Game 1: Red Sox 9, Yankees 7
Chan Ho Park’s Yankees debut was a bust. Park, signed as a free agent, gave up three runs in the eighth inning after he was handed a 7-5 lead, and the Red Sox went on for the season-opening win.
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Game 2: Yankees 6, Red Sox 4
(From left) Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter, Nick Swisher and Robinson Cano celebrate the Yankees’ first win of the season. After trailing 3-1, the Yankees capped the rally when Nick Johnson’s bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning broke a 4-4 tie.
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Game 3: Yankees 3, Red Sox 1
Curtis Granderson’s 10th-inning home run off of Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon gave the Yankees a 2-1 lead. They would add an insurance run on a Mark Teixeira grounder to open the season with a series win against their rival.
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Game 4: Rays 9, Yankees 3
Javier Vazquez got battered in his return to the Yankees. The explosive Rays lineup put five runs up in the fourth against the righty and cruised to a win.
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Game 5: Yankees 10, Rays 0
CC Sabathia had a no-hitter going for 7 2/3 innings before Kelly Shoppach roped a single to left. Joe Girardi caused some controversy by saying he would have pulled Sabathia after eight innings even if the no-no was still intact.
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Game 6: Yankees 7, Rays 3
Jorge Posada’s two-run homer in the sixth inning gave the Yankees their first lead of the game. A.J. Burnett provided seven innings of two-run ball for his first win of the season.
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Game 7: Yankees 7, Angels 5
The Yankees home opener went smoothly before and during. First, they welcomed World Series MVP Hideki Matsui by celebrating with him when he got his ring. Then they beat Matsui’s Angels behind Andy Pettitte’s six shutout innings and early home runs from Nick Johnson and Derek Jeter.
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Game 8: Angels 5, Yankees 3
Javier Vazquez heard the first boos of 2010 from the new Yankee Stadium crowd. Vazquez gave up four funs over 5 1/3 and the Yankees fell to the Angels, who got seven innings of one-run ball from Joel Pineiro.
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Game 9: Yankees 6, Angels 2
Phil Hughes tips his cap to the Yankee Stadium crowd after holding the Angels to one run over five innings in his first win of the season. Robinson Cano homered twice in support of Hughes.
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Game 10: Yankees 5, Rangers 1
In between the raindrops in The Bronx, the Yankees put up five runs — two on a throwing error by Rangers first baseman Chris Davis. The game was called after six innings, all of which were pitched by CC Sabathia, who struck out nine.
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Game 11: Yankees 7, Rangers 3
Alex Rodriguez hit his 584th home run, and first of the season, to pass Mark McGwire and move to eighth on the all-time list. But the game was decided before A-Rod’s bomb to right-center in the fourth inning with the Yankees putting up six runs in the second and third.
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Game 12: Yankees 5, Rangers 2
After scuffling through the early innings, Andy Pettitte retired 14 of the final 15 batters he faced. Ramiro Pena, subbing for a sick Derek Jeter, broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run single in the third as the Yankees completed their first sweep of the season.
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Game 13: Yankees 7, A’s 3
Alex Rodriguez’s three-run homer in the sixth inning pushed the Yankees lead to 7-0 and gave Javier Vazquez more than enough room to win his first start in his return to the Yankees.
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Game 14: Yankees 3, A’s 1
Phil Hughes took a no-hitter to the eighth, but lost it when Eric Chavez hit a comebacker that deflected off of Hughes and he failed to locate the ball. The Yankees were able to hold on for the win.
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Game 15: A’s 4, Yankees 2
The Yankees got a complete game from CC Sabathia, turned their first triple play in 42 years, and still lost a bizarre game to the A’s that ended their six-game winning streak. Kurt Suzuki hit a three-run homer that provided enough offense for Oakland starter Dallas Braden, who ripped A-Rod after the game for crossing over the pitcher’s mound.
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Game 16: Angels 6, Yankees 4
Kendry Morales won the game with a two-run homer off of Joba Chamberlain in the eighth inning that broke a 4-4 tie. Mark Teixeira caused some controversy when he drilled Angels catcher Bobby Wilson while scoring on a Robinson Cano single in the third inning that sent the rookie to the hospital.
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Game 17: Yankees 7, Angels 1
Andy Pettitte continued his marvelous start to 2010 by holding the Angels to one run over eight innings. Brett Gardner and Robinson Cano combined to go 7-for-10 with five runs scored to supply support for Pettitte.
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Game 18: Angels 8, Yankees 4
Damaso Marte reacts after giving up a three-run home run to Kendry Morales in the seventh inning that gave the Angels their winning margin. It was another rough outing for Javier Vazquez, who allowed five runs over 3 2/3 innings.
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Game 19: Orioles 5, Yankees 4
The Orioles earned their first home win of the season when Alex Rodriguez grounded into a force play to end the game. Phil Hughes struggled through 5 2/3, but left with a 2-1 lead before relievers Boone Logan and David Robertson allowed three runs to score run in the sixth inning.
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Game 20: Yankees 8, Orioles 3
Nick Swisher’s two-run triple helped break the game open in the second inning; the Yankees cruised to the win behind a workmanlike effort from CC Sabathia.
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Game 21: Yankees 4, Orioles 0
Robinson Cano’s two solo home runs provided all the support A.J. Burnett, who threw eight shutout innings, and the Yankees would need.
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Game 22: Yankees 6, White Sox 4
Derek Jeter tied the game in the fifth with a two-run homer and two innings later he won it with a triple that drove in Francisco Cervelli and Brett Gardner. The Yankees finished April 15-7.
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