Red Sox Demolish Phillies With Opening Day Homer Show
The power is on.
With home runs accounting for all their scoring, the Red Sox rolled to a 8-0 Opening Day win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Monday afternoon. Both Dustin Pedroia and Hanley Ramirez hit two home runs in the offensive explosion. The latter capped the impressive win with a grand slam in the final frame.
With one out in the top of the first inning, Pedroia opened the scoring with a solo shot off Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels, a potential trade target for the Sox.
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Center fielder Mookie Betts, making his first career Opening Day start, doubled the lead in the third with a solo shot of his own.
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Pedroia added to his 2015 home run total in the fifth inning with another shot off Hamels. He didn’t hit his second homer of the 2014 season until May 11.
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Later in that same inning, left fielder Hanley Ramirez notched his first home run since joining the club as a free agent during the offseason.
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Hamels departed after the fifth inning with the Phillies trailing, 4-0. While Hamels struggled, Clay Buchholz excelled for the Red Sox. Buchholz gave up just three hits while striking out nine over seven scoreless innings.
The Red Sox tacked on four additional runs in the top of the ninth when Ramirez struck again. With Philadelphia reliever Jake Diekman on the mound and the bases loaded, Ramirez capped the rout with a grand slam.
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