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High-scoring home openers

The Red Sox are piling up the runs, but they still have a little ways to go to set a new mark for home openers.

The most runs that Boston has ever scored on the first game at Fenway was 15, on 1973 against the Yankees. They had a powerful run from 2000-2002, beating Minnesota 13-4; beating Tampa Bay 11-4; then losing to Toronto 12-11.

Since 1901, according to the Baseball Almanac, the Red Sox have scored in double figures on their home opener 10 times, including today. They've been shut out five times over that same span. The most runs they've given up: 15, to the Yankees, in 1950.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 3:47 PM | Permalink