In just 24 games during the shortened 2020 season, Hayes gave us a taste of what he could be: a dynamic offensive and defensive player, and nothing seen so far has changed that perception. Coincidentally, it was at Tropicana Field in 2011 where the elder Vladimir Guerrero made the final Opening Day start of his Hall of Fame career, playing for the Orioles. Watch and learn, kids. He held the Braves to no runs on just four hits without walking a batter. Earlier, he 100 mph with his sinking fastball three times. MLB Opening Day 2020 Results: Scores, Highlights and Reaction from Thursday . The Big Unit had four double-digit strikeout performances in season openers, including 14-K starts for the Mariners in 1993 and '96. Here is a selection of notable single-game Opening Day records (dating back to 1901, with a hat tip to Stathead). The only run he allowed? There is no guarantee. For the Rockies, superstar Nolan Arenado begins his eighth season looking to extend his MLB infielder record of seven straight Gold Gloves to start his career -- and he has to be a favorite to win a third straight Platinum Glove, too. Last year, Bigsby (5-11 , 210) averaged 6.0 yards per carry on 970 total yards and rushed for 10 touchdowns. Buxton has done this before. Washington Nationals RF Adam Eaton leads the National League in HRs. The Red Sox took the field on Friday just days after Mookie Betts signed a massive 12-year deal with his new team, the Dodgers. Take, for example, the season opener between the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies, who are, in just about every way, the anti-Dodgers. Ted Williams was a .449 hitter in openers, with three home runs and fourteen runs batted in during fourteen games. Nola will become the first Phillies pitcher since Hall of Famer Roy Halladay (2010-12) to start three straight openers, and he will look for support from the likes of Bryce Harper, whose five career Opening Day homers tie him with Albert Pujols for the lead among active players. The Angels struck out 10 times, but only four times over the final six innings. After averaging 88 mph on his fastball last year, at least he averaged 90.2 Thursday, so maybe that's a positive, but with three walks the command wasn't there and both home runs came off flat cutters. As the 2021 MLB season officially began, we tracked the key takeaways and signature moments from each game across the country. While he gave up four runs and picked up the loss, he was sitting batters down with regularity and joined some impressive company with his third Opening Day start with double-digit strikeouts: Max Scherzer has 11 K today and has produced a double-digit strikeout total on Opening Day 3 times in his career. MLB Opening Day History | Baseball Almanac All Opening Day Home Runs! (Start off the MLB season with - YouTube Playing in asnowstorm in Detroit, Miguel Cabrera hit the first home run of the 2021 MLBseason, a two-run shot in the second inning off reigning AL Cy Young winner Shane Bieber. Stanton and Judge propelled the Yankees lineup early and often. In the bottom of the 10th, Jake Fraley's walk with the bases loaded forced in the winning run, an 8-7 Mariners win. Opening Day hasn't been kind to Greinke. Chicago's curse-breaking World Series run in 2016 started with an Opening Day win, and so did their championship run 108 years earlier in 1908. Adam Eaton would return the favor in the bottom half of the inning with a home run of his own as it looked like both pitchers might be in for rough outings. But it might have been just the kind of game the Phillies needed to start their season. 3999/1. Charlie Hustle notched 31 base knocks in season openers, including three-hit games in 1974, '76 and '81, as well as eight other multihit games. Call 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ/WV/PA/MI), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (CO), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-888-532-3500 (VA) or call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN). Stolen Bases Attempted per Game. Hell take on a Giants club that will try again to land new manager Gabe Kapler his first win. Down 13-9 in the eighth inning, Cleveland scored 12 runs in the frame, with Hall of Famer Tris Speaker hitting the go-ahead homer.