Giancarlo Stanton let a rush of the Yankee stadium into the air.
The Yankees slugger had been apupat already on the opening day and again on the first Monday, as he remained unsuccessful for a crime that was also slowly beginning. But on the fifth inning, he calmed those worries as quickly as his 471-foot moon reached the terrace of the central left field.
Stanton turned the boos into roars from the 9,008-strong crowd as he crushed a grand slam to open the game and send the Yankees to a 7-0 victory over the Orioles Monday night.
Jordan Montgomery was sharp, threw six shutouts with seven strikeouts, and cut an Orioles lineup coming out of a Red Sox sweep in Boston. The Yankees pitching staff had been solid during the first three games, but only had one win to prove it due to lack of career support.
The big bats finally started to explode, however, with Stanton at the helm of the charge and Aaron Judge added his first local day of the season, after Gary Sanchez had been responsible for the Yankees’ only two long balls during the three. first games.
Stanton’s outburst came with two starts in the fifth inning, getting his start from 0 to 10. Aaron Hicks, who was in his own 1-on-14 routine to start the season, had just drawn a loaded walk. of bases to turn it into a 2-0 lead over the Yankees. Stanton then hit a 92 mph fast ball through Shawn Armstrong and fired it, leaving no doubt with a 115.1 mph missile that he looked down as he flew into the bleachers to take advantage of 6- 0.
After starting the season 4-on-24 with runners in scoring position, the Yankees went 3-for-5 on Monday, including a single RBI from DJ LeMahieu to take the 7-0 lead in the sixth inning.
Manager Aaron Boone had said he didn’t want the Yankees to pursue successes due to the cold start and seemed compelling, keeping patience and drawing seven walks.
It turned out that the judge’s solo day in the fourth, which reached the short porch of the right field to get a 1-0 lead, would have been enough for Montgomery. The left-back was dominant and efficient in his first start of the year, needing just 73 pitches to pass six innings. Only one batsman reached third base, with two outs in the fifth, but Montgomery quietly stranded him.
Luis Cessa followed with two innings closed and Aroldis Chapman, making his debut after serving a two-game suspension, hit the side in the ninth.