The Yankees brought nearly all of their Opening Day starters over to Clearwater tonight to face the Phillies, and they got some promising results. The Phillies and Yankees traded blows early, smashing big hits off of starters Michael King and Matt Moore, and then the substitutes mirrored their performance in the final frames. The Phillies were the ones to walk away with the win in the end, thanks to a walkoff single.
King was a hard pitcher to place on the roster heading into this start, and he didn’t do himself any favors in this outing.