As Yelich whiffed at a high, inside, 95-mph fastball for the last pitch of the game, the typically soft-spoken Williams pumped his arms and let out a roar. Yankees catcher Austin Wells then ran toward the mound for a hug before the Bombers shook hands.

Devin Williams saved his first game with the New York Yankees by a whisker. Acquired from Milwaukee in December, the bearded All-Star closer drew his first boos from Yankees fans just 18 pitches into his career in pinstripes.

Devin Williams gets a pair of strikeouts to lock down a save as the Yankees top the Brewers on opening day.

The 2025 season of MLB is all set to commence, with the exception of only two teams stepping onto the field on Opening Day. While 28 teams will begin their seasons on the first day, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Colorado Rockies must wait an additional day before commencing their seasons.

Catch all the action between the Milwaukee Brewers and the New York Yankees in this MLB Opening Day matchup live on Thursday at Yankee Stadium.

Congrats, baseball fans! We made it. It's Opening Day (for the second time?), and your favorite ball players are back in action Thursday, with a slate of 14 games to kick off the season. (The Rockies and Rays don't get started until Friday.

The big swing made Wells the first Yankee at any position to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day, according to MLB stats guru Sarah Langs, and the first catcher in MLB history to hit a leadoff homer in the first game of the season.

Austin Wells drove Freddy Peralta’s fastball into the first row of Yankee Stadium’s right-field short porch and landed in the history books: the first catcher in a century and a half of Major League B