On a day when Ronald Acuña Jr. became the first player in MLB history to hit 40 home runs and steal 60 bases, the Yankees brought some of their own fireworks to the ball park. Aaron Judge kicked things off with a mammoth three-run blast in the third and from there it was plain sailing. Luke Weaver pitched 5.1 scoreless in just his second Yankees start and Judge left the yard again in the fifth and seventh as the Yankees wrapped up a clinical victory in the series opener over the Diamondbacks, 7-1.
Weaver struck out NL Rookie of the Year frontrunner Corbin Carroll to open the contest and immediately it seemed he had a little extra zip and a little extra life to his pitches relative to his Yankees debut.