Yankees Take Game 1 Against Orioles

[key2win]

Yankees win ALDS playoff opener over Orioles 7-2 - Yahoo! Sports

BOO!!!

BALTIMORE (AP) -- For eight innings, the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles staged a magnificent duel worthy of two division foes that split 18 games during the regular season and finished two games apart in the standings.

Then the Yankees brushed aside the upstart, inexperienced newcomers and crashed a party 15 years in the making.

Russell Martin led off the ninth inning with a tiebreaking home run off Jim Johnson, CC Sabathia turned in a sparkling pitching performance and the Yankees pulled away to a 7-2 victory Sunday night in the opener of their AL divisional series.

Sabathia allowed two runs and eight hits in 8 2-3 innings to help the Yankees take the edge off the Orioles' first home playoff game since 1997. The husky left-hander went 0-2 in three starts against Baltimore during the regular season, but in this one he returned to form and improved his lifetime record against the Orioles to 17-4.

[OriolesFan]

It was a good game until the 9th, when the Yankees busted the game open. For some reason Johnson had his worst relief appearance of 2012. Hopefully the "BIRDS" will even things up tonight. Even with the loss, it is still great to finally see them in the playoffs (1st time since 1997). Go "BIRDS" !!!!!!

[gladdyontherise]

I'm shocked CC had a good playoff start.

[JesRey]

Russell Martin is a beast.

[jsab4807]

I still can't believe the Orioles actually made the playoffs.

[B.I.G.Poppa]

I love how it says the game was even, until the Yanks decided to put in work lol.

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