N.Y. Yankees 3, at San Francisco 1

SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — The New York Yankees leaned on a familiar formula of timely hitting and defensive excellence to complete a season-opening sweep, defeating the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Saturday at Oracle Park. A crowd of 40,634 watched as the Yankees improved to 3-0, while the Giants fell to 0-3. The game, played in a brisk 2 hours and 46 minutes, was a masterclass in run prevention by New York, which turned four critical double plays to repeatedly extinguish San Francisco rallies. The most important sequence of the game unfolded in the bottom of the sixth inning, with… Read more...