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José Caballero drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in a
five-run second and also lost the first challenge taken to Major
League Baseball’s so-called robot umpire, unsuccessfully
appealing a strike by Logan Webb in the fourth.
Max Fried (1-0) allowed two hits in 6 1/3 innings to became just
the fifth Yankees pitcher since 1969 with at least 6 1/3 shutout
innings on opening day, joining Catfish Hunter (1977), Ron
Guidry (1980), Rick Rhoden (1988) and David Cone (1996). New
York won an opener with a shutout on the road for the first time
since 1967.
Webb (0-1) started the fourth inning with a 90.7 mph sinker on
the upper, inner corner that was called a strike by Bill Miller,
a major league umpire since 1997. Caballero tapped his helmet,
and the 12 Hawk-Eye cameras of the Automated Ball-Strike System
upheld Miller’s decision in a graphic shown on the Oracle Park
scoreboard.
Caballero singled in the second and Ryan McMahon followed with a
two-run single before Austin Wells' single prompted a mound
visit for Webb. Trent Grisham hit a two-run triple and was
checked by medical staff after a hard slide into third.
Judge was booed before the game and during each at-bat as he
began his 11th big league season. The California native had been
pursued by the Giants during free agency in 2022 but he
ultimately chose the Yankees' $360 million, nine-year contract
offer.
Webb, a 15-game winner last season making his fifth start on
opening day, was tagged for six earned runs — seven in all — and
nine hits over five innings.
The 47-year-old Vitello made the big jump from coaching the
University of Tennessee.
Up next
The teams resum3 the series Friday afternoon, with RHP Cam
Schlittler starting for New York opposite lefty Robbie Ray.
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