ST.
PETERSBURG, Fla. -- For all the talk about a Yankees youth movement,
there were a couple of old, familiar faces who keyed New York's first
victory.
CC Sabathia was sharp in his season debut and Chase Headley kept up his hot start in Tuesday night's 5-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
The 36-year-old Sabathia, beginning his 17th major league season and the final year of his Yankees contract, limited the team he has faced more than any other to three singles and a pair of walks in five innings.
Headley homered off Jake Odorizzi (0-1) in the sixth inning and added an RBI single through the vacated shortstop hole of a shifted infield in the eighth , making him 5 for 8 in two games. The 32-year-old third baseman started in a lengthy slump last year and did not get his first extra-base hit until May 12.
"It feels a heck of a lot better than it did for a month and a half last year, but there's a long ways to go," said Headley, who joined Ronald Torreyes in going deep against Odorizzi. "Obviously, getting a couple hits early on, it kind of takes the pressure off."
Five relievers finished the five-hitter. Dellin Betances retired Logan Morrison on a bases-loaded grounder that ended the eighth inning and Aroldis Chapman, back with the Yankees after agreeing to an $86 million, five-year contract, threw a perfect ninth.
Traded to the Chicago Cubs by New York last July, Chapman reached 100 mph on four of 14 pitches, including his last, when Daniel Robertson struck out as his bat went flying toward the third-base dugout and into the seats.
"You always want to get that first win of the season," Sabathia said. "This is a young team, a talented team, so it's just going out and playing well."
Most of the offense was supplied by the bottom of the batting order. The 5-foot-8 Torreyes, in the lineup because of a shoulder injury to Didi Gregorius and batting ninth, hit New York's first home run this season, a two-run drive off Jake Odorizzi (0-1) in the third that drove in 6-foot-7 Aaron Judge. Torreyes had to reach for a double high-five after crossing the plate.
Matt Holliday drove in his first run as a Yankee with a third-inning double on a high fly that Peter Bourjos lost track of and dropped by the left-field corner.
"It was up into the rafters, probably higher than any ball I've ever seen hit here," Bourjos said.
Sabathia joined Herb Pennock, Frank Tanana, Tommy John, Jim Kaat, Kenny Rogers, Mike Flanagan, Lefty Grove and David Wells as the only left-handers in AL history to make at least one start in 17 different seasons.
"He gave up what we needed after losing the first game -- just shut them down and gave us a chance to build a lead," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
In his 42nd start against the Rays, Sabathia gave up a first-inning single to Evan Longoria and infield hits to Tim Beckham in the fourth and Steven Souza Jr. in the fifth.
"You look at what Sabathia did; he was moving the ball and had everything working," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "There wasn't a pitch that he didn't have or a sequence that we could adjust to. He kept a lot of guys off balance."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: Girardi said Gregorius, expected to be out until sometime in May due to a right shoulder strain, has started a throwing program.
Rays: OF Colby Rasmus, on the 10-day DL while recovering from hip surgery, did agility drills and ran the bases. He's expected to begin a rehab assignment at Class A Port Charlotte on Thursday.
NEW LOOK
Cash shuffled his lineup for the second game of the season, with Bourjos, 1B Rickie Weeks Jr. and the rookie Robertson, who started at DH before moving to SS, making their Rays debuts. Relievers Jumbo Diaz and Tommy Hunter also made their initial appearances for the team. Three others -- C Derek Norris, LF Mallex Smith and RHP Austin Pruitt -- made their debuts on Sunday.
RETIREMENT
Yankees minor league pitching instructor Nardi Contreras is retiring after 49 years in pro baseball. He appeared in eight games with the Chicago White Sox in 1980, and spent seven seasons as a major league pitching coach with the White Sox, Yankees and Seattle.
ROTATION SHUFFLE
RHP Chad Green and LHP Jordan Montgomery, two of the contenders for the Yankees' fifth starter spot, will pitch Thursday night for Class A Tampa because of inclement weather forecast for Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. New York doesn't need a fifth starter until April 16.
UP NEXT
Yankees: In Wednesday night's series finale, RHP Michael Pineda will look to stop a career-high, 10-start winless streak dating to a victory over Cleveland on Aug. 5.
Rays: RHP Alex Cobb will go against Pineda. He struggled in five September starts last year, going 1-2 with an 8.59 ERA, following his return from Tommy John surgery that sidelined much of the past two seasons.
