The New York Yankees sent the game to extra innings on a Hideki Matsui solo home run in the ninth inning but then went on to lose the game 2-1 against the Tampa Bay Rays in the 11th inning.  Gabe Gross had a rbi single in the bottom of the 11th off of Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.

Rivera took the loss the Yankees and is now 0-1 on the season.  Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang pitched seven innings and gave up up seven hits but only one run. Want pitched well enough to get the win, but had no run support in the game.

Joba Chamberlain and Kyle Farnsworth both pitched a scoreless inning of relief after Wang left the game.

At the plate, the Yankees struck out seven times and left fourteen runners on base.  Yankees Blog