Aaron Judge goes hitless for first time in career on opening day for Yankees

He had not struck retired 4 times since a five-strikeout crippled against Pittsburgh connected Sept. 28, 2024.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Two-time reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge went hitless connected opening time for the archetypal clip successful his large league vocation and had 4 strikeouts successful a crippled for the archetypal clip since September 2024 successful the New York Yankees' 7-0 triumph implicit the San Francisco Giants connected Wednesday night.

Judge struck retired swinging successful the archetypal against Logan Webb, took a called 3rd onslaught successful the second, struck retired connected a foul extremity successful the fourth, past took different called 3rd onslaught successful the sixth. He grounded retired starting the nighttime connected an 0-for-5 night.

He had not struck retired 4 times since a five-strikeout crippled against Pittsburgh connected Sept. 28, 2024.

Manager Aaron Boone liked however the remainder of the bid contributed connected what was an disconnected nighttime for Judge.

"It was benignant of a small spot of everyone contiguous being capable to person a manus successful it," Boone said. "A nighttime we didn't deed the shot retired of the ballpark but conscionable a batch of bully pressurized at-bats, I thought. Good nighttime for us. I deliberation we tin bushed you a batch of antithetic ways."

Judge was booed earlier the crippled and during each at-bat arsenic helium began his 11th large league play - idiosyncratic the location fans astatine Oracle Park had truthful hoped would beryllium wearing orangish and achromatic alternatively than pinstripes and playing successful the Bronx. The California autochthonal had been pursued by the Giants during escaped bureau successful 2022 but helium yet chose the Yankees' $360 million, nine-year declaration offer.

The 33-year-old slugger grew up successful the Central Valley municipality of Linden and starred astatine Fresno State. He batted a career-best and large league-high .331 past play with 53 location runs and 114 RBIs.