BRONX, N.Y. — The New York Yankees will open the 2022 regular season at Yankee Stadium on Friday, April 8, with a 1:05 p.m. contest against the rival Boston Red Sox. All Yankee Stadium gates will open to guests with valid tickets starting at 11 a.m.
All Opening Day attending guests will receive an Opening Day Commemorative Ticket.
Pregame ceremonies are slated to start around 12:30 p.m., with the introduction of both teams on the baselines.
Guests are strongly encouraged to arrive as early as possible to avoid lines that will increase in length as game time approaches.
A giant American flag will be unfurled on the field by Yankees season-ticket holders prior to the national anthem, which will be sung by singer and actress Shoshana Bean, who currently stars in the new Broadway show Mr. Saturday Night. The presentation of colors will be performed by the U.S. Army West Point Military Police Honor Guard.
Tony and Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, and director Billy Crystal, the star of Mr. Saturday Night, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Yankee Stadium will also have guest DJay Jung performing prior to the game and during inning breaks. During the seventh-inning stretch, Grammy Award-nominated Broadway performer Quentin Earl Darrington from MJ the Musical will sing “God Bless America.”
This marks the first time since 2013 that the Yankees will face the Red Sox on Opening Day (also at Yankee Stadium) and the fourth time, including 1992 and 2005, in the past 30 seasons (1993-2022).
Additionally, it signifies the thirty-second time that the Yankees’ season-opening game has been against the Red Sox, with the Yankees going 18-12-1 overall and 12-7-1 at home. In franchise history, the Yankees are 66-52-1 on Opening Day and 36-18-1 when the season opener is a home game. The Yankees enter Friday’s contest with a 79-39-1 all-time record in home openers.
Gerrit Cole will take the hill against Nathan Eovaldi.
The projected lineups shake out like this:
Yankees:
1. Josh Donaldson, 3B
2. Aaron Judge, RF
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Giancarlo Stanton, DH
5. DJ LeMahieu, 2B
6. Joey Gallo, LF
7. Aaron Hicks, CF
8. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
9. Kyle Higashioka, C
Red Sox:
1. Kiké Hernández, CF
2. Rafael Devers, 3B
3. Xander Bogaerts, SS
4. J.D. Martinez, DH
5. Alex Verdugo, LF
6. Trevor Story, 2B
7. Bobby Dalbec, 1B
8. Jackie Bradley, Jr., RF
9. Christian Vázquez, C
The game will be available on MLB Network and MLB.TV. The game will be televised on NESN and the YES Network. It can be heard on WFAN (660 AM, 101.9 FM) in the New York area and WEEI (97.3 FM) throughout New England.
