The Yankees opened their exhibition schedule with loss to the Red Sox this afternoon. Gleyber Torres swatted a home run (video), plus Aaron Hicks, Greg Bird, Tyler Wade, Matt Lipka, and Trey Amburgey all banged doubles. All legit doubles too. No bloops that landed on the line. Bird drove one off the wall the other way, Hicks hit one over the center fielder’s head, and Wade and Lipka found the right-center field gap. Ryan McBroom hit a home run as well. Bird added a single, as did Clint Frazier.
Nestor Cortes got the start and had a good first inning and not-so-good second and third innings.