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New York Yankees
CC Sabathia was sharp in his season debut and Chase Headley kept up his hot start in Tuesday night's 5-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
The 36-year-old Sabathia, beginning his 17th major league season and the final year of his Yankees contract, limited the team he has faced more than any other to three singles and a pair of walks in five innings.
Headley homered off Jake Odorizzi (0-1) in the sixth inning and added an RBI single through the vacated shortstop hole of a shifted infield in the eighth , making him 5 for 8 in two games. The 32-year-old third baseman started in a lengthy slump last year and did not get his first extra-base hit until May 12.
"It feels a heck of a lot better than it did for a month and a half last year, but there's a long ways to go," said Headley, who joined Ronald Torreyes in going deep against Odorizzi. "Obviously, getting a couple hits early on, it kind of takes the pressure off."
Five relievers finished the five-hitter. Dellin Betances retired Logan Morrison on a bases-loaded grounder that ended the eighth inning and Aroldis Chapman, back with the Yankees after agreeing to an $86 million, five-year contract, threw a perfect ninth.
Traded to the Chicago Cubs by New York last July, Chapman reached 100 mph on four of 14 pitches, including his last, when Daniel Robertson struck out as his bat went flying toward the third-base dugout and into the seats.
"You always want to get that first win of the season," Sabathia said. "This is a young team, a talented team, so it's just going out and playing well."
Most of the offense was supplied by the bottom of the batting order. The 5-foot-8 Torreyes, in the lineup because of a shoulder injury to Didi Gregorius and batting ninth, hit New York's first home run this season, a two-run drive off Jake Odorizzi (0-1) in the third that drove in 6-foot-7 Aaron Judge. Torreyes had to reach for a double high-five after crossing the plate.
Matt Holliday drove in his first run as a Yankee with a third-inning double on a high fly that Peter Bourjos lost track of and dropped by the left-field corner.
"It was up into the rafters, probably higher than any ball I've ever seen hit here," Bourjos said.
Sabathia joined Herb Pennock, Frank Tanana, Tommy John, Jim Kaat, Kenny Rogers, Mike Flanagan, Lefty Grove and David Wells as the only left-handers in AL history to make at least one start in 17 different seasons.
"He gave up what we needed after losing the first game -- just shut them down and gave us a chance to build a lead," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
In his 42nd start against the Rays, Sabathia gave up a first-inning single to Evan Longoria and infield hits to Tim Beckham in the fourth and Steven Souza Jr. in the fifth.
"You look at what Sabathia did; he was moving the ball and had everything working," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "There wasn't a pitch that he didn't have or a sequence that we could adjust to. He kept a lot of guys off balance."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: Girardi said Gregorius, expected to be out until sometime in May due to a right shoulder strain, has started a throwing program.
Rays: OF Colby Rasmus, on the 10-day DL while recovering from hip surgery, did agility drills and ran the bases. He's expected to begin a rehab assignment at Class A Port Charlotte on Thursday.
NEW LOOK
Cash shuffled his lineup for the second game of the season, with Bourjos, 1B Rickie Weeks Jr. and the rookie Robertson, who started at DH before moving to SS, making their Rays debuts. Relievers Jumbo Diaz and Tommy Hunter also made their initial appearances for the team. Three others -- C Derek Norris, LF Mallex Smith and RHP Austin Pruitt -- made their debuts on Sunday.
RETIREMENT
Yankees minor league pitching instructor Nardi Contreras is retiring after 49 years in pro baseball. He appeared in eight games with the Chicago White Sox in 1980, and spent seven seasons as a major league pitching coach with the White Sox, Yankees and Seattle.
ROTATION SHUFFLE
RHP Chad Green and LHP Jordan Montgomery, two of the contenders for the Yankees' fifth starter spot, will pitch Thursday night for Class A Tampa because of inclement weather forecast for Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. New York doesn't need a fifth starter until April 16.
UP NEXT
Yankees: In Wednesday night's series finale, RHP Michael Pineda will look to stop a career-high, 10-start winless streak dating to a victory over Cleveland on Aug. 5.
Rays: RHP Alex Cobb will go against Pineda. He struggled in five September starts last year, going 1-2 with an 8.59 ERA, following his return from Tommy John surgery that sidelined much of the past two seasons.
