NY (AP) a Andy Pettitte was a stone on the pile in his latest gritty performance. Mariano Rivera jogged in from the bullpen to nail down a ninth-inning guide. Thursday evening following two direct duds to start out the season, the banged-up New York Yankees eventually appeared as if themselves. Pettitte pitched the Yankees to their first win of the year and Rivera made a fruitful come back to the pile in New York's 4-2 victory within the Boston Red Sox. "I was waiting for 11 months," explained Rivera, who identified feeling only a little anxious before his first regular-season message since knee surgery. "There were lots of thoughts tonight, but you need to manage that. You have to finish the game." Brett Gardner and Francisco Cervelli homered for the Yankees, giving some sudden power to an exhausted lineup lacking the "sore four" a Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson. Dozens of All-Stars are on the disabled list, plus pitcher Phil Hughes, and without them New York dropped its first two activities to the rival Red Sox. "You don't wish to leave your home park going 0-3, that is for sure," director Joe Girardi said. "So I thought it had been quite important." Lyle Overbay had a two-run simple off Ryan Dempster (0-1), who struck out nine in his Boston debut but needed 101 pitches to get through five innings. The two-time All-Star authorized a million, two-year agreement in December after spending last season with the Rangers and Cubs. "Just got outpitched by the guy on another side of the field," Dempster said. "I made a lot of good pitches and a couple of balls fell in. That has been enough to win the game." Searching for their first season-opening sweep at Yankee Stadium, the Red Sox were handcuffed by a pair of Ny greats. The 40-year-old Pettitte (1-0) tossed ten sharp innings on a 43-degree evening and Rivera joined to a ovation from these left in the bundled-up crowd of 40,611 as the common chords of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" blared over the Yankee Stadium speakers. Baseball's job preserves leader, set to retire after this year, missed the majority of last year after tearing a knee ligament Might 3 while shagging flies all through batting practice in Kansas City. Rivera released a stroll to Dustin Pedroia and gave up a double to Jonny Gomes before Will Middlebrooks went in a work with a groundout. But the right-hander used a third strike past rookie Jackie Bradley Jr. for his 609th save and first since April 30 last year at Baltimore. "Obviously, I feel good and real safe about things whenever you see that guy come running in from the bullpen in the ninth inning," Pettitte said. "It is special, and it'll be special for me knowing this is it and watching him this year. After this, he'll perhaps not be final games for all of us anymore, so I will experience it around I can." By appearing in his 19th Yankees period, Rivera broke a tie with Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle and Jeter to create the operation level. Jeter can match Rivera again once the leader makes his season debut. It had been the 69th time Rivera has preserved a regular-season gain by Pettitte, an important league record. Both hadn't joined up since the 2010 playoffs against Minnesota. "These two have now been doing it quite a long time together," Girardi said. "I have found both of them and I've maintained both of them, but as a fan it's actually sort of nice to see." With supporters chanting his name, Pettitte got through the eighth inning and pumped his fist before heading into the dugout for good. Reinforced by three double plays a' one he started himself a Pettitte allowed one run and ten hits. He put a successful 94 pitches and gave New York's staff a massive boost after Hiroki Kuroda was pulled in the second inning Wednesday evening with a bruised middle finger. Pettitte, starting his 15th time with the Yankees, acquired his 246th profession gain and improved to 19-10 in 38 begins against Boston. He missed nearly 90 days last year with a broken left leg and completed 5-4 with a 2.87 ERA. Pettitte has practically made a vocation of righting the ship for the Yankees. The staff said he is 18-3 with a PERIOD below 3.00 in 27 begins with Ny wanting to prevent a regular-season mop, based on analysis by the Elias Sports Bureau. He was operating on a shutout when Middlebrooks smacked a one in the seventh and scored on an increase by Bradley. A bid was made by david Ross for a tying homer with a long drive to left-center that was found just facing the wall, near the 399-foot sign. "He gave a trip to it and Gardner makes a heck of a hook against the wall," Boston manager John Farrell said. Cervelli met Clayton Mortensen with a homer in the seventh that caused it to be 4-1. Gardner and Cervelli hit their first homers since going back-to-back off Baltimore's Tommy Hunter on Sept. 6, 2011. Neither player spent much time on the effective big league roster last time. Eduardo Nunez, frequently a defensive liability, made three double plays at shortstop and made a flying grab to rob Shane Victorino of a leadoff struck in the last. Nunez also had two hits, including an integral double. Victorino attempted to score from 2nd base on a pitch in the first inning when Pettitte didn't protect the plate. Cervelli was just a little mellow and slow in retrieving the ball, then scrambled back time for you to label Victorino as both players dove headfirst and banged into one another. Victorino jammed two fingers on his throwing hand but kept in the overall game. He said he was fine, and Cervelli apologized to him the very next time up. NOTES: Ross singled in his first Red Sox plate appearance. ... Seeking to split up his left-handed players, Girardi moved Robinson Cano up to the No. 2 spot in the choice for initially since Sept. 13, 2010. Kevin Youkilis batted third and Ichiro Suzuki hit sixth for the very first time in his career, based on STATS. ... Ny sent RHP Ivan Nova to Detroit early therefore he could rest up for his 1:05 p.m. start Friday against RHP Doug Fister and the AL winner Tigers. ... The Yankees introduced RHP Brian Aardsma.
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