Gleyber Torres lined the first pitch of the game into left-center for a single, and that was the closest thing the Yankees had to momentum all night. Luis Severino was dreadful in his third start of the season, and the only New York hitters to make an impact were Josh Donaldson and Giancarlo Stanton, fresh off the IL. All in all, the Yankees dropped the opener in this matchup of baseball’s best brands, 8-4 to the Dodgers.
The game really all came down to Severino, and particularly his first inning. Mookie Betts took him deep to lead off the Dodgers’ first, and that was discouraging but it’s also Mookie Betts; he kinda does that.