Yankees superstar Aaron Judge appeared in his 1,000th big-league game on Friday, a 9-4 New York victory that spoiled the Pittsburgh Pirates' home opener (box score). Judge went 1 for 5 with a walk on the afternoon.

Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge went back-to-back-to-back on the first three pitches of the game from ex-Yankee Nestor Cortes, the first time ever that the Yankees have started a game with three consecutive homers. No team in MLB history had previously homered on the first three pitches of a game.