Mother’s Day 2015 was a beautiful day for baseball in the Bronx. The temperature was in the low-80s and the sun was shining as just under 40,000 fans filed into Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees had started the season off hot, but recent injuries to ace pitchers CC Sabathia and Masahiro Tanaka left the team worried. Facing them were the reigning AL East champs, the Baltimore Orioles. As the Yankees looked to maintain their early-season success, they turned to the young Micheal Pineda.

Pineda would have the game of his career as he struck out 16 O’s in a dominant 6-2 win for the Yankees. Carlos Beltran and Brian McCann homered and the Yankees would improve to 20-12 to start the season. Meanwhile, Pineda became the face of optimism for the Yankees.