I got so excited about Opening Day that I forgot how annoying baseball can be sometimes.
Anthony Volpe notched his first MLB hit and second stolen base, Aaron Judge looked completely locked in again, and the bullpen couldn’t keep men off the bases. Alas, Michael King and Clay Holmes combined to allow four runs and eight baserunners in 2.1 innings. That was the difference in today’s ballgame, as the Yankees lost 7-5 against the Giants to fall to 1-1.
Giancarlo Stanton was responsible for the first two runs that the Yankees pushed across today, benefitting from Alex Cobb’s throwing error on what should have been a double-play ball before lining a pitch into right field for his first home run of the season:
Clarke Schmidt continued to flash that strikeout potential we saw in spring training, striking out five Giants against just a single walk.