Field Level Media
28 Mar 2026, 09:49 GMT+10
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Cam Schlittler allowed one hit over 5 1/3 innings and Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton each homered, fueling the visiting New York Yankees to a 3-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday.
Schlittler (1-0), who struck out eight and did not walk a batter, yielded only Heliot Ramos' two-out double in the second before retiring the final 11 batters he faced. Tim Hill fanned two in the seventh, former Giants closer Camilo Doval struck out the side in the eighth and David Bednar worked the ninth for his first save.
New York recorded a shutout in its first two games of the season for the first time in franchise history. The Yankees cruised to a 7-0 victory over the Giants on Wednesday. Judge belted a two-run homer in the sixth inning for his first hit of the season. The three-time American League MVP was 0-for-7 with five strikeouts before the blast.
Paul Goldschmidt doubled to lead off the sixth before Judge successfully challenged a called strike to extend his at-bat. He made the Giants pay by depositing a 3-2 fastball from Robbie Ray (0-1) just inside the left field foul pole. Ray permitted two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Blue Jays 3, Athletics 2Andres Gimenez knocked a walkoff single to center in the ninth inning, and Toronto defeated the visiting Athletics.Gimenez also had a two-run triple in the fifth. Right-hander Kevin Gausman struck out 11, the most by a Blue Jay pitcher on Opening Day. He allowed one run, one hit and no walks in six strong innings.Shea Langeliers tied the game for the Athletics with one out in the ninth by hitting his second homer of the game, a blast to center against closer Jeff Hoffman (1-0). Langeliers also singled, going 3-for-4.
Braves 6, Royals 0Chris Sale threw six scoreless innings and Atlanta hit three home runs to defeat visiting Kansas City, giving Walt Weiss a win in his managerial debut.
Atlanta's 11-hit attack was sparked by homers from Ozzie Albies, Drake Baldwin and Michael Harris II. Sale (1-0) allowed three hits, three walks and struck out six, giving him 2,585 for his career. Sale moved up to No. 30 on the career strikeout list, passing Hall of Famers Bob Feller (2,581) and Warren Spahn (2,583).Cole Ragans (0-1), making his third straight Opening Day start, took the loss. He worked four innings and allowed four runs on six hits, five strikeouts and four walks. He allowed all three homers.
Angels 6, Astros 2
Josh Lowe, Mike Trout and Zach Neto homered to help visiting Los Angeles to a win against Houston in the second game of their four-game series.
The Angels have won their first two games of the season for the first time since 2007, and their first two road games for the first time since 2004. Trout, who also homered in the opener, added a pair of singles. Starter Yusei Kikuchi allowed two runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Yordan Alvarez homered, Jeremy Pena had two hits and scored a run and Carlos Correa also contributed two hits for the Astros. Starter Mike Burrows (0-1) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing five runs and nine hits while striking out six and walking two.
Marlins 2, Rockies 1Sandy Alcantara pitched seven strong innings and Javier Sanoja went 3-for-3 with an RBI as host Miami defeated Colorado in the season opener for both teams.Pete Fairbanks, Miami's biggest free-agent signee of the offseason, earned the save after pitching a scoreless ninth. Alcantara (1-0) allowed four hits, two walks and one unearned run while striking out five.Colorado's Kyle Freeland (0-1) permitted two runs in 4 1/3 innings. Hunter Goodman went 2-for-4 and Jordan Beck hit an RBI single.
--Field Level Media
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