Yankees open with a statement
The New York Yankees crushed the San Francisco Giants 7–0 on Opening Night at Oracle Park — Max Fried tossed six shutout innings with seven strikeouts and the Bronx Bombers scored five in the second inning to blow the game open (usatoday.com). Aaron Judge was held hitless and struck out four times, and the nationally broadcast game aired on Netflix as part of MLB’s new marquee coverage split with NBC (northjersey.com).
Max Fried worked 6.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits, one walk and striking out four while throwing 86 pitches. (ESPN: ) That outing made Fried the fourth Yankee to post 6+ scoreless Opening Day innings with two hits or fewer, joining David Cone (1996), Ron Guidry (1980) and Mel Stottlemyre (1967). (MLB: ) New York’s five-run second inning featured an RBI double by José Caballero, a two-run single from Ryan McMahon and a two-run triple by Trent Grisham that turned a 1–0 lead into a rout. (MLB: ) Aaron Judge went 0‑for‑5 with four strikeouts, a four‑K Opening Day performance that MLB noted as the first time a reigning MVP has struck out four times on Opening Day. (ESPN: ) (MLB: ) José Caballero initiated Major League Baseball’s first-ever Automated Ball‑Strike (ABS) challenge in the fourth inning; the system upheld Bill Miller’s called strike, and the challenge was ruled unsuccessful. (MLB: ) Giants starter Logan Webb was charged with six earned runs over five innings but recorded his 1,000th career strikeout when he struck out Aaron Judge in the fourth. (ESPN: ) (MLB Giants video: ) Netflix carried the exclusive Opening Night broadcast — the service’s first live MLB game — with a booth that included Matt Vasgersian, CC Sabathia and Hunter Pence, and the game drew 40,856 fans to Oracle Park. (Yahoo Sports: ) (ESPN: )
