Padres @ Red Sox · Apr 3, 2026 — MLB Central

Final Fri, Apr 3, 2026

Fenway Park Regular Season

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5 Boston Red Sox Red Sox

Away starter

Michael King

Home starter

Sonny Gray

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With a little sun, and some pregame fun, Fenway vibes revitalize Red Sox

BOSTON -- It had been a gloomy first week of baseball on the road for the Red Sox, and it was cloudy and cool outside when Fenway Park opened its gates for a 115th season on Friday. But by the time the pregame ceremonies started, honoring Boston’s pennant-winning squad of

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Willson Contreras, Marcelo Mayer homer in Red Sox win00:03:28

Willson Contreras hit his first homer as a Red Sox and Marcelo Mayer hit a two-run homer to power the Red Sox to a 5-2 win over the Padres

Condensed Game: SD@BOS - 4/3/2600:10:51

Condensed Game: Willson Contreras and the Red Sox take on Michael King and the Padres on April 3, 2026

Willson Contreras' first homer as a Red Sox!00:00:30

Willson Contreras crushes his first home run as a Red Sox, a solo homer that gives the Red Sox a 3-2 lead in the 6th

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