Yanks take 1st game of Subway Series II

The New York Yankees came out swinging with some help from the Mets. A-rod had a strong game with 3 walks and a 2 run homerun. He also made several nice plays at third base, he really looked like he was moving well and had that extra bounce in his step. The story of this game though was CC Sabathia who had a perfect game going into the 5th inning when he gave up a solo homerun to Gary Sheffield. He ended up pitching 7 innings giving up 1 run on 3 hits with 8 strikeouts, he also contribued a rbi single offensively and got robbed of another rbi single by Alex Cora. Brett Gardner had 5 hits including a solo homerun as he looks to reclaim his center field job, i think right now he has to play with the speed element he adds to the team. Ramiro Pena started for the sick Derek Jeter and had 3 hits including a rbi double. Melky Cabrera could also play right field when you want to rest Swisher now that Nady isn't going to be back and Matsui will be back to being DH after this series. The Yankees will look to keep it going tomorrow with A.J. Burnett on the mound against Tim Redding. A-rod also passed Mr. October Reggie Jackson for 11th on the alltime homerun list.