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Opening Day meltdown to the Tampa Bay
Devil Rays. Mo Rivera took the loss as the D-Rays came back at the bottom of
the ninth with crucial RBIs from Ben Zobrist and Carlos Peña.
Peña earlier hit a grand slam off CC
Sabathia to take an early lead before New York’s newest acquisition Raul Ibañez
showed his promise by belting in a three-run home run to take a 6-4 lead.
The loss put New York at 2-1 against
Tampa on Opening Day and Mariano Rivera fell to 60-2 in save chances against
the D-Rays.
Alex Rodriguez hit safely once more on
Opening Day for New York where he went 2-3 with two runs and two walks. Raul
Ibañez had a solid debut for New York at DH.
Curtis Granderson was 0-5.
New York’s bullpen got the job done
from Rafael Soriano to David Robertson and finally to Rivera. Should we be
worried that Mo doesn’t have it? This was just game one. Now if he proves
hittable in his next five save chances then I’d be worried.
Desmond Jennings, Ben Zobrist, and Calos
Peña had swell at bats for Tampa. Solid comeback and walk-off win for the Devil
Rays.
How do you like that power-hitting
tandem of Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera for the Detroit Tigers? But it was
Austin Jackson who came through with a game-winning hit down the right field
line to propel the Tigers to a 3-2 win. Pitchers duel between Justin Verlander
and Jon Lester but it was the former who pitched superbly for the Tigers
although Jose Valverde allowed Boston to tie the match at 2-2.
Not a great debut on the other hand
for Albert Pujols with the Los Angeles Angels as he went 0-5 but his new
teammates showed that they can pull their own weight. Great 5-0 win over the
Kansas City Royals. Solid pitching by the Halos' Jered Weaver.
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