Yankees Blank Giants 3–0 at Oracle Park as Sixth-Inning Homers Decide March 27 Matchup

A second straight shutout puts New York ahead early in the three-game series

The New York Yankees defeated the San Francisco Giants 3–0 at Oracle Park on Friday, March 27, 2026, extending an early-season trend in a series that opened Major League Baseball’s schedule unusually early on the calendar. The result followed New York’s 7–0 win over San Francisco on March 25, giving the Yankees a 2–0 lead in the matchup while the Giants began 0–2 at home.

The game stayed scoreless through five innings before New York broke it open in the sixth with back-to-back home runs. Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer to left field, and Giancarlo Stanton followed with a solo shot, accounting for all the scoring in a 2-hour, 37-minute game played in front of an announced crowd of 40,273.

Pitching and one decisive inning

Rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler started for the Yankees and worked 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out eight without issuing a walk. The bullpen preserved the shutout across the final 3 2/3 innings, finishing a combined one-hit effort. David Bednar recorded the save with a scoreless ninth.

For San Francisco, left-hander Robbie Ray was charged with the loss after 5 1/3 innings. New York collected eight hits overall and produced its three runs on the two sixth-inning homers; San Francisco managed one hit and did not score.

Key statistical notes from the box score

• New York scored all three runs in the sixth inning on two home runs.
• Judge’s homer traveled 405 feet; Stanton’s went 414 feet.
• The Yankees finished with 8 hits to the Giants’ 1, and neither team committed an error.
• Schlittler struck out 8 of the 17 batters he faced and did not allow a walk.

Context: an early-season spotlight series in San Francisco

The Yankees-Giants set marked one of the earliest season-opening matchups outside of international openers, part of a schedule design that placed a marquee interleague series in San Francisco before the rest of the league began full play. With the first two games decided by shutouts, the opening of the series has been defined more by run prevention than sustained offense, and by the ability of New York’s pitchers to limit baserunners and suppress any late-inning rallies.

Final: Yankees 3, Giants 0 — a sixth-inning surge and a one-hit shutout at Oracle Park.

The clubs were scheduled to conclude the series with a third game on Saturday, March 28, at Oracle Park.