The Yankees were winning big in every way, except on the scoreboard.

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They were in control of their home opener Friday. Will Warren layered another strong start to what has been a historic pitching stretch to begin the season by the Yankees. They were authoring one “Savages in the Box”-type long plate appearance after another. They were seizing extra bases with aggression.

Yet they led the Marlins just 5-2 after six innings because to that point they had one hit with a runner on base in 14 at-bats and that was Aaron Judge following a Trent Grisham leadoff walk in the first with a homer. They were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position and, to that point, Ben Rice was as big a culprit as any Yankee.

He had struck out in all three of his at-bats, including with the bases loaded and two outs in the second and following a Cody Bellinger leadoff double in the fifth.