The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox wrote another chapter in their historic rivalry, with Josh Donaldson giving victory in extra innings. The Detroit Tigers started their season with another defeat in defeat against the Chicago White Sox. Other highlights from the second day of the MLB season included the Philadelphia Phillies who won against the Oakland Athletics, the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame the Colorado Rockies and then Robbie Ray and Carlos Correa made their Seattle Marks debut and Minnesota Twins, respectively. . Later that night, the Toronto Blue Jays returned from a seven-yen deficit on their way to a 10-8 victory over the Texas Rangers. Also, Jeff McNeil and Jeremy Peña scored particularly memorable home games. The Miami Marlins and San Francisco Giants also started their journey with 162 games on Friday. The following is an analysis of some of the highlights, highlights and takeaways from the first two days of the MLB season. Season preview: Power ratings Forecasts Moves that shocked the offseasonESPN +: Passan forecasts How the Inauguration Day was saved Changes 2022I am playing: ESPN fantasy baseball: Sign up for free!

Excerpts from Friday’s action

The Blue Jays beat the Rangers 10-8: The Jays are the favorites of consensus in the American League – 29 of the 38 ESPN voters chose them to win the tough AL East and 16 of the 38 to go to the World Series . The belief: The spin is potentially very good and the bullpen hopefully good enough. But the main reason there are so many in the Toronto bandwagon: the composition. Lefty Gomez once said of Jimmie Foxx, “His muscles have muscles.” Well, the Blue Jays have muscles over muscles. They gathered from the 7-0 deficit in front of more than 45,000 fans at the Rogers Center. Teoscar Hernandez took the lead with a great three-pointer at home, a good run on the right field and a key goal he scored, slipping under the label at home. He is overlooked in a team with Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and George Springer, but has dropped 0.538 in the last two seasons. He is the clearing player, and as often as these three get in front of him, Hernandez is a good bet to lead AL to the RBI. And the Jays are a good bet for a double-digit number about once a week (they did it 23 times last season). – David Sonfield The Dodgers beat the Rockies 5-3: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ well-publicized line-up – mostly from us, admittedly – was terribly quiet at Coors Field early in the season, hitting and hitting six times in the first three innings . The top of the fourth, however, was iconic for the constant danger of this attack, its ability to strike in an instant. A single-out Will Smith followed by a double by Chris Taylor and then four consecutive batters arrived with two outs. Gavin Lux stood out. Mookie Bets doubled. Freddie Freeman walked. Trea Turner singled it out. By the end of the semi-inning, the Dodgers had made five sets, which was all the performance they would need. Four of their starters reached the base several times in the game. This was a subdued look aggressively. And yet it was more than enough. – Alden Gonzalez The Giants beat the Marlins 6-5: One of the questions about the San Francisco Giants coming from an incredible season with 107 wins focused on whether Logan Webb was ready to take on an ace of that staff. Opening Day at Oracle Park – which started with Brandon Belt on a boat – offered validation. Webb used his disastrous shift-slider-sinking combination to eliminate the Miami Marlins in the first six innings, allowing only a handful of singles and heading out for the seventh despite a brief spring workout. Camilo Doval, a revelation from the bullpen in the second half of last year, dropped three in the ninth before the heroism of Thairo Estrada and Austin Slater sparked an extra victory. But Webb looked a lot like an ace – a potential benefit for the Giants’ hopes of repeating themselves as class champions. – Alden Gonzalez The Mariners beat the Twins 2-1: MINNEAPOLIS – On a Target Field debut day, for at least one day, the Mariners got their money from Robbie Ray, both in quality and quantity. Ray made seven appearances, throwing 96 pitches, and kept the Twins on a solitary path – a solo hostage by Gio Urshela, another of Friday’s debuts. Other debuts did not go as well. After Carlos Correa signed perhaps his most astonishing off-season free agent contract landing in the Twin Cities, all eyes were on him as he was introduced to his new audience. Correa started with a first one-way from Ray, but made a key double play later in the game and finished 1-for-4. However, Korea was optimistic after the game. “I love this stadium,” said Korea. “The atmosphere was great. It was a great game overall. The indoor game, the pitch did