Yankees - Angels 1, Yankees 4 ALCS Game 1 FINAL

A team that prides itself on defense sure must be pissed tonight. The Yankees defeated the Angels 4-1 in Game 1 of the ALCS tonight at Yankee Stadium, with the help of 3 errors by the Angels. The Yankees struck first in the bottom of the 1st, with Jeter on 3rd, Alex Rodriguez hit's a sac fly to bring in the first run of the game which made it 1-0 Yanks. Hideki Matsui would then pop up to shallow left field that fell between both Figgins and Aybar allowing Damon to score to make it 2-0 Yankees. In the 4th, Kendry Morales would single in Vlad Guerrero to cut the lead to 2-1. In the bottom of the 5th, Matsui doubles in Johnny Damon to make it 3-1 and on the same play A-rod gets thrown out at the plate. In the bottom of the 6th with Melky Cabrera on first, John Lackey would throw the ball to first but over threw his man causing Melky to move to 2nd on the throwing error. Derek Jeter would then single to center in which Torii Hunter misplayed the ball causing an error and a run to score to give the Yankees a 4-1 lead. Despite a chilly night, both pitchers had solid outings but CC Sabathia's was clearly better than his counterpart. Sabathia pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball. He gave up only 4 hits, 1 walk, while striking out 7. Lackey only lasted 5.2 innings allowing 4 runs (2 earned), 9 hits, and 3 walks. He also struck out 3. Mariano Rivera pitches a scoreless 9th to get yet another post season save.

Player of the game: CC Sabathia

ALCS Series Recap:
Game 1: Angels 1, Yankees 4 (Yanks lead series 1-0)
(This blog's prediction: Yanks in 6)
Special Notes: There's a good chance tomorrow nights game could be rained out and if that's the case, the Yankees will play game 2 on Sunday at 4 p.m. after the New York Giants play the Saints on FOX.