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The first playoff game at the new stadium was a happy affair as the Yankees defeated the Twins 7-2 on Wednesday night. C.C. Sabathia pitched well, striking out eight and allowing only two runs, one earned, over 6-2/3 innings. Sabathia only struggled in the third when he ran into trouble with two outs. With runners on second and third, Sabathia allowed a single to score a run and then Jorge Posada simply didn’t catch a Sabathia pitch allowing a second run and putting the Twins up 2-0.

• Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 2: The Yankees swept the Rays in an eventful game in the Bronx. Things started with Joba Chamberlain struggling again in the first inning by giving up two runs, but Joba pitched a lot better after it appeared that Derek Jeter have him a bit of a pep talk. Jeter laid down a bunt to leadoff the game and beat it out for a hit. He had two more hits, tying him with Lou Gehrig, but the Yankees still trailed 2-0 in the eighth. But, A-Rod and Matsui got hits, Tampa made a huge error and Jorge Posada cleared the bases with a three-run pinch-hit blast. The Yankees chose to give Mariano the night off and the combination of Bruney and Coke finished things off in the ninth.
• Florida 6 Mets 3: Florida scored four in the first and never looked back. Daniel Murphy had a RBI double in the loss.
• US Open: Cinderella story Melanie Oudin fell in two sets to Caroline Wozniacki, seeded 9th, 6-2, 6-2. Others advancing to the semifinals were Yanina Wickmayer over Kateryna Bondarenko on the women's side, and Roger Federer over Robin Soderling and Novak Djokovic over Fernando Verdasco.

• Mets 7 Colorado 0: The Mets blew things open with a five-run second and Johan Santana took it from there. Santana had eight K’s and only allowed four hits as he pitched seven shutout innings before turning it over to the bullpen. David Wright and Angel Berroa both had two RBI’s to lead New York’s offense.
• Colorado 4 Mets 2: They couldn’t complete the sweep, but the Mets showed some heart against Colorado. Jon Niese pitched well enough and Fernando Tatis combined a great catch with a home run, but they still fell a bit short. It snapped their winning streak at five, but they may have found their offensive stride during that streak.
• Chicago 3 Yankees 2: Nick Swisher saved the Yankees with a two-out home run in the top of the ninth to tie the game, but it was only a temporary reprieve. Phil Hughes got into trouble in the bottom of the ninth and Phil Coke couldn’t handle a bullet off the bat of Dewayne Wise that proved to be the game winner. The loss and the Boston win leaves the Yankees 2-1/2 games in front of the AL East.

Yankees 7 Angels 4: A.J. Burnett wasn’t good, but he battled though seven innings to give the Yankees a chance to win. And that’s what they did, coming back from a 3-1 deficit, thanks to a home run from Johnny Damon, a huge hit from Derek Jeter and a double by Ramiro Pena. Phil Coke pitched a scoreless eighth and Mariano nailed down the save. The win gets the Yankees two-games over .500, their highest point this season and starts off this difficult homestand on the right note.