Opening Day

San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello took responsibility for his team's back-to-back shutout losses to open the 2026 MLB season. The Giants were blanked 7-0 by the New York Yankees on Wednesday and 3-0 on Friday. Vitello said a pre-season 'fire and brimstone' speech may have backfired.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers opened their season with an 8-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium, raising their 2025 World Series banner beforehand. Andy Pages hit a go-ahead three-run homer and made a key defensive play. Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered a quality start in his debut.

Brandon Lowe made an immediate impact in his Pittsburgh Pirates debut, hitting two home runs during an 11-7 loss to the New York Mets on Opening Day at Citi Field. He showcased the team's new welder's mask home run celebration after his first homer. Lowe became just the seventh Pirates player to homer twice on Opening Day.

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The Milwaukee Brewers placed outfielder Jackson Chourio on the 10-day injured list with a fractured left hand hours before their season opener on Thursday. The 22-year-old is expected to miss at least the first two to four weeks of the regular season. Switch-hitter Blake Perkins was recalled from Triple-A to fill Chourio's spot on the roster.