It was a night off for a couple of Yankee regulars, but they still turned in a hard-fought battle in a close loss.
The last time the Yankees lost the opening game of a series, it was in a close pitchers' duel between CC Sabathia and Alfredo Simon in Detroit. They lost tonight's series' opening matchup in similar fashion, after Chase Whitley and R.A. Dickey squared off in a masterfully pitched battle. When Major League Baseball implemented rules to speed games up, the first seven innings of tonight's game is what they had in mind.