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Yanks win Opening Day, but at a cost

Posted on April 18, 2015 at 01:01 PM.

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The New York Yankees won the opening game at home against the Blue Jays 5-3. Carlos Beltran got off to a hot start, after a pedestrian spring (.173/.259/.269) with a 2 run home run in the first inning.

In the fourth inning, the Yanks went up 3-0. After Chase Headley grounded to center for a single with one out, Alex Rodriguez doubled to center, moving Headley to third. Brian McCann was then intentionally walked to load the bases in order to pitch to light hitting Didi Gregorius. Gregorius promptly dribbled a ground ball just out of the reach of the second baseman driving in Headley to move the Yankee lead to 3-0.

The Blue Jays tied the game in top of the 5th, on a leadoff walk by Navarro, followed by back to back homers from Martin and Saunders. 2 pitches later, SP Masahiro Tanaka was removed from the game with an oblique injury. It's not expected for Tanaka to be moved to the DL, but may have to skip a start.

In 3 innings of relief, Jose Ramirez performed admirably, surrendering 3 hits and striking out 3.

The Yanks broke the tie in the bottom of the 7th when Gregorius led off with a single to center. After Stephen Drew was called out on strikes (his 3rd strikeout of the game), Jacoby Ellsbury doubled to right. Brett Gardner was intentionally walked to get to Mark Teixeira. Teixeira (as Gregorius had done in the 4th) destroyed the strategy by doubling over the center fielder's head scoring Ellsbury & Gregorius.

With the win the Yankees are 1-0, the loss drops Toronto to 0-1.

Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees
Apr 6, 2015	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto (0-1)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
New York (1-0)	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5	10	1
W: Jose Ramirez (1-0) L: M. Estrada (0-1) S: Dellin Betances (1)

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Reyes	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	.750
Izturis	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Pompey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Santiago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Bautista	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Encarnacion	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	.000
Donaldson	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Navarro	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	.500
Martin	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.250
Saunders	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.500
Carrera	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
BATTING: 2B: Saunders (1), Navarro (1), Carrera (1) HR: Martin (1), Saunders (1) RBI: Martin 2 (2), Saunders (1) GIDP: Martin, Bautista, Donaldson, Izturis

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jacoby Ellsbury	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.500
Brett Gardner	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.333
Mark Teixeira	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	.250
Carlos Beltran	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.250
Chase Headley	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	.667
Alex Rodriguez	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
Brian McCann	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Didi Gregorius	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.500
Brendan Ryan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Stephen Drew	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	.000
BATTING: 2B: Ellsbury (1), Teixeira (1), Rodriguez (1) HR: Beltran (1) RBI: Teixeira 2 (2), Beltran 2 (2), Gregorius (1) GIDP: McCann
BASERUNNING: SB: Gardner (1), Ellsbury (1)
FIELDING: E: Gregorius (1)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dickey	5	7	3	3	1	5	1	5.40
Estrada	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	13.50
Redmond	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Dickey 76-65, Estrada 19-11, Redmond 24-15

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Masahiro Tanaka	4.0	5	3	3	1	5	2	6.75
Jose Ramirez	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Jared Burton	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Adam Warren	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dellin Betances	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: Tanaka 61-42, Ramirez 42-28, Burton 12-5, Warren 1-1, Betances 11-7