Red Sox join elite group with historic opening series

BOSTON — In the primary sequence of the season, Boston’s transformed batting order seemed constructed to attain and relentless whereas doing it.

Maybe it doesn’t have the title recognition of previous years, with Xander Bogaerts and J.D. Martinez main the notable departures. But in these first three video games, culminating with Sunday’s 9-5 victory over the Orioles within the rubber match of a three-game sequence, the Red Sox have been historic of their manufacturing.

The offense scored 9 runs in every of the primary three video games. Not solely was {that a} membership report, however the Sox grew to become simply the third group since 1901 to attain as many as 9 runs within the first three video games of a season, becoming a member of the ‘76 Reds and ‘78 Brewers.

While supervisor Alex Cora’s squad performed from behind the primary two video games, the alternative was true on Sunday.

The O’s got here again from a 3-0 deficit to tie it at 3 within the high of the fifth. The Sox countered with three of their half of the fifth.

When Baltimore struck again with one other two within the seventh to make it a one-run recreation, Boston answered proper again with two within the backside of the seventh.