"It took two days to win one ALDS game and limit their best starting pitcher to a single gig for however long the show lasts, but the Yankees will accept it.

Working without CC Sabathia when play resumed last night in Game 1 against the Tigers at Yankee Stadium following Friday night's downpour, the Yankees rode Robinson Cano and Ivan Nova to a 9-3 victory that was witnessed by a Yankee Stadium record crowd of 50,940.

It was the largest gathering in the three-year history of the current version of the Stadium the biggest gathering in the three-year history of the Stadium witnessed Cano hitting a grand slam and driving in six runs. Before leaving with the bases loaded in the ninth Nova provided six shutout innings."