Yankees make franchise history not done since 2006 Opening Day

Yankees make franchise history not done since 2006 Opening Day originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Yankees started the season fast.

After a scoreless first inning against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night's Opening Day, they scored five runs in the second inning. It's the first time the Yankees have scored five or more runs in an inning on Opening Day since 2006, when they had a seven-run inning against the Oakland Athletics . Shoutout to Katie Sharp of Baseball Reference for the stat: Yankees: first time scoring 5+ runs in an inning on Opening Day since April 3, 2006 vs A's (7 runs in 2nd inning) — Katie Sharp (@SharpStats17) March 26, 2026 MORE: Mike Trout, Tiger Woods, and Superman without his cape The second inning against Logan Webb started slow with a Ben Rice groundout.

But then Giancarlo Stanton got a fastball over the plate and lined a sharp single into right-center. Jazz Chisholm Jr. got hit by a pitch to get two on base.

Then Jose Caballero stepped into the box and pulled a double into the left field corner to bring home Stanton for a 1-0 lead. Ryan McMahon followed by squeaking a single up the middle to drive home two more. MORE: Mets, Marlins risk Moneyball Ron Washington mistake Austin Wells followed with his own single.