Sabathia, Teixeira Keys To Yankees Win

Thursday night in the Bronx, CC Sabathia pitched 7 innings allowing only 3 runs and Mark Teixeira hit a 2 run home run and had 3 rbi's in total to help the Yankees defeat the Oakland A's 6 to 3...

So the Yanks take the first game of a 4 game series against the A's...

Additional Notes:

Johnny Damon, Mark Teixeira and Jorge Posada had 2 hits apiece...

Phil Hughes continued to pitch well in relief, tossing 2 scoreless innings and picking up his first career save...

Tonight, Joba Chamberlain will be on the hill...

Let's Go Yanks!!!!!

ESPN.com has Thursday's box score.