In a battle of the thriving Guardians offense and the outstanding Yankees’ staff, the home team finished victorious. Behind the strong efforts of Jameson Taillon and Michael King, and the first big game of the season for Aaron Judge, the Yankees captured the series opener.
The start of the game certainly wasn’t inspiring given what we’ve been seeing at the beginning of the season. Guardians starter Eli Morgan ultimately had a stat line that won’t blow you away, but he took advantage of a struggling offense, outside of one mistake pitch. Morgan’s fastball was outstanding up in the zone forcing 6 whiffs on 13 pitches, but he left one of those heaters at a poor spot and Aaron Judge made him pay for it.