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Friday, April 17, 2009

Yankees Win For First Time At Home

Derek Jeter broke an eighth-inning tie with the Yankees' fifth solo home run, and New York beat the Cleveland Indians 6-5 Friday for its first win at the new Yankee Stadium
Johnny Damon, Mark Teixeira, Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano also connected as New York avoided dropping the first two games at its new home.

Cano become the first player to reach the new stadium's second deck.A crowd of 45,101, about 7,000 short of the listed capacity, saw Brian Bruney (2-0) win in relief of Joba Chamberlain, who threw just 46 of 93 pitches for strikes and gave up five runs, six hits and five walks in 4 2/3 slow-moving innings.Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth to convert his third save in three chances. Following one-out singles by Tony Graffanino and Asdrubal Cabrera, Grady Sizemore struck out and Mark DeRosa fanned on a checked swing on a 3-2 count.

St. Louis 7 Final
Chi Cubs 8

After striking out three times earlier in the game, Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning Friday, rallying the Chicago Cubs to an 8-7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Florida 7:05
Washington PM ET

San Diego 7:05
Philadelphia PM ET

Atlanta 7:05
Pittsburgh PM ET

Oakland 7:07
Toronto PM ET

Baltimore 7:10
Boston PM ET

Milwaukee 7:10
NY Mets PM ET

Chi White Sox 7:38
Tampa Bay PM ET

Kansas City 8:05
Texas PM ET

Cincinnati 8:05
Houston PM ET

LA Angels 8:10
Minnesota PM ET

Detroit 10:10
Seattle PM ET

Colorado 10:10
LA Dodgers PM ET

Arizona 10:15
San Francisco PM ET