Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final
5 - 2

Texas Rangers

0-1, 0-1 Home

Abreu hits 3-run shot in 9th for his second homer in the opener to power Red Sox past Rangers 5-2

Garrett Crochet strikes out 4 in Red Sox debut

Abreu had a part in every run for Boston. He singled and scored on a fielder’s choice grounder in the third. He homered in the fifth off Nathan Eovaldi and his game-winner was a 394-foot liner to right-center off new Rangers reliever Luke Jackson.

Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless eighth in his Red Sox debut for the win. Justin Slaten saved it with a perfect ninth.

Garrett Crochet struck out four, walked two and gave up two runs in five innings in his Red Sox debut. The 25-year-old was their youngest left-handed starter on opening day since Babe Ruth in 1918. Crochet started the opener last year for the White Sox, who traded him to Boston in December.

Eovaldi struck out nine without a walk, and allowed two runs in six innings. It was his second opening-day start in a row for Texas after starting three Boston openers from 2020-22.

Kevin Pillar, starting his 13th big league season with his 10th team, had an RBI single in his first at-bat for Texas in the second. He had a two-out single and scored on Kyle Higashioka's double for a 2-1 lead in the fourth.

Key moment Kristian Campbell, the 22-year-old Red Sox second baseman who made his big league debut, got his first hit on a sharp one-hopper right before Abreu's second homer.

Key stat Eovaldi's nine strikeouts matched the most by a Texas pitcher on opening day. The first five came when Red Sox batters swung and missed 76-78 mph curveballs.

Up next Tanner Houck, an All-Star last season, starts for Boston in a matchup of first-round draft picks Friday night. Jack Leiter is set to go for the Rangers.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Higashioka flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Pederson lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Pederson hit for Pillar
	9th Inning	Jung struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Slaten relieved Chapman
	9th Inning	Hamilton at second base.

Statistics

BOS		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	11
13	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
9	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
153	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	8
36	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
3.4	Runs Created	1.6
.182	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.242
.333	Secondary Average	.091
.250	On Base Percentage	.257
.614	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.500
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.6
34.0	Batter Rating	17.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.25	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.86
.182	Isolated Power	.030
0.23	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.152	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.121
10.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
78.3	MLB Rating	70.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0