But the Mets' second World Series run in '86 did start with an Opening Day win. The most recent players to tally five hits on Opening Day were the Orioles' Adley Rutschman and the Blue Jays' George Springer in 2023. Score; Braves vs. Mets: 4:10 p.m. Young ended up leading Detroit with 21 home runs that year. The battle on the mound was a rematch of Game 1 of the 2019 World Series. -- Jeff Passan. Now the Cardinals 24-year-old ace gets his first career Opening Day start, trying to pick up where he left off as St. Louis seeks a second straight NL Central crown in 2020. #ForTheH https://t.co/XoNvXOPnmF. "Yeah, I thought it was really good," manager Ron Roenicke said after the game, according to NESN's Lauren Campbell. With six RBIs in the Padres first game in 2020, Eric Hosmer came within one RBI of tying the all-time Opening Day record. Hosmer is one of 16 players to record at least six RBIs on Opening Day, but only two players have driven in seven runs in a season opener. Hernandez again came up big for Los Angeles as he kept the momentum going by driving in two more runs with another single that drove in Seager and Justin Turner to give the Dodgers a 4-1 lead. Put another way, there is about a 4.6% chance he homers in any given plate appearance. 6:00 p.m.:Yoenis Cespedes goes DEEP to left to break the 0-0 tie in New York. 2nd Inning Runs per Game. While the Rays were never able to come back from the five-run deficit, they made up a few runs as the game went on, with Yoshitomo Tsutsugo hitting a two-run deep ball in the bottom of the fifth. The NL Cy Young runner up allowed three runs on four hits, while walking three and fanning four. F inal. Benintendi made a fine play on a foul pop shortly after that and ended up reaching base a couple of times and scoring two runs. The Rangers sent10 batters to the plate and had seven hits in the inning. Morris had a career 3.39 ERA in season openers, and he's one of only two pitchers since 1980, along with Rick Mahler, with at least three complete-game victories on Opening Day. The three dingers represented nearly a quarter of the homers (13) he hit in his entire Major League career. The first inning was historic, if not aesthetic, as Elias reported that it was the first time in an Opening Day contest in which both teams scored at least five first-inning runs. Outfielder Austin Meadows broke up a scoreless tie with a solo homer in the top of the eighth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Miami Marlins 1-0 in the Battle of Florida. While Betts' offensive prowess will surely be missed in the long term, he was not missed in the season opener. Hope springs anew for players, coaches and fans alike on Opening Day, with stats getting reset and each team starting from square one. On the West Coast, the Dodgers and Giants kicked off the season with National League West action in a game where both teams had to go deep in the bullpen to complete the game. Dunn's eight included two multi-homer Opening Days, in 2005 and '07, for the Reds. Things Ryu to see: Opening Day 2021 roundtable recap - MLB Texas is also unveiling its frontline starting pitching trio of Lance Lynn, Mike Minor and newly acquired two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber over the course of Opening Weekend. (OK, he was still booed as he rounded the bases.) Opponent Yes Run First Inning (YRFI) %. In a fitting turn of events, the season's first game of the shortened season was called early as the Yankees scored the win after the game was called in the top of the sixth due to a rain delay. While Glasnow was ranked 39th in ESPN's MLB Top 100, his Opening Day start Thursday showed that the number might've been too low. Both teams also have first-time Opening Day starters in this one, with Chicagos Kyle Hendricks taking on Christian Yelich and company, and Milwaukees Brandon Woodruff facing off against Javier Bez and the rest of the Cubs big bats. St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said before his team's opener that hard-throwing Jordan Hicks would be eased into the closer's role after missing all of last season. There is no chalk. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. The Rockies, who not only traded their best player this winter, but included $51 million to offset his salary as a parting gift. Since Patterson did it, three players have had six-RBI games on Opening Day -- Adam Lind in 2009, Placido Polanco in 10 and Hosmer in 20. Two hits came in the form of solo homers from Kyle Seager and Kyle Lewis. "Teddy Ballgame" also boasted at least one hit in every Opening Day game he appeared in. After Judge got on with a single to left field, Stanton scored the first home run of the season in style with an absolute shot.
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