June 17, 2005

New York Yankees 9
Chicago Cubs 6

Hideki Matsui hit a go-ahead homer and drove in five runs as New York rallied late to keep the Chicago Cubs winless at Yankee Stadium with a 9-6 victory Friday night. Matsui homered, doubled and singled in leading New York to its fourth straight win. The Cubs fell to 0-5 in the ballpark, having been swept in the World Series in 1932 and 1938. They had not been back in the Bronx for 67 years.

Carlos Zambrano, the first Cubs pitcher to face a New York lineup at Yankee Stadium since Dizzy Dean, took a two-run lead into the seventh. But Sheffield doubled with one out and Rodriguez followed with an RBI single that finished Zambrano.
Matsui promptly lined a 2-0 pitch from lefty Will Ohman (2-1) over the right-field wall for a 7-6 lead.

Mike Stanton (1-1) got two outs, and Mariano Rivera worked the ninth for his 15th save in 17 chances.