Game Thirty-Eight - Cubs 4 Yankees 7
WP - Chien-Ming Wang (1-2) LP - Ted Lilly (1-2) Save - Jonathan Albaladejo (2)

The weather held off on Friday night at new Yankee Stadium...too bad Ted Lilly could not keep the ball in the park. The Cubs took an early lead thanks to a sacrifice fly in the first by Derrek Lee that plated Aaron Miles, who recorded the first base hit in the new Stadium. Miles came through again in the second with a 2-out, two-run double that gave Ted Lilly and the Cubs a 3-0 lead.

Robinson Cano knocked the first of three hard hit home runs off of Ted Lilly. Cano cut the Cubs lead to 3-2 with a two-run dinger to right center in the second. Hideki Matsui gave the Yankees a brief 4-3 lead with a two-run homer off Lilly in the fourth...the ball hit the foul pole down the right field line and took a little yellow paint with it. Cody Ransom hit the exclamation point off Lilly in the fifth, a three-run shot that broke a 4-4 tie. Ransom's home hit the left field foul pole.

Ted Lilly served up multiple home runs for his second consecutive spring start. His line on Friday night...seven runs on eight hits with a walk and two strikeouts in four innings.

Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez were in the original lineup but were late scratches due to the poor weather and wet field. Lou Piniella said there was no reason to risk injury to either of the players.

The Cubs offense was solid early on without two of their big bats, but could not buy a hit or a walk in the later innings...especially after Lou Piniella emptied his bench. Yankees' pitchers retired the last 14 they faced on Friday night.

Aaron Miles and Joey Gathright fueled the offense and Reed Johnson tripled and scored the tying run in the fourth.

After the third home run served up by Ted Lilly, the remainder of the team seemed to just be going through the motions enjoying the atmosphere at the new state-of-the-art Yankee Stadium.