Today the Yankees opened up a 10 game homestand against their historical rivals, the Boston Red Sox. It was a pitching matchup between Masahiro Tanaka (7-4, 3.84 ERA) and the Red Sox number five overall prospect Henry Owens, who was making his major league debut.
Despite the Red Sox starting off the night 13.0 games back of the New York Yankees, the crowd was buzzing and it was a playoff-type atmosphere.
The Yankees continued their trend of first inning scoring with an RBI off the bat of Mark Teixeira that plated Chris Young, giving the Yankees an early 1-0 lead.