America’s pastime is back and the first series of the season are in the books. What exactly happened in the first four days of the new baseball season.
The baseball season actually started in Japan about a week ago when the Seattle Mariners took on the Oakland Athletics in a two game series. In what would be Ichiro Suzuki’s last games in the MLB, the Mariners swept the A’s across the pond 9-7 and 5-4.
Back here on Friday was when every team started to play ball. The biggest game of Opening Day was between the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals. Both teams had their pest pitchers on the mound, Cy Young winner Jacob DeGrom for the Mets and Max Scherzer for the Nats, but the game was decided by only two runs as the Mets continued to be the best Opening Day team.
The only remaining undefeated team after this Opening Day weekend are the Philadelphia Phillies. With Bryce Harper now on the Phils’, they really are the team to beat out in the National League East. Harper wasn’t too hot at the plate in his first game as a Phillie, and the fans in Philadelphia let him hear it. He would smack two long homers after the boos on Friday in the games against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday and Sunday.
These were the bigger stories from Opening Day, but here are a couple quick storylines that deserve to be touched upon: The Red Sox signed Xander Bogaerts to a six-year extension worth $132 million. Giancarlo Stanton went on the 10-day injured list for the New York Yankees. Trea Turner and Christian Yelich both hit the first walk-off hits of the season on Sunday.
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