With one swing – and the star and bat that followed – Giancarlo Stanton blew one big sigh of relief at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees slugger was yelled at on the first day and again in the first inning Monday as he remained undefeated for a foul that also started slowly. But by the fifth inning, he calmed the worries as his 471-foot moon shot reached the terrace in left midfield.
Stanton turned angry into roaring 9,008 crowds as he smashed a grand slam to break open the game and send the Yankees to a 7-0 victory over the Orioles on Monday night.
Jordan Montgomery was sharp and threw six innings with seven casualties and mowed down an Orioles series that picked up a whip from the Red Sox in Boston. The Yankees’ yard staff has been solid through the first three games, but has only won one because the support is not running.
The big bats finally started to break out, with Stanton taking the lead and Aaron Judge adding his first home game of the season – after Gary Sanchez was responsible for the Yankees’ only two long balls through the first three games.
Stanton’s blast came with two outs in the fifth innings, which took its 0-for-10 start. Aaron Hicks, who was on his own 1-for-14 route to start the season, has just taken a basic step to take the 2 0 Yankees lead. Stanton then got a fast ball of 92km / h in the middle of Shawn Armstrong and turned it on, leaving no doubt with a 115.1km / h missile that he was stuck while flying in the stands for the lead of 6-0.
After starting the season 4-for-24 with runners-up in the points standings, the Yankees went 3-for-5 on Monday, including an RBI single from DJ LeMahieu to clinch the lead to 7-0 in the sixth innings .
Manager Aaron Boone has said he does not want the Yankees to rush hits due to the cold start, and it looks like they are forced to stay patient and run seven.
It turned out that Judge’s solo home series in the fourth, which reached the short curtain in the right field for a 1-0 lead, would have been enough for Montgomery. The left-hander was dominant and efficient in his first start of the year, and he needed just 73 spots to breeze through six innings. Only one batter reached third base, with two out in fifth, but Montgomery calmly stranded him there.
Luis Cessa followed with two closing innings and Aroldis Chapman, making his debut after serving a two-match suspension, knocked out the side in the ninth.