BRONX, N.Y. — After unveiling shiny new toy Randy Johnson in an opening night victory on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, the New York Yankees continued to take out their frustrations on the Boston Red Sox, following an awful end to the 2004 ALCS.
On this date in 2005, at Yankee Stadium it felt like the “Curse of the Bambino” was back and the Yanks had the Sawx number.
After a Gary Sheffield groundout against Matt Clement got the Bombers on the board in the third inning, Hideki Matsui, one of the few Yankees who never stopped hitting in the 2004 ALCS, cracked a two-run homer to right.