Thus spoke Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona after his team was wiped out by the vengeful New York Yankees who finally got a 13-4 win on the board against their rivals; their first in nine matches thus far.
The Bronx Bombers roughed up Red Sox pitcher John Smoltz for eight runs in nine hits in a little over three innings. "I felt good coming in," said the former All-Star pithcer. "Just didn't make the pitches."
The Yankees' bats had plenty of pop during the game as they got home runs from Melky Cabrera, Johnny Damon, Mark Teixiera, and Jorge Posada. Posada, honored the late Yankee catcher and captain Thurman Munson by painting "#13" on his catcher's mask.
Over 49,000 people watched the game in the new Yankee Stadium, the biggest to date.
The second of the four-game series will be played tomorrow when AJ Burnett goes up against Josh Beckett. The Yankees have MLB's best record at 66-42 while Boston is 3.5 games back at 62-45.
Derek Jeter -shortstop
Johnny Damon - left field
Mark Teixiera - first base
Alex Rodriguez - third base
Eric Hinske - right field
Hideki Matsui - designated hitter
Jorge Posada - catcher
Robinson Cano - second base
Nick Swisher - right field (substitute)
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