Chris Sale was dominant with 12 strikeouts over seven innings for his first victory with Boston, Mitch Moreland hit a solo homer and the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Saturday.
Pittsburgh starter Chad Kuhl gave up one run on five hits over 6 1/3 innings, striking out six without a walk. "Today was certainly a positive step for him".
Phillies 4, Nationals 2: Cesar Hernandez hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Joe Blanton in the eighth and Philadelphia stopped a four-game skid.
Young has scored eight runs this season, the most on the Red Sox and tied for twelfth in the American League. Betts last struck out on September 12, 2016.
Joe Kelly (2-0) allowed one hit in 2 2/3 scoreless innings, and Craig Kimbrel struck out two in a flawless ninth for his fifth save.
Wright's first stint in the majors wasn't long.
Manager Kevin Cash said after the game that "we anticipate this will be a short stay". The 11 a.m. start time at Fenway Park, instituted since 1969, allowed time for Red Sox fans to also see the end of the marathon in Kenmore Square after the baseball game ended. The 33-year-old has also been walking more than usual, with five bases on balls compared to eight strikeouts.
The Boston Red Sox have pushed to an 8-5 record over their first 14 games, despite a quick-spreading case of the flu and an injury to starting center fielder Jackie Bradley, Jr.
Souza's groundout to third made it 2-0 the next at-bat.
But know this: Given what they were up against Saturday, they put up a heck of a fight in losing to the Red Sox 2-1.
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We've already surpassed the 10-game mark to begin the 2017 Major League Baseball season. "But as the day went on, before I went out to the bullpen, I told John I felt great and if the situation was there, I wanted it".
Last season, Ramirez turned in one of his best offensive seasons in recent memory as he generated a.281/.361/.506 slash line and parlayed it with 30 home runs, which marked his highest total since 2008, the same season he made his first ever All-Star appearance.
Wright joined the Red Sox on Monday, April 15, the day of the Boston Marathon bombings.
Porcello (1-1) had never allowed more than three homers in a game.
Miller had a chance at redemption in the seventh when he came to the plate with the bases loaded and one away, but he struck out swinging.
"Generally when you lose a guy like that, those games can spiral out of control", Cash said. They'll eventually come around, it just might be too late by then.
NOTES: Boston has won 12 of the last 17 games on Patriots Day and is 70-52 all-time on the local holiday.
Rockies 5, Giants 0: Tyler Chatwood pitched 52/3 flawless innings and finished with a two-hitter for Colorado in his first big league shutout. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez was placed on paternity leave after his wife, Catherine, gave birth to a boy Sunday. RHP Chase Whitley was recalled from Triple-A Durham.
Brian Johnson is expected to make the start for Boston against Toronto's Marcus Stroman. Boston RF Mookie Betts was presented with his 2016 Silver Slugger, Gold Glove and Wilson Defensive Player of the Year awards in a pregame ceremony.
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