Voit, Bird power Yankees to Opening Day win vs. Orioles

Voit, Bird power Yankees to Opening Day win vs. Orioles

 
With high hopes for their 2019 campaign, the Yankees easily beat the lowly Baltimore Orioles 7-2 on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium Thursday.
Luke Voit put the Yankees ahead in the first inning with a 428-foot, three-run homer, which would've been enough to win the game on its own. Voit finished with four RBI thanks to a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the fifth.
Greg Bird also smacked his first homer of the season in the eighth. 
Starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka grabbed the W thanks to 5.2 innings of one-run ball. He tacked on five strikeouts and no walks. 
Reliever Adam Ottavino made his Yankee debut, as did the No. 0, a number that has never been worn in franchise history. He threw a perfect 1.1 innings with three strikeouts. Aroldis Chapman closed the door on the game in a non-save situation.
Coming off a 100+-loss season, Baltimore is projected to struggle once again. An easy win was exactly what Yankee fans expected and hoped for to open up their run at a 28th World Series ring.
The Yankees play next on Saturday in the middle game of a three-game set vs. Baltimore. Pitcher James Paxton is set to make his debut in a Yankee uniform.
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