White Sox rookie manager Pedro Grifol picked up his first career win in his first career game. Martinez started in left field, Carlos Lee started at first base, and Yordan Alvarez was 15 years old. The last time Houston lost Opening Day, they played in the NL Central, J.D. The Astros had won each of their last 10 Opening Days, tied with the 1887-96 Boston Beaneaters for the longest Opening Day winning streak in baseball history. Cease was marvelous.ĭylan Cease, 98mph Fastball and 81mph Knuckle Curve (home plate views). Dylan Cease was the star of the game, striking out 11 in 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball. Andrew Vaughn's clutch ninth inning go-ahead two-run double against Ryan Pressly spoiled the World Series celebration at Minute Maid Park. White Sox end Astros' Opening Day winning streakįor the first time since 2012, the Astros are losers on Opening Day. Ohtani left with a 1-0 lead that his teammates couldn't hold, falling 2-1 to the Athletics. As a hitter, Ohtani went 1 for 3 with two strikeouts to begin the night. He also punched out 10 batters, including the top three batters in the A's order a combined four times in seven at-bats. In six innings, he held Oakland to no runs on two hits and three walks. Shohei Ohtani, the Angels' two-way phenom, made the most of his Opening Day start against the Athletics. It was Nimmo and Robertson who stepped up Thursday, and Mets improved baseball's best record on Opening Day. The Mets are already down two starting pitchers (José Quintana and Justin Verlander) and their closer (Díaz), so they are facing a little adversity here to begin the new season. On Opening Day, the save opportunity went to veteran late-inning reliever David Robertson, who had a clean 1-2-3 inning with two strikeouts. The Mets lost closer Edwin Díaz to a likely season-ending knee injury during the World Baseball Classic, and manager Buck Showalter said he will mix and match in the ninth inning rather than name a set closer. The Mets, thanks to Brandon Nimmo's two-run seventh inning double, improved their all-time Opening Day record to 41-21 (.661) with Thursday's win over the Marlins. The most successful Opening Day team in history added another win to their record this year. All told, Thursday's game featured 32 strikeouts - 16 by each team. Cole struck out 11 in six innings, which broke the record held by Tim Leary (nine in 1991). Webb fanned 12 batters in six innings, breaking the record previously help by Madison Bumgarner (11 in 2017). Webb and Gerrit Cole both set new franchise Opening Day strikeout records Thursday. It was the first home run of the 2023 season league-wide, in fact. Logan Webb is death on righties and he allowed one home run in his final 10 starts last season, yet Judge took him deep in his first at-bat of the new season. On Thursday, Judge led the Yankees to a win over the Giants with a first inning solo home run and a seventh inning bloop hit. Judge of course returned to New York, and was named the 16th captain in franchise history. Either he would re-sign with the Yankees as a free agent this past offseason and get a hero's welcome, or he would sign with his hometown-ish Giants and be in the visitor's dugout. One way or another, Aaron Judge was going to be at Yankee Stadium on Opening Day. For those who didn't get to experience Opening Day in its full glory, or for those who want to simply relive what might be the best day of the baseball season all year: you're in luck, we're here to recap all of the happenings from around the majors through the use of a handy-dandy subhead format. All 15 teams kicked off their seasons on Thursday, providing us with what proved to be an entertaining day of baseball. A–35,034.MLB Opening Day 2023 is in the books. U-HP–Ramon De Jesus, 1B–Alfonso Marquez, 2B–Chad Fairchild, 3B–David Rackley. SB–Trout (4,2nd base off Stroman/Martin). CS–Pillar (2,2nd base by Wright/Maldonado). HR–Toronto Travis (1,8th inning off Guerra 1 on 1 out) Pillar (3,8th inning off Pounders 0 on 2 out) Goins (1,9th inning off Pounders 1 on 2 out). 2B–Toronto Travis (1,off Pounders), Los Angeles Pujols (3,off Stroman). Goins-Travis-Smoak, Stroman-Goins-Smoak, Travis-Smoak. Game played on Sunday, Apat Angel Stadium of AnaheimĮ–Bautista (1), Revere (1). Toronto Blue Jays 6, Los Angeles Angels 2
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