Whether that was some sort of workaround that they were trying out to get around the pitch timer or not remains to be seen, but plate umpire Laz Diaz was willing to accept it today and in the end there was no change to the outcome of the game because of it. The Giants were having trouble with their Pitch com system, with several pitchers complaining that they couldn't hear it. There was one unpopular balk call, but when you look at the replay, it was the correct call. The new rules for this season didn't get involved in any of the play other than a single pitch clock violation in the ninth, which turned out to be inconsequential. The Yankees have every reason to feel good about which direction he is headed in.
He made some true big-league plays at short and covered a fair bit of ground out there. Tack onto that a stolen base and the offensive debut of Volpe was a success.īut where he really shone was with the glove. He never got rattled and while he struck out once, he also worked a walk. He had a so-so day with the bat, but he showed plate discipline and that the situation wasn't to big for him. The Giants never could quite get their bats working and in the end, that was the true gap between these two teams today.Īnother takeaway was Anthony Volpe. Two big blasts by Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres accounting for the first three runs being the only blemishes on an otherwise solid start by Webb. The real difference came not on the mound but at the plate.
His counterpart for San Francisco, Logan Webb was every bit as good, matching Cole almost pitch for pitch, setting his own franchise strikeout record with 12. The pitching today was outstanding both ways today, with Gerritt Cole setting a new franchise record with 11 strikeouts, the most by any Yankee on Opening Day ever. Yankees have picture perfect Opening Day, beating Giants 5-0
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