were prepared with a specific strategy on it.
Before him in the miserable weather - a wind chill of 31 degrees - is appealing, and so the Yankees focused on his pitch count drive. None of the five players who batted took in the first inning to force a swing before the fourth pitch of the Milton, starting 31 over all throw.
In drawing a walk, Teixeira saw seven places, and he came in third with a more aggressive plan. He drilled a 1-1 fastball deep into the second deck in right field, only his second in 18 at bats against starting hit.
Uncomfortably slow starter, Teixeira has not his first Homer last year up to his 12th game. But he treated these battles in a tutorial January with the hitting coach Kevin long, who on his mechanics at the batting from the left side. Teixeira often found alone in the batting cages at Steinbrenner field in spring training, hit under swing after swing, and he saw results on Thursday.
"I the League in March for years now start petitions were,", said Teixeira, laugh. "Finally they leave in March start us, because everyone knows about my April."
Know who exactly April statistics can take over Granderson's unusual success, a strip which was oblique muscle at risk due to an injury March 22 to his right. As he Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday night after in a minor league game play, Granderson was hope, but are not sure that he would play Thursday.
In the first inning, he made a diving catch. Mashed Granderson, a left-handed hitter in the seventh after Coke starting, replacing the lefty Phil a ball into the second deck in each other following the right field, his third opening day with a home run.
His Homer last April 4 in Boston could not offset what a challenging season, marked by injuries and ineffectiveness, Granderson was in his second year, he said but, was with the Yankees much more convenient.
"The first night are out of the way, you know," said Granderson, added: "I knew the city and the fans, and now I know how it is." "So all the question marks are gone, when compared to forward as I am now."
His last highlight came in the ninth, when, flat playing wind account for that, was Inge's fly to deep Center down.
As the play was shown in the window of HD video, fans roared and clapped (their gloved hands) and Rivera gawked in appreciation.
Out later, the audience Rivera and the blueprint victory - and the chance applauded at home happy and warm.
"It was," said Jeter "how to create the script.",
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