It was a full-team effort: every hitter except for Aaron Judge had at least one hit, the defense flashed the leather all over the field, and Jordan Montgomery shut down two of the best players in baseball as the New York Yankees took the first game of this three-game set against the Los Angeles Angels, 9-1, to give their starter his first win of the season.
In many ways, the first inning tells the story of the game in miniature. On the first pitch of the game, Taylor Ward popped the ball up into foul territory in right field; Joey Gallo covered a lot of ground and made a basket catch on the run to retire the hot-hitting right fielder.