New York Yankees
-Will be the Yankees' second consecutive Opening Day game on the road (lost 10-5 at Baltimore in 2009) and sixth in the last 10 seasons. New York is 62-44-1 all-time on Opening Day (34-14-1 at home, 28-30 on the road.
-Following the current series, the Yankees will finish their six-game season-opening road trip with a three-game set at Tampa Bay.
-New York is 18-10-1 in 29 previous all-time Opening Day games versus Boston and 6-4 all-time in openers at Boston. The Yankees last played Boston on Opening Day in 2005 , winning 9-2 at home and last faced Boston at Fenway Park in 1985, a 9-2 loss.
-Only team in the Majors with three pitchers who each tossed 200-or-more innings in 2009 (CC Sabathia, Javier Vazquez and AJ Burnett).
-The Yankees will play 32 of their first 51 games against teams that finished 2009 with a winning record.
-RHP Mariano Rivera has converted 59 of his last 63 save chances on the road, after blowing his first two save opportunities on the road in 2007. He's allowed just 7ER in 55G on the road in the last two seasons.
-Won nine of the final 10 games between the two teams in 2009, after losing their first eight games versus Boston.
-LHP CC Sabathia was 1-1 with a 7.23 ERA in five spring training starts, allowing 24H and 15ER in 18.2IP. He will make his seventh career Opening Day start and second with the Yankees. He's 1-1 with a 5.34 ERA on Opening Day. He began the 2009 season with a 1-3 record and 4.85 ERA in his first six starts.
-Will be the Yankees' second consecutive Opening Day game on the road (lost 10-5 at Baltimore in 2009) and sixth in the last 10 seasons. New York is 62-44-1 all-time on Opening Day (34-14-1 at home, 28-30 on the road.
-Following the current series, the Yankees will finish their six-game season-opening road trip with a three-game set at Tampa Bay.
-New York is 18-10-1 in 29 previous all-time Opening Day games versus Boston and 6-4 all-time in openers at Boston. The Yankees last played Boston on Opening Day in 2005 , winning 9-2 at home and last faced Boston at Fenway Park in 1985, a 9-2 loss.
-Only team in the Majors with three pitchers who each tossed 200-or-more innings in 2009 (CC Sabathia, Javier Vazquez and AJ Burnett).
-The Yankees will play 32 of their first 51 games against teams that finished 2009 with a winning record.
-RHP Mariano Rivera has converted 59 of his last 63 save chances on the road, after blowing his first two save opportunities on the road in 2007. He's allowed just 7ER in 55G on the road in the last two seasons.
-Won nine of the final 10 games between the two teams in 2009, after losing their first eight games versus Boston.
-LHP CC Sabathia was 1-1 with a 7.23 ERA in five spring training starts, allowing 24H and 15ER in 18.2IP. He will make his seventh career Opening Day start and second with the Yankees. He's 1-1 with a 5.34 ERA on Opening Day. He began the 2009 season with a 1-3 record and 4.85 ERA in his first six starts.