Tony Award winner Nikki M. James is scheduled to perform the national anthem, and first pitch is set for 1:35 p.m. All-time, the Yankees are 82-40-1 in home openers, 7-2 since 2017, and 11-6 at the current Yankee Stadium.

Cam Schlittler pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3.

Aaron Judge is hit by a pitch and José Caballero scores a run, extending the Yankees' lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the 2nd inning

Follow our live updates as the New York Yankees visit the San Francisco Giants on Opening Day 2026.

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Yankee Stadium looks like you remember it looking. There isn’t a ton different from last year, the lone exception a brighter, clearer scoreboard that is easier to read. Roughly the same, but a bit sharper.

Baseball is back. The Sporting News tracked all the highlights and results from Opening Day 2026, with 22 teams in action on Thursday.

The 2026 Major League Baseball regular season began at Oracle Park on Wednesday night with the San Francisco Giants hosting the New York Yankees. It was all New York, all game. The Yankees notched a 7-0 victory against the Giants in front of a sellout crowd of 40,

Through seven games, the Yankees lead the American League with 11 steals and only trail the Brewers (15) in the big leagues. Yes, the Yankees are running it back. But the team they are running back — the post-trade-deadline version — is one that clearly can run.

Austin Wells scores a run following a wild pitch by Tyler Phillips, extending the Yankees' lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the 6th inning