Granderson hit a go-ahead homer leading off the seventh inning and Mark Teixeira(notes) had a three-run shot off
Justin Verlander(notes), lifting New York over the Detroit Tigers 6-3 Thursday in the first March opener in the Bronx.
Justin Verlander(notes), lifting New York over the Detroit Tigers 6-3 Thursday in the first March opener in the Bronx.
"It was great—except for the weather,” said Granderson, who arrived in New York around 11 p.m. Wednesday after playing in a rehabilitation game with minor leaguers in Tampa, Fla., earlier in the day.
CC Sabathia(notes) pitched six workmanlike innings, Derek Jeter
(notes) added a
sacrifice fly in the seventh using his new stride-less swing and Mariano Rivera(notes), wearing his socks high for perhaps the first time, earned
his first save and 560th of his career.
Newcomers Russell Martin(notes) and Rafael Soriano
(notes) did their part as the
Yankees got off to a quick start on a gray, blustery, 42-degree day.
“Their bullpen and the long ball is what did us in today,” Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. “I thought it was actually a decent game for the conditions. It was pretty rough.”
CC Sabathia(notes) pitched six workmanlike innings, Derek Jeter
(notes) added a
sacrifice fly in the seventh using his new stride-less swing and Mariano Rivera(notes), wearing his socks high for perhaps the first time, earned
his first save and 560th of his career.
Newcomers Russell Martin(notes) and Rafael Soriano
(notes) did their part as the
Yankees got off to a quick start on a gray, blustery, 42-degree day.
“Their bullpen and the long ball is what did us in today,” Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. “I thought it was actually a decent game for the conditions. It was pretty rough.”
NOTES: Martin had a hit, stole a base and scored twice in his Yankees debut. … The last time these two teams met on opening day in New York was 1966, with the Tigers winning 2-1 on April 12. …. The Tigers failed to homer for the first time at the new Yankee Stadium. Jeter’s new walk-up music: Darth Vader’s theme from “Star Wars.” … The Yankees have won 13 of their last 14 home openers.