Teixeira hits go-ahead HR, Yankees take 2 of 3 from Astros (Yahoo Sports)

Mark Teixeira sliced a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning and Starlin Castro connected again, sending the New York Yankees past the Houston Astros 8-5 Thursday. The Yankees took two of three in the season-opening series against the team that beat them in the AL wild-card game last October. The former Cubs infielder has eight RBIs, the most by any player in his first three games for the Yankees since the stat became official in 1920, STATS said.