And this afternoon Curtis Granderson did, homering off Phil Coke, the lefty who was brought in specifically to get him out.
The seventh inning shot broke a three-all tie. The Yankees added two more and posted a 6-3 home opener win.
Granderson homered on opening night last year. He wasn't expected to play today, but proved to be the Tigers' undoing, placing two nice catches in center next to his home run in the record of this afternoon's game.
Disappointing it was, to scratch out three manufactured runs that offset those provided by one swing of Mark Teixeira's bat in the third, only to fall behind late. Mariano Rivera, and the Yanks' new eighth inning man Rafael Soriano, were waiting for them, and retired the last six Tigers in order to preserve the win.
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