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New York Yankees: Was Joe Girardi Right To Pull CC Sabathia Last Night?

last night's game, everything was going right for the New York Yankees, more or less.

They had taken two of three from the Detroit Tigers to open the season and continued their success against the Minnesota Twins with a 4-3 win on Monday night.

Their bullpen had been exactly as advertised, combining for six scoreless innings and Mariano Rivera had three saves in as many chances.

Then it all came crashing down last night.

CC Sabathia was stellar, throwing seven shutout innings. He allowed just two hits, walked one and struck out six. With his pitch count at 104, manager Joe Girardi decided his lefty had thrown enough and opted to use Rafael Soriano in the eighth inning.

Sabathia got the final out of the seventh ...

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