Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 6, NY Yankees 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Quinn Wolcott
Attendance: 42117

Astros 6, Yankees 2: Scott Feldman threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings and host Houston jumped all over New York starter CC Sabathia before hanging on to take the season opener for both teams.

Feldman (1-0) allowed two singles, two walks and hit two batters while striking out three in his Astros debut. Jesus Guzman and L.J. Hoes homered and Jose Altuve recorded a pair of RBI singles for Houston, which defeated the Yankees for the first time in seven all-time meetings at home.

Sabathia (0-1) was charged with six runs - all in the first two innings - and eight hits while striking out six in six frames. Brian McCann and Mark Teixeira had RBI singles in the eighth and Derek Jeter began his franchise-record 20th and final season with New York by recording a base hit and scoring a run.

Dexter Fowler set the tone with a leadoff double to Tal's Hill in center field in the first and scored one out later on Altuve's base hit through a drawn-in infield. Altuve scored later in the frame on a grounder to first and Guzman followed with a two-run homer in his first at-bat as an Astro to cap the four-run rally.

Hoes cranked a home run to left on Sabathia's third pitch of the second and Altuve again drove in Fowler to make it 6-0 after two innings. Jacoby Ellsbury walked and Jeter singled to begin the eighth and McCann and Teixeira drove them in before Alfonso Soriano grounded into an inning-ending double play.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Jeter pulled within two hits of tying Paul Molitor for eighth place on the career list. ... Sabathia is 1-3 with a 6.12 ERA in 11 career Opening Day starts. ... Houston improved to 3-13 all-time versus New York.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Yankees   Houston
CC Sabathia Player Scott Feldman
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.2
6 Strikeouts 3
8 Hits 2
9.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
NY Yankees   Houston
Mark Teixeira Player Jose Altuve
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 2
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Yankees 6 0 7 .188 14 3 2 3 0 1
Houston 9 2 17 .273 10 11 6 1 1 0