NEW YORK POUNDS TAMPA BAY
The Yankees beat Tampa Bay 12-1 in the Far East this morning. Hideki Matsui went 3-5, Jorge Posada homered from both sides of the plate and Kevin Brown threw a solid game in his Yankee debut going K Brown 7 innings, allowing 6 hits, 1 earned run, 5 Ks and 0 BB. Now we have to wait until Sunday night for more Major League Baseball that counts.