One might have expected CC Sabathia v. Josh Beckett on Opening Day to be a pitcher’s duel, but it most decidedly was not. Back-to-back homers from Jose Posada and Curtis Granderson helped the Yankees break up 5-2 after five, with Beckett already out. In the sixth, Boston got a two-run triple from Kevin Youkilis to tie it and after Sabathia got Big Papi to ground out, he left as well. Adrian Beltre greeted David Robertson with a single to tie the game. The Yankees answered back with two in the seventh, but the Red Sox immediately tied it on Dustin Pedroia’s homer off Chan Ho Park and took their first lead on a Posada passed ball that scored Youkilis. Pedroia would knock in an insurance run in the eighth and the Red Sox won a long (3:46), entertaining opener 9-7.
