Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton each homered for the Yankees
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Robbie Ray reacts after giving up a two-run home run to New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge in the sixth inning of their game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif.
, on Friday, March 27, 2026. Hall of Famer Jon Miller served as the master of ceremonies. The instrumental to Jaÿ-Z’s “Roc Boys …” blared through Oracle Park’s sound system.threw out the first pitch to future Hall of Famer Dusty Baker. Netflix’s domineering presence, one that permeated every corner of a typically sacred day at the ballpark, had mercifully evaporated. The festivities may have been different, but the result was the same. With a 3-0 loss on Friday following a 7-0 defeat on Wednesday, the Giants have been shut out in back-to-back games for the first time in franchise history – going back to their days in New York. The Tony Vitello era has opened with two duds, and the rookie manager is already shouldering some blame. “I’d kind of put it on me a little bit,” Vitello said. “ all fire and brimstone a few days ago. I think some good words were shared, but I also think as of right now, it’s a little emotional in there. There’s definitely a lot of try-hards. … The results or the numbers look like there’s not a lot of try-hard, but kind of the old baseball adage, there’s probably too much. “Again, maybe that stems from that conversation prior to the season or maybe it just stems from all the Opening Day fanfare being the home team. Regardless, everybody wants it to change.” Vitello’s impassioned speech occurred several days before Wednesday’s season opener, one where he “got all fired up.” He likely employed this same tactic at the University of Tennessee, a program he left with a .722 winning percentage over eight seasons. Following the loss, Vitello said that “maybe it’s time to do what I can to ease any tension” so his team can play free and easy. “I would just say at this point emotions are a little too high,” said Vitello, whose Volunteers started 20-0 last year as defending College World Series champions. “Unfortunately, this game is not like football. I mentioned Ray Lewis the other day where you can have the intensity. … I mentioned basketball; you’re pressing up and down or running back and forth. You can’t do that. Baseball is more about intent than intensity. “I think in order for our guys to give their best intent, maybe it doesn’t need to be that ‘fire and brimstone’ conversation I had with them three or four days ago … where they want to charge out of the locker room and have a football game or start a UFC fight or anything like that. Just go play ball. Starts with the leadership, so that’s why I say it’s up to me to either point that out or help bring that along.” It’s not hard to imagine a group of college-aged players being overcome with too much emotion, too much intensity. But when the 34-year-old Robbie Ray was asked about Vitello’s comments and if the emotions had gotten to some of the Giants, the veteran didn’t think that was the case. “We’re all major league players. I think that we can handle it,” said Ray, who allowed two runs over 5 1/3 innings. “We can handle the ups and downs. It’s just one of those things that has happened the first two games. It’s not ideal. Like I said, you got 160 games left, so what are you going to do with it?” Said Heliot Ramos: “I just think it’s only two games. It’s the start of the season. We just have to get going. We just have to try to keep executing and play our game.” To Ramos’ point, there is not one facet of the game where the Giants have been better than the Yankees, either on Opening Night or Opening Day. Aaron Judge went hitless in his first seven at-bats of the season, but the former Giants fan wasn’t going to leave San Francisco without making an impact, turning a fastball by Giants starter Robbie Ray into a towering, two-run shot to break the scoreless tie. Two batters later, Giancarlo Stanton sent reliever José Buttó’s fourth pitch of the season well up the left-field bleachers, expanding New York’s lead to 3-0. “I challenged the best hitter in baseball; he just happened to get me,” Ray said. “I feel like I had him kind of thinking about it all game. Just went to the well one too many times. I challenged him and I can live with that.” While Judge and Stanton exhibited premium power, Yankees starter Cam Schlittler flashed premium stuff. The 25-year-old right-hander completely silenced the Giants’ offense, pitching 5 1/3 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts to no walks. Ramos’ opposite-field double against Schlittler was San Francisco’s lone hit of the day.The SF Giants’ 2026 first impression? Doing everything we hated in 2025SF Giants ace Webb on second-inning breakdown vs. Yankees: “That’s on me” The Giants’ combined to strike out 13 times. In the bottom of the eighth, former Giants All-Star closer Camilo Doval struck out the side, punching out Ramos, Casey Schmitt and Patrick Bailey — all swinging.Shortstop Willy Adames, after making several miscues on Opening Night, allowed José Caballero to beat out an infield single when he couldn’t get the ball out of his glove. Jung Hoo Lee, who’s still learning Oracle Park’s right field, overran Paul Goldschmidt’s base hit down the right-field line that caromed off the short, angled side wall in foul territory, allowing a single to become a double. Bailey, a two-time Gold Glove winner behind the plate, let a pitch skid to the backstop on Caballero’s stolen base attempt in the seventh instead of gloving it clean. “There were a couple of times where we weren’t what we needed to be fundamentally,” Vitello said. “So, we need to address those and make sure they don’t recur. If I was going to label it as one thing, it’s never one thing. 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