Yankees ambush Logan Webb, Max Fried shoves in Opening Day win over Giants

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 25: José Caballero #72 of the New York Yankees embraces Austin Wells #28 and Jazz Chisholm Jr. #13 after scoring against the San Francisco Giants during the second inning on Opening Day at Oracle Park on March 25, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W.

Henderson/Getty Images) | Getty Images Opening Day is in the books and it couldn’t have gone much better for the Yankees. It was a bit of a throwback game as the Yankees scored seven runs without the ball leaving the yard, the hitters aggressive early in counts to collect ten base hits. Any time you can score seven runs when Aaron Judge strikes out four times, you know you’ve got a strong supporting cast around the Captain.

Max Fried turned in a faultless 6. 1 scoreless innings as the Yankees kicked off their season with a 7-0 win over the Giants. First pitch was delayed by 20 minutes with all the on-field festivities, and the Yankees hitters were also slow coming out of the gate, Trent Grisham and Aaron Judge striking out swinging and Cody Bellinger popping out to left.

Max Fried got himself into a spot of trouble in the bottom-half, issuing a leadoff four-pitch walk to noted non-walker Luis Arraez. Matt Chapman then just beat out the throw to first to avoid the double play on his groundball, and advanced to third on a Rafael Devers shallow fly ball to center that Trent Grisham lost in the sun and got a late jump — the bloop carrying a 95-percent catch probability according to Statcast. However, Fried buckled down, collecting his first strikeout of the year by blowing a 95 mph cutter by Willy Adames and getting Jung Hoo Lee to ground out.