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[SIZE=14pt]This three-run jack by Jeter in the 8th beat KC, 9-7, in the home-opener at Yankee Stadium.[/SIZE]
Yanks win home opener on Jeter blast in 8th
Yanks win home opener on Jeter blast in 8th
NEW YORK - Derek Jeter’s three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning helped the Yankees to a 9-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals today on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium.
Facing Royals reliever Ambiorix Burgos with two outs and with Robinson Cano and Bernie Williams on base, Jeter took the first pitch Burgos gave him and drove the ball over the wall in left field.
The sellout crowd, which had watched the Yankees blow a 4-1 lead, roared as Jeter rounded the bases, and again when the Yankees captain took a curtain call. Mariano Rivera closed it out for the Yankees in the ninth, striking out Reggie Sanders and forcing Doug Mientkiewicz to line out to him with men on first and second to end the game.
In beating Kansas City, the Yankees have now won on Opening Day at the Stadium for nine straight years. The Royals, meanwhile, are looking for the first victory in New York since 2002.
Up 4-1 after three innings, the Yankees watched the Royals climb back to tie the game at 4-4 in the fourth as Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang faltered.
After getting Mike Sweeney to ground out to short to start the inning, Wang allowed a solo home run to Reggie Sanders, who put a 1-0 pitch into the first row of seats in left field to cut the Yankees’ lead to 4-2.
Then, working with two outs after a Mientkiewicz groundout, Wang really cracked.
First, he allowed an Emil Brown double off the wall in center field. Then, he threw his second wild pitch of the game, this time to Mark Teahen, which allowed Brown to advance to third. He then walked Teahen before allowing an RBI single to Angel Berroa. A Joe Buck single then tied the score.
In the bottom of the inning, the Yankees had a chance to go ahead again after consecutive singles and a sacrifice fly put runners on second and third with one out.
But, after a walk to Jeter, Gary Sheffield popped out to left and Williams got caught off second, ending the threat.
Contributed by Bridget Wentworth
Yanks win home opener on Jeter blast in 8th
Yanks win home opener on Jeter blast in 8th
NEW YORK - Derek Jeter’s three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning helped the Yankees to a 9-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals today on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium.
Facing Royals reliever Ambiorix Burgos with two outs and with Robinson Cano and Bernie Williams on base, Jeter took the first pitch Burgos gave him and drove the ball over the wall in left field.
The sellout crowd, which had watched the Yankees blow a 4-1 lead, roared as Jeter rounded the bases, and again when the Yankees captain took a curtain call. Mariano Rivera closed it out for the Yankees in the ninth, striking out Reggie Sanders and forcing Doug Mientkiewicz to line out to him with men on first and second to end the game.
In beating Kansas City, the Yankees have now won on Opening Day at the Stadium for nine straight years. The Royals, meanwhile, are looking for the first victory in New York since 2002.
Up 4-1 after three innings, the Yankees watched the Royals climb back to tie the game at 4-4 in the fourth as Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang faltered.
After getting Mike Sweeney to ground out to short to start the inning, Wang allowed a solo home run to Reggie Sanders, who put a 1-0 pitch into the first row of seats in left field to cut the Yankees’ lead to 4-2.
Then, working with two outs after a Mientkiewicz groundout, Wang really cracked.
First, he allowed an Emil Brown double off the wall in center field. Then, he threw his second wild pitch of the game, this time to Mark Teahen, which allowed Brown to advance to third. He then walked Teahen before allowing an RBI single to Angel Berroa. A Joe Buck single then tied the score.
In the bottom of the inning, the Yankees had a chance to go ahead again after consecutive singles and a sacrifice fly put runners on second and third with one out.
But, after a walk to Jeter, Gary Sheffield popped out to left and Williams got caught off second, ending the threat.
Contributed by Bridget Wentworth
