San Diego Padres at Boston Red Sox

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San Diego Padres

2-5, 0-1 Away

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Boston Red Sox

2-5, 1-0 Home

Marcelo Mayer, Willson Contreras homer, Red Sox snap 5-game losing streak with 5-2 win over Padres

Red Sox win their home opener over the Padres

Caleb Durbin added an RBI single in the fourth inning to end an 0-for-19 start to the season as Boston stopped its first 1-5 start since 2019. Durbin’s line drive to center field ended an overall hitless streak of 34 plate appearances, that dated back to Sept. 22, 2025, when he was still with Milwaukee.

Boston’s Sonny Gray (1-0) picked up the victory, pitching six innings and allowing two runs off four hits. Aroldis Chapman walked one in the ninth, but got his second save.

Contreras’ 423-foot blast off Padres’ starter Michael King (0-1) — his first since being traded by St. Louis in the offseason — went over the Green Monster to break a 2-2 tie. Later, with two outs, Mayer dropped his first homer of the season off reliever Wandy Peralta that went just over the wall in right field and into the bullpen.

King lasted 5 2/3 inning, yielding four runs off seven hits and struck out five.

Trailing 2-0 in the fifth, San Diego used a triple by Miguel Andujar, RBI single by Gavin Sheets and RBI double by Luis Campusano to tie the game.

Ceddanne Rafaela put the Red Sox on the scoreboard in the third inning, lining a single off the Green Monster that scored Mayer.

Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts went 0-for-3 in his game at Fenway against his former team for the first time since he left Boston to join San Diego in 2022.

He was injured during the Padres’ visit in 2024 but was given a standing ovation from fans to celebrate the two World Series he helped the franchise in over his 10 seasons with the Red Sox. He received another warm welcome on Friday.

Up next The Padres and RHP Randy Vásquez (1-0, 0.00 ERA) face the Red Sox and LHP Connelly Early (0-0, 1.69) on Saturday afternoon.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Laureano flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Machado to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Machado walked.
	9th Inning	Merrill struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Slaten

Statistics

SD		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
6	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	1
2	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	12
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
134	Pitches	111
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	17
32	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
0.7	Runs Created	4.5
.129	Batting Average	.290
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.548
.161	Secondary Average	.290
.156	On Base Percentage	.313
.382	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.861
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
17.5	Batter Rating	39.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.19	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.36
.097	Isolated Power	.258
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
66.3	MLB Rating	87.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0