You couldn’t have asked for a better day.
Joe Girardi got his first as the new skipper for the most storied franchise in sports. With a sellout crowd of 55,112, Yankee Stadium got one last Opening Day win as the “House that Ruth built” prepares for its last season.
Chien-Ming Wang got the win as the Yankee ace beat the Toronto Blue Jays and Roy Halladay, 3-2. Melky Cabrera hit a home run to tie the game in the sixth inning. The Yanks took the lead the next frame when Hideki Matsui knocked in Alex Rodriguez on a fielder’s choice.
The game ended in usual Yankee fashion as Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect ninth inning for the save. He followed Joba Chamberlain, who gave up no hits and had two strikeouts in the eighth inning,
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