The early returns certainly look good for the Baltimore Orioles. For the Boston Red Sox, it looks a lot like last season.
Boston won Fenway Park 0-3 for the second time, and their first time since 1948, when Trey Mancini and Austin Hays hit two doubles during a third innings of seven runs, beating the Orioles 11-3 on Sunday. has.
Cedric Mullins won 5-for-5 with three doubles and a walk for the Orioles, who collected four hits in the first four overs. Maikel Franco added a first innings, two runs, which helped Baltimore assist his first three games at Fenway since August 25-27, 2017.
“I think the synergy we have is really strong,” Mullins said. “Guys have been playing with each other for a few years now.”
In the shortened season of last year, the Orioles finished fourth in the U.S. League East with a 25-35 record, having 108 losses in 2019 and a club record 115 the previous year. This early output gives Baltimore its first lead for one game in the AL East since May 1, 2017.
Boston achieved a 24-36 record last year, its worst winning percentage since 1965.
“We got beaten up in every aspect of the game,” said Boston manager Alex Cora. “We have a difficult start.”
The Red Sox lost their first four home games in 1948, drawing Cleveland 96-58 after the scheduled 154 game and losing an 8-3 draw at Fenway.
Bruce Zimmermann, left of Baltimore (1-0), just made his third major league appearance, conceding three runs and four shots in six overs with five shots and one run for his first MLB win.
“It’s a long season, but if it’s anything, it gives a lot of confidence to this team,” Zimmermann said. “I think we’re going to surprise a lot of people this season.”
The Orioles held the Red Sox to five runs in the series.
“You have to play in this league, and we hosted these three games,” said Oronles manager Brandon Hyde. “We started very well with three guys, and our bullpen did a great job throwing strikes in.”
JD Martinez had a solo homer and an RBI double for the Red Sox.
Boston starter Garrett Richards (0-1) was chased without going out and after loading the base in third place. He was charged with six runs and seven strokes.
“It’s three games this season, an early panic button,” Richards said. “If we were to invest our entire chance at three matches, I do not think anyone could have predicted a winner of the World Series. It is one series.”
Richards loaded the base with two runs and a single before Josh Taylor relieved. Freddy Galvis took a four-step walk, and Hays doubled to the left.
Three batsmen later, Mancini doubled to center. Taylor throws a wild field and wins Ryan Mountcastle’s RBI single. Taylor eventually faced eight batsmen, conceding two runs – both strokes – and conceding five strokes and four runs.
Boston right-hander Garrett Whitlock penetrated Taylor and hit 3 1/3 pointless innings in his first league debut.
HAPPY DAY
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said before the game that Mancini should be the Comeback Player of the Year.
“He should be the Comeback Player of the Year, regardless,” Cora said. “He can get .330 or .180, and he’s already the Comeback Player of the Year. I know there are other guys coming back from injury, but getting back out of it is incredible.”
Mancini missed the 2020 season due to stage 3 colon cancer, completed six months of chemotherapy and returned to spring training.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: Hays left the game after slipping to second base with discomfort on the right side of the thigh muscle. … Brandon Hyde, manager, said Shawn Armstrong, right-hand man, can be activated from the paternity list. The jar’s wife, Sarah, gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday.
Red Sox: Cora said before the game that “everything tends to be with us” about left starter Eduardo Rodríguez, who started the season on the injured list with inflammation on his left elbow. Rodríguez hosted a simulated game on Friday at the club’s new Triple-A facility in Worcester, Massachusetts.
FOLLOWING
Orioles: RHP Jorge Lopez is scheduled to make his first start of the season at Yankee Stadium on Monday. LHP Jordan Montgomery stands in line for New York.
Red Sox: RHP Nick Pivetta is expected to make his debut against Tampa Bay on Monday at Fenway. Michael Wacha plans to make his first start with the Rays after signing a $ 3 million annual contract in December.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.