Tyler O’Neill homered in his fifth straight opening day game to set a new major league record, this time against the organization that drafted him, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4.
Boston Red Sox’s Rafael Devers gestures while running the bases on a two-run home run against the Seattle Mariners during the third inning of an opening-day baseball game Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Seattle. Boston Red Sox’s Rafael Devers is greeted in the dugout after his two-run home run against the Seattle Mariners during the third inning of an opening-day baseball game Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Seattle.
The homers and some solid pitching helped Boston manager Alex Cora enjoy his first opening day win as a manager.on an elevated fastball from Castillo in the third inning and his one-out double in the fifth helped lead to another run for Boston. Connor Wong added a two-out RBI single in the sixth on a pitch well off the plate.
Boston starter Brayan Bello pitched five innings and limited the damage to Mitch Haniger’s two-run homer after he spent last season with San Francisco. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for the save after recording 29 last season for Boston.Diamondbacks score 14 runs in 3rd inning, cruise to 16-1 victory over Rockiesin the seventh inning pulled Seattle within 5-4, but that’s as close as Seattle would get.
Castillo labored through five innings as his control got away from him at times, missing with a number of borderline pitches. Castillo, who needed 91 pitches to get through the fifth, gave up four runs and six hits.Red Sox: RHP Liam Hendriks was placed on the 60-day IL as he continues recovery from Tommy John surgery. ... LHP Chris Murphy was also played on the 60-day IL with a UCL sprain. ... RHP Bryan Mata was placed on the 15-day IL. ...
Mariners: IF/OF Sam Haggerty was placed on the 10-day injured list to begin the season. ... RHPs Matt Brash , Bryan Woo , Gregory Santos and Eduardo Bazardo were placed on the 15-day IL. ... Veteran IF Brian Anderson was released, but agreed to a minor-league contract and was assigned to Triple-A Tacoma.A pair of right-handers will face off as Nick Pivetta starts for Boston while George Kirby takes the hill for Seattle.
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