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7:10PM,EDT,April 4,2017
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg,Florida
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg,Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Gardner flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Bird walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Holliday flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Souza Jr. grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Kiermaier grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria singled to deep left. | 0 | 0 |
| Weeks Jr. lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Ellsbury fouled out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Castro flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Headley flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Beckham popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Miller lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Norris popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Judge singled to deep left. | 0 | 0 |
| Torreyes homered to left center (400 feet), Judge scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Gardner doubled to deep left. | 2 | 0 |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Bird struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Holliday doubled to deep left, Gardner scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Ellsbury reached on infield single to first, Holliday to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Castro grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Ellsbury out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Robertson grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Bourjos lined out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Headley lined out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Judge struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Torreyes lined out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Kiermaier grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Longoria walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Weeks Jr. struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Beckham reached on infield single to shortstop, Longoria to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Miller grounded into fielder's choice to second, Beckham out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Gardner flied out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Sánchez grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Bird doubled to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Holliday walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Ellsbury grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Holliday out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| CC Sabathia pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Norris struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Robertson grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Bourjos walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. reached on infield single to pitcher, Bourjos to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Kiermaier grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jake Odorizzi pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Castro flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Headley homered to center (417 feet). | 4 | 0 |
| Judge lined out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Torreyes flied out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Bryan Mitchell pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Mitchell relieved Sabathia. | 4 | 0 |
| Longoria grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Weeks Jr. flied out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Beckham grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jumbo Diaz pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Díaz relieved Odorizzi. | 4 | 0 |
| Gardner struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| Sánchez popped out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Bird popped out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Clippard pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Clippard relieved Mitchell. | 4 | 0 |
| Miller flied out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Norris struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Robertson struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Austin Pruitt pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Pruitt relieved Díaz. | 4 | 0 |
| Holliday flied out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Ellsbury doubled to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Castro lined out to right, Ellsbury to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Headley singled to center, Ellsbury scored. | 5 | 0 |
| Headley stole second. | 5 | 0 |
| Headley to third on wild pitch by Pruitt. | 5 | 0 |
| Judge grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jonathan Holder pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Holder relieved Clippard. | 5 | 0 |
| Dickerson hit for Bourjos. | 5 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. reached on infield single to pitcher. | 5 | 0 |
| Kiermaier singled to left, Souza Jr. to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Betances relieved Holder. | 5 | 0 |
| Longoria walked, Souza Jr. to third, Kiermaier to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Weeks Jr. struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Morrison hit for Beckham. | 5 | 0 |
| Morrison grounded out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Tommy Hunter pitching for Tampa Bay | NYY | TB |
| Hunter relieved Pruitt. | 5 | 0 |
| Robertson at shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Dickerson in left field. | 5 | 0 |
| Torreyes grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Gardner walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Sánchez lined out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Bird flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Aroldis Chapman pitching for New York | NYY | TB |
| Chapman relieved Betances. | 5 | 0 |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Norris grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Robertson struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
New York Yankees
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .250 | .333 | .375 |
| Sánchez C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bird 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | .125 | .300 | .250 |
| Holliday DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .143 | .250 | .286 |
| Ellsbury CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .286 | .375 | .429 |
| Castro 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .375 | .375 | .375 |
| Headley 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .625 | .625 | 1.000 |
| Judge RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .250 | .250 | .375 |
| Torreyes SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .167 | .167 | .667 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 159 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Gardner (1, Odorizzi); Holliday (1, Odorizzi); Bird (1, Odorizzi); Ellsbury (1, Pruitt) HR: Torreyes (1, 3rd inning off Odorizzi 1 on, 0 Out); Headley (1, 6th inning off Odorizzi 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Torreyes 2 (3), Holliday (1), Headley 2 (2) 2-out RBI: Holliday, Headley Yankees RISP: 3-9 (Headley 1-1, Holliday 1-1, Sánchez 0-1, Bird 0-1, Ellsbury 1-2, Castro 0-2, Judge 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Headley (1, 2nd base off Pruitt/Norris) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 19,366 (62.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:07 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Marvin Hudson, First Base - Dan Bellino, Second Base - Mike Estabrook, Third Base - Jerry Layne |
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