Yankees Strike First In ALDS

On a windy night in the Bronx the Yankees took the first game of the ALDS from the Minnesota Twins by a score of 7-2...

CC Sabathia pitched 6 2/3 innings allowing only 2 runs (1 earned) and Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui provided the power hitting a home run each...

A great start for the Yanks last night in the ALDS!

Additional Notes:

Alex Rodriguez had 2 hits and 2 rbi...Derek Jeter had 2 hits and 2 rbi...Hideki Matsui has 2 rbi...

Phil Hughes, Phil Coke, Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera combined to pitch 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief...

Tomorrow is game 2 of the ALDS and A.J. Burnett will be on the hill...

Let's Go Yanks!!!!!

ESPN.com has the box score from game 1 of the ALDS.