7 calls overturned by ABS as Aaron Judge and Yankees sweep Giants

Aaron Judge scored for a second straight day from almost the same spot in left field, Ben Rice hit a two-run double in the third inning and the New York Yankees beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Saturday for a three-game sweep. San Francisco tied a franchise record dating to 1909 by going 20 straight scoreless innings to start the season before Matt Chapman’s RBI single in the third finally put the Giants – and new manager Tony Vitello – on the scoreboard in 2026. Meanwhile, Aaron Boone won his 700th game as Yankees manager. Seven automated ball-strike challenges following calls from home plate umpire Chad Whitson were all overturned — four by San Francisco, three by New York. Judge had two outs in the fifth, a 383-foot drive that ricocheted off the roof of an ambulance parked in the tunnel just inside the foul pole. Rice gave New York the lead in the third against right-hander Tyler Mahle (0-1), after four innings in his debut in San Francisco. Jake Bird (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 in relief and David Bednar completed his second save after giving up two straight singles to start the inning before allowing Patrick Bailey to ground into a game-ending double play. The Giants were shut out by New York 7-0 and 3-0 with just four hits in their first two games – the first time in baseball history to start a season. Jung Hoo Lee led off the third with a double just past Will Warren. Chapman followed with an RBI single, and the crowd cheered as many fans stood up in obvious relief. Vitello, hired at the University of Tennessee despite no professional playing or coaching experience, became the ninth manager in baseball history to be shut out in each of his first two games with a team, and the seventh to do so in his first two games overall, according to Sportradar. The 20 consecutive scoreless innings matches the previous franchise mark from 1909, when the Giants were scoreless for 13 innings in their first game and the first seven in Game 2. Following Sunday’s off day in this original opening week schedule, LHP Ryan Weathers pitches the first game of the series in Seattle for the Yankees. The Giants had not announced a starter for their series opener Monday in San Diego.