MLB

Red Sox beat Yankees, 9-7

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A 'GRAND' START -- At his first at-bat in the first game of the 2010 season, New Yankee Curtis Granderson smacked a single home run to put the Yanks up 2-0 in the second.

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Curtis Granderson is greeted at the homeplate by Nick Swisher after Granderson hit a homerun in his first at bat as a Yankee.

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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett pitches in the first. he gave up solo home runs to Yankees Jorge Posada and Curtis Granderson in the second inning.

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Yankee ace CC Sabathia pitches. He gave up his first run in the second, on a sacrifice fly.

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Boston Red Sox's Adrian Beltre watches his sacrifice fly.

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The game couldn't come soon enouigh for baseball-starved fans, some of whom got to Fenway very early to wait for the game to start, like this pair.

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Yankees captain Derek Jeter was all smiles as he shared a laugh while stretching on the field before the game.

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Yankees Alex Rodriguez also in a good mood during a workout.

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Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez threw the ceremonial first pitch.

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The fireworks began before the first pitch was thrown, as the Yankees and Red Sox lined up for pre-game ceremonies before the start of the game.

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New York Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson makes a catch against the wall of a hit by Boston Red Sox's Adrian Beltre in the second inning.

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Yankees Derek Jeter singles in a run in the 4th inning.

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SAFE! Derek Jeter looks up for a safe call after diving back to first base during an attempted pick-off in the fourth inning.

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Yankees Brett Gardner singles in a run in the 4th inning.

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Gardner also stole home later in the fourth inning. Here, Gardner, left, celebrates with Mark Teixeira.

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Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (R) tags out Boston Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia (L) at first base in the fourth inning.

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Jorge Posada watches his ball hit off the foul pole and into fair territory as Red Sox catcher Victor Martinez of the Boston Red Sox defends.

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New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia walks off the field following the fourth inning . In the first four he gave up 2 hits, 1 run and three strikeouts.

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Dustin Pedroia (L) and Victor Martinez (R) of the Boston Red Sox celebrate after they scored in the sixth inning.

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David Ortiz #34of the Boston Red Sox breaks his bat on a ground out.

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CC Sabathia of the New York Yankees is removed after a little over 5 innings. He gave up 6 hits, 5 runs and struck out 4.