Last updated: Saturday, April 4, 2026 — 3:10 PM ET
🗓️ Today's Game
⚾ Padres @ Red Sox — Game 2
TODAY · 4:10 PM ET
Red Sox Starter
Connelly Early
RHP · 0-0, 1.69 ERA, 1.31 WHIP
6 K this season
Padres Starter
Randy Vasquez
RHP · 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.83 WHIP
8 K this season
📍 Fenway Park, Boston
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📊 BOS -147 | O/U: 8
Series: Red Sox lead 1-0 · Sox won Game 1 yesterday 5-2 (Gray W, Chapman SV)
⚠️ Key IL: Oviedo (elbow), Crawford (wrist), Casas (knee), Houck (elbow)
⚾ Yesterday's Result
Red Sox 5, Padres 2 — WIN ✅
In front of a sellout crowd of 36,233, Contreras hit a 423-foot homer over everything in left-center, breaking a sixth-inning tie as Boston snapped a five-game losing streak. Mayer added a two-run shot of his own in the sixth.
Tim Healey · Boston Globe · April 3, 2026 · ~7:00 PM ET
📊 Box Score
Fenway Park, Boston · April 3, 2026 · 2:10 PM ET · Att: 36,233
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
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| Anthony DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
| Story SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .121 |
| Duran LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Contreras 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .174 |
| Abreu RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .393 |
| Durbin 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .045 |
| Mayer 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Narváez C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .417 |
| Rafaela CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA |
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| Gray W (1-0) | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 |
| Weissert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 |
| Slaten | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Chapman S (2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
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| Tatis Jr. RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Bogaerts SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Merrill CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .185 |
| Machado 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .227 |
| Laureano LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .318 |
| Andujar DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Sheets 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Cronenworth 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Campusano C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
HR: Contreras (1) off King, Mayer (1) off Peralta ·
2B: Campusano, Duran, Mayer ·
3B: Andujar ·
WP: Gray (1-0) · LP: King (0-1) · SV: Chapman (2) ·
Time: 2:19
📰 Today's Red Sox Stories
Bogaerts had made one prior trip back to Boston in 2024, but while that visit was emotional, he was on the injured list at the time and unable to play. Now in his fourth season with the Padres, he finally returned to the field where he became a legend.
Alex Speier · Boston Globe · April 3, 2026 · ~6:00 PM ET
Before the home opener, two dozen players from the Red Sox' 1986 American League champions emerged from the Green Monster and walked to the infield to steady applause. Wade Boggs, Dwight Evans, and Jim Rice in particular drew loud cheers.
Boston Globe · April 3, 2026 · 2:36 PM ET
The Sox are sending him to Texas to see Dr. Keith Meister, who performed Oviedo's Tommy John surgery in 2023. In the 28 months since that surgery, Oviedo has pitched in just 10 games.
Boston Globe · April 3, 2026 · ~2:00 PM ET
After two months of spring training and a six-game road trip to open the 2026 MLB season, the Red Sox returned to Boston on Friday for the Fenway Park home opener.
Boston Globe · April 3, 2026 · ~5:00 PM ET
"I want them to have that feeling of knowing they're the first to start off the season," said Travis Gonick, who brings his three sons from New Jersey every year — a tradition captured in pictures.
Boston Globe · April 3, 2026 · 4:18 PM ET
A pregame ceremony included the return of more than 20 members of the 1986 Red Sox, and the first pitch was scheduled for 2:10 p.m. at venerable 114-year-old Fenway Park.
Andrew Mahoney · Boston Globe · April 3, 2026 · ~12:00 PM ET
📰 Boston Herald Coverage
After a 5-2 home opener win, the Red Sox will trot out the same lineup with rookie lefty Connelly Early on the mound. He impressed in his season debut last weekend in Cincinnati.
Boston Herald · April 4, 2026
Xander Bogaerts received a standing ovation in his first at-bat back at Fenway Park. Cora said the warm reception was “the way it should be” for the former shortstop.
Boston Herald · April 3, 2026
The boo birds came for third baseman Caleb Durbin early, but he answered with an RBI single off Michael King in the fourth inning to help spark the Sox offense.
Mac Cerullo · Boston Herald · April 3, 2026
Tyler Uberstine’s unlikely path from late-round pick to the big leagues reached a new chapter when the Red Sox called him up for the Fenway home opener. “Pretty surreal.”
Boston Herald · April 3, 2026
A dominant start from Sonny Gray and clutch hits from Mayer and Willson Contreras paved the way for a 5-2 home opener victory over the Padres.
Boston Herald · April 3, 2026
The Red Sox starting pitching depth is being tested early after Johan Oviedo was placed on the 15-day IL with a right elbow strain before the home opener.
Boston Herald · April 3, 2026
Last year’s Red Sox followed a 1-4 start with a five-game winning streak. The 2026 edition is worse so far, but the home opener offered reasons for optimism.
Gabrielle Starr · Boston Herald · April 3, 2026
📊 Yesterday's Coverage
As bad as the 1-5 Red Sox have been — and they've been pretty bad — the home opener is usually a safe haven with fans. Peter Abraham examines whether the goodwill can survive a rough start to the season.
Peter Abraham · Boston Globe · April 2, 2026 · 1:26 PM ET
Anthony homered as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning vs. the Astros to snap an 0-fer. The young outfielder used most of a day off to regroup before delivering when called upon.
Boston Globe · April 2, 2026 · ~11:00 AM ET
Since winning their season opener, they've been a disheveled mess. It's frustrating for an assortment of reasons, not the least of which is that it's all too familiar. Chad Finn doesn't hold back.
Chad Finn · Boston Globe · April 2, 2026 · ~10:00 AM ET