Wells, that was quick!
The Yankees’ offense acquired off to a fast begin of their 2025 Opening Day sport in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers, with leadoff batter Austin Wells hitting a solo house run to begin the underside of the primary inning. Wells’ 348-yard dinger to right-center subject landed within the entrance row.
Effectively(s) that was fast 💥
The primary #OpeningDay house run comes off the bat of Austin Wells 💪 pic.twitter.com/0HZ3tGk6cj
— MLB (@MLB) March 27, 2025
Not solely did the house run from Wells — who grew to become the primary catcher to bat leadoff in an everyday season sport for the Yankees — give the workforce an early lead, it was a historic round-tripper in a number of methods, too, for the franchise and all of baseball.
Wells grew to become the primary catcher ever to hit a leadoff house run on Opening Day. That is almost 150 years of Main League Baseball historical past.
Austin Wells made #OpeningDay historical past! pic.twitter.com/q2kxLfFm6E
— MLB (@MLB) March 27, 2025
He was additionally the primary participant in Yankee historical past with a leadoff house run on Opening Day, ESPN acknowledged throughout its broadcast, a stat that’s nearly exhausting to think about given all of the Corridor of Fame gamers who’ve donned the pinstripes. Not Derek Jeter, not Rickey Henderson, not Phil Rizzuto — simply Wells.
Additionally of be aware: Wells’ house run would have left the yard in precisely one in every of 30 MLB ballparks, based on Statcast. That might be Yankee Stadium.
Teammate Anthony Volpe went yard the next inning to provide the Bombers a 2-0 lead.
