“Breaking Barriers: Austin Wells Makes History with Stunning Leadoff Homer on Opening Day!”

New York hadn’t hit a catcher leadoff in 19,014 regular-season and 437 postseason games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Wells took two balls from Peralta, then turned on a 93.4 mph pitch at the top of the strike zone.

“Kind of exciting just to kind of getting to hit in front of Aaron Judge and try to get on base for him,” Wells said.

Judge smiled when he heard about that remark.

“Going all the way back to January, February working out with him, my man was focused and hungry and ready to go,” Judge said. “He’s just the ultimate team guy. It’s been fun to see him – even as a rookie he fit right into this team. He was comfortable. He was joking with us. He was having a good time, but he’s always been about the guy next to him. I think that’s where hearing the comment about `I’m just excited’ to hit in front of me, that just speaks volumes of what type of person he is.”

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