a great job. The defense was solid. The shot today was tough, against Robbie. He had some good things.” And then there was the heartbreak: In his first game for the Twins, Gary Sanchez went 0-for-4 and threw a wall at Drew Steckenrider to end the game, losing a few feet before a game-win, two-run Homer in front of his new fans. Sanchez was so confident he would get out that he turned his bat, although, on a scale of 1 to 10, this hit was probably 3. “I could do it,” Sanchez told Twins interpreter Elvis Martinez. “I thought he was tall enough and gone. But today was not the day.” In the end, the Mariners survived the match between the two young teams on a cold, clear day in Minnesota. For at least a day, the Mariners can believe this: The Robbie Ray they signed was a lot like Robbie Ray who beat AL Cy Young last season in Toronto. This should at least be exciting for a team trying to prevent a 21-year-old playoff drought. – Bradford Doolittle Reyes beat Orioles 2-1: What, did you expect anything other than Rays baseball on Start Day? They used six rebounds and three stabs, with new striker Brooks Reilly taking the lead by beating Cedric Mulins with a runner at base to maintain the win. Riley has had just three saves in his career – both last season with the Astros coming in a 9-1 game and an away game. But this is a club that had a record of 14 different pitchers in stock in 2021. Kevin Cash will use any consolation at any time, and he has the depth to do so. The other story of the game: Wander Franco went 3-for-4 and, yes, he is a contender to win the batting title at the age of 21. His first hit was a single infield, his second a semi-soft drive to the left, but then in his last two bats, he lined up for the first time with a 109.1 mph laser and stood out to the right in a lane. driving 109.7 miles / hour. We will see many games with three hits next to his name in the box scores. – David Sonfield Phillies defeat A’s 9-5: I have a feeling I will be watching a lot of Phillies games this season. Not only is NL East projected as a three-team match between the Braves, Mets and Phillies, but the Phillies will be one of the most fun teams to watch for a variety of reasons. The top five in the lineup are as good as anyone and perhaps best of all: Kyle Schwarber, JT Realmuto, Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos and Rhys Hoskins. Lots of power, lots of walks and a nice left-right mix. Schwarber led his career at Phillies with a 426-foot home run, and those five combined in the 7-for-19 with four rides, seven runs and six RBIs. The bottom line, including rookie Bryson Stott, who beat Alec Bohm for the nod in the third base, will determine if this will be a great lineup. Given the concerns about defense and bullpen, maybe it should be. – David Sonfield The Yankees beat the Red Sox 6-5 in 11 appearances: On a day when the Bronx Bombers struggled to make many runs without the long ball, Josh Donaldson made a strong first impression on the Yankees fans with a 2-on-2 performance. 6 from the first place. and a single in the 11th inning that hit Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who started the extra inning as a runner in second base. While Gerrit Cole struggled in the first inning, allowing a two-run homer to Rafael Devers and a total of three rows, the Yankees ace eventually calmed down, making four innings while scoring three batters, allowing one walk and four hits. And on a day when Aaron Judge’s contract negotiations turned out to be the big news, the Yankees right-back made a strong comeback, collecting two hits – including a double – and scoring in a row. It was a clear statement of the significance and value of the New York attack. It took a game for the Red Sox and Yankees to remind fans that no matter the occasion, they will always find a way to make the games as long as possible, as the start of the season was 3 hours and 56 minutes. – Jun Lee The Tigers beat the White Sox 5-4: Different uniform, same El Mago. Javy Baez left for the Tigers with a single from the wall at the bottom of the ninth inning, beating Austin Meadows in the winning streak. Baez did what Baez always does: have fun. He hit his first two bats, but made an incredible defensive play in the hole between these side appearances. Later, he contributed to an eighth race rally before winning it in the ninth. On the 2nd day of the season, baseball ended with its first game in a review, when the referees decided that the ball hit the wall, as the right player AJ Pollock hit it. – Jesse Rogers

Once in a lifetime on the bat

Jeremy Peña’s first career at home came at the perfect time. His parents were interviewed live as Peña hit a dinghy at the top of the seventh. Baseball is the best. Jeremy Peña makes his first career at home during a live interview with his parents during the at-bat …