Houston 6, NY Yankees 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
78°
Umpires:
Home -
Gerry Davis, 1B -
Phil Cuzzi, 2B -
Brian Knight, 3B -
Quinn Wolcott
Attendance:
42117
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Astros 6, Yankees 2: Scott Feldman threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings and host Houston jumped all over New York starter CC Sabathia before hanging on to take the season opener for both teams.
Feldman (1-0) allowed two singles, two walks and hit two batters while striking out three in his Astros debut. Jesus Guzman and L.J. Hoes homered and Jose Altuve recorded a pair of RBI singles for Houston, which defeated the Yankees for the first time in seven all-time meetings at home.
Sabathia (0-1) was charged with six runs - all in the first two innings - and eight hits while striking out six in six frames. Brian McCann and Mark Teixeira had RBI singles in the eighth and Derek Jeter began his franchise-record 20th and final season with New York by recording a base hit and scoring a run.
Dexter Fowler set the tone with a leadoff double to Tal's Hill in center field in the first and scored one out later on Altuve's base hit through a drawn-in infield. Altuve scored later in the frame on a grounder to first and Guzman followed with a two-run homer in his first at-bat as an Astro to cap the four-run rally.
Hoes cranked a home run to left on Sabathia's third pitch of the second and Altuve again drove in Fowler to make it 6-0 after two innings. Jacoby Ellsbury walked and Jeter singled to begin the eighth and McCann and Teixeira drove them in before Alfonso Soriano grounded into an inning-ending double play.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Jeter pulled within two hits of tying Paul Molitor for eighth place on the career list. ... Sabathia is 1-3 with a 6.12 ERA in 11 career Opening Day starts. ... Houston improved to 3-13 all-time versus New York.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
NY Yankees
|
6 |
0 |
7 |
.188 |
14 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
Houston
|
9 |
2 |
17 |
.273 |
10 |
11 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |