Red Sox 5, Palms 4

 The Palms got some bad news before the game, in that Jaspero Gonzalez, the likely clean up hitter for the coming season, was under the weather and would not play in the opener, giving Matt Koch the opportunity to open the season in the lineup. He scored a run on newcomer Yairo Munoz's two run single in the 4th, which helped in knocking Chris Sale out of the game early. Unfortunately for the home side, the Red Sox bullpen pitched 5 scoreless innings, and the Red Sox drew level on a 3 run Eduardo Nunez home run in the 6th, and took the lead in the 7th when Rafael Devers capped his excellent opener with the go ahead sacrifice fly.

 Boston Red Sox 5, Miami Palms 4
 Thursday, March 28, 2019
 
 
 Boston Red Sox (1-0)                                     Miami Palms (0-1)                                       
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      
 Benintendi lf   4  1  2  0  1  0  3  0  0  0   .500      Sohn rf         5  0  3  0  0  0  5  0  0  0   .600
 Betts rf        5  0  1  0  0  0  3  0  0  0   .200      Grandal c       4  0  0  1  1  2  6  0  0  0   .000
 Devers 3b       4  2  3  1  0  0  1  1  0  1   .750      Grant 1b        4  1  1  1  1  1  9  0  0  4   .250
 Martinez dh     3  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0   .333      Encarnacion dh  4  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  3   .000
 Bogaerts ss     3  0  1  0  1  0  0  3  0  4   .333      Korb ss         4  1  2  0  0  0  1  5  0  0   .500
 Moreland 1b     4  1  0  0  0  2  6  1  0  0   .000      Jankowski cf    4  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0   .000
 Nunez 2b        4  1  1  4  0  0  1  1  0  0   .250      Koch 3b         3  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  1   .000
 Bradley, Jr. cf 4  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  2   .000      Markakis lf     3  1  1  0  1  0  4  0  0  0   .333
 Vazquez c       4  0  0  0  0  1  10 0  0  0   .000      Munoz 2b        4  0  1  2  0  1  1  2  0  0   .250
 
                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            
 Totals          35 5  9  5  3  5  27 8  0  7             Totals          35 4  8  4  3  9  27 10 0  8  
 
 
                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E
                        -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Boston Red Sox         0  0  0  1  0  3  1  0  0         5  9  0  
 Miami Palms            1  0  0  3  0  0  0  0  0         4  8  0  
 
 
 
 LOB- Boston Red Sox 7, Miami Palms 8; 2B- Benintendi(1), Devers(1); 3B- Devers(1);
 HR- Nunez(1), Grant(1); RBI- Devers(1), Nunez 4(4), Grandal(1), Grant(1), Munoz 2(2);
 SF- Devers(1); RLSP- Devers, Bogaerts 3, Bradley, Jr. 2, Grant 2, Encarnacion 2,
 Koch;  
 
 
 
 
 
 Boston Red Sox            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Sale                      4.0  5  4  4  3  4    9.00  
 Velazquez(W 1-0)          2.0  3  0  0  0  2    0.00  
 Hembree(H,1)              2.0  0  0  0  0  2    0.00  
 Workman(S, 1)             1.0  0  0  0  0  1    0.00  
 
 Miami Palms               IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Lantz(L 0-1)              7.0  8  5  5  3  2    6.43  
 Allen                     2.0  1  0  0  0  3    0.00  
 
 Pitches-strikes- Sale 66-38, Velazquez 35-21, Hembree 18-13, Workman 8-7, Lantz 94-61,
 Allen 24-16; Batters faced- Sale 21, Velazquez 9, Hembree 6, Workman 3, Lantz 32,
 Allen 7;

 HBP- Koch(by Sale);  
 
 
 Player of the game: Eduardo Nunez

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