Wells, that was quick!
The Yankees’ offense acquired off to a fast begin of their 2025 Opening Day sport towards the Milwaukee Brewers, with leadoff batter Austin Wells hitting a solo residence run to start out 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 residence 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 turned the primary catcher to bat leadoff in an everyday season sport for the Yankees — give the staff an early lead, it was a historic round-tripper in a number of methods, too, for the franchise and all of baseball.
Wells turned the primary catcher ever to hit a leadoff residence run on Opening Day. That is practically 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 residence run on Opening Day, ESPN said throughout its broadcast, a stat that’s virtually arduous 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’ residence run would have left the yard in precisely one in every of 30 MLB ballparks, in response to Statcast. That may be Yankee Stadium.
Teammate Anthony Volpe went yard the next inning to offer the Bombers a 2-0 lead.
