Gerrit Cole Dominates, Giancarlo Stanton Homers As New York Tops Washington In Season Opener In The Capital Of The United States
The first game of the three game series between the team that wears the pinstripes and Washington who is the defending world series champion in this unique sixty game season went to Gerrit Cole who was making his debut and the team that wears the pinstripes on Thursday night.
In his debut for the team that wears the pinstripes, the team he grew rooting for out in Newport Beach California Gerrit Cole who is a right handed pitcher threw seventy five pitches in a 4-1 win in the Capital Of The United States over Washington..
Giancarlo Stanton provided the right-hander with a lead, crushing a two-run homer to left-center field off Nationals ace Max Scherzer in the top of the first inning. Stanton’s blast traveled 459 feet, according to Statcast.”according to an article by Bryan Hoch on mlb.com
But that wasn’t the only offense provided in Gerrit Cole’s debut for the team that wears the pinstripes as Aaron Judge doubled home New York’s third run in the third inning, with Tyler Wade dashing 270 feet to score from first base.according to an article by Bryan Hoch on mlb.com
While the team that wears the pinstripes got their first win of the season to begin the season 1-0 the defending world series champion Washington had a setback to begin their season.”
Max Scherzer gave up a home run to New York left fielder Giancarlo Stanton. in the fourth at-bat of the game, Scherzer locked in for 11 strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. He allowed four runs off six hits before the skies opened up for a delay of one hour and 58 minutes before the game was called.”according to an article by Jessica Camerato on mlb.com
After an off day Friday New York and Washington will play game two of their three game series Saturday night in the capital of the United States where left hander James Paxton who is from Ladner, BC, Canada will make his season debut for the team that wears the pinstripes. In 2019 James Paxton finished with a record of 15-6 with an earn run average of 3.82. “according to https://www.mlb.com/player/james-paxton-572020 Paxton will begin his second season with the Yankees, having recovered from lower back surgery performed in February. Paxton set career highs in wins (15) and starts (29) last year, posting a K/9.0 IP ratio of 11.11 that surpassed Luis Severino's 2017 mark of 10.71 for the best in franchise history. He will oppose Washington right hander Stephen Strasburg. Strasburg is coming off his historic 5-0 postseason which earned him the 2019 World Series Most Valuable Player Award. This will be his first start against the Yankees in his career.
First pitch is set for 7:15 from Nationals Park. The game will be televised on Fox.