After walking the first batter of the game, LaMonte Wade Jr., on four pitches, Gerrit Cole locked in, striking out four straight hitters while consistently hitting the high-90s with his heater on Opening Day.

"It was cold. It was tough to feel the hand," Cole said after the game. "I didn’t think my command was great all day. I did make some good pitches in some good situations, but I thought [Jose Trevino] was using what we had really well, and he was locked in, giving us the most margin for error with the pitches that he was calling. Cole struck out 11, a new Yankees record. The previous club record for Opening Day strikeouts was nine, set by Tim Leary in 1991.

In his first game as captain, beginning an encore of his 62-home run season against the team that nearly lured him away from New York over the offseason, Judge crushed a home run on his first swing of the season. 

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