Yankees Fall To Red Sox In Opener

RED SOX 9

YANKEES 7

Maybe 2010 won't be so easy after all.

After building a 5-1 lead on the Red Sox, Yankees ace C.C. Sabathia and the Yankee pen imploded from the fifth inning on, as Boston stormed back to seat game one of the 2010 season, 9-7.

Sabathia was on cruise control for most of the evening, giving up a run through the games first four innings. It looked like he was picking up where he left off in October. Sabathia was also helped by the Yankees powerful offense. Jorge Posada and Curtis Granderson both went deep in the second inning to give the Bombers a 2-0 lead.

In the fourth, Brett Gardner's single to center brought home Robinson Cano with the game's third run. Derek Jeter followed with an RBI single to center, and Gardner stole home plate on a miscommunication between Red Sox catcher Victor Martinez and short stop Marco Scutaro.

Then it fell apart.

Kevin Youklis' triple to right brought home Dustin Pedroia and Martinez to make it 5-4 Yankees. The Red Sox tied it on Adrian Beltre's RBI single to plate Youklis.

The Yankees captured the lead back, when Robinson Cano's ground out brought home Mark Teixiera, and Posada's single to center drove in A-Rod to make it 7-5 Yanks.

The lead was brief.

The Red Sox tied the game on Pedroia's two run shot off of Chan Ho Park. Boston took the lead when Park threw a wild pitch passed Posada, allowing Youklis to score the go-ahead run.

Jonathan Papelbon shut the door on the Yankees in the ninth to close it out for Boston. Box Score.