{"id":660974,"date":"2026-04-03T15:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660974\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:22:19","slug":"trying-for-home-opener-reset-after-getting-demolished-on-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660974\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying for home-opener reset after getting &#8216;demolished&#8217; on road trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a difficult <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2026\/04\/03\/red-sox-starr-7-questions-starting-rotation-wilyer-abreu-lineup-1-5-home-opener-fenway-park-tim-wakefield-number-retirement-david-ortiz-mlb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1-5 opening road trip<\/a>, the Red Sox will look to turn the page in their home opener Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe played well in Cincinnati, we lost two out of three there,\u201d manager Alex Cora said. \u201cWe got demolished in Houston.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To Cora, the key to turning things around is clear; though Sox pitchers have struggled, it\u2019s the lineup that needs to get going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just need to hit, to be honest with you,\u201d Cora said. \u201cThat\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox will send righty Sonny Gray to the mound for the home opener, which also lines him up for the annual Marathon Monday morning game, Cora said.<\/p>\n<p>Friday will also mark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2025\/08\/10\/red-sox-roman-anthony-xander-bogaerts-padres-mlb-postseason-rookie-of-the-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Xander Bogaerts<\/a>\u2018 first career game at Fenway as a visiting player. Bogaerts, the Red Sox all-time leader in games played at shortstop, was on the injured list the last time the Padres came to Boston in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Red Sox lineup<\/p>\n<p>Roman Anthony DH<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Story SS<\/p>\n<p>Jarren Duran LF<\/p>\n<p>Willson Contreras 1B<\/p>\n<p>Wilyer Abreu RF<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Durbin 3B<\/p>\n<p>Marcelo Mayer 2B<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Narv\u00e1ez C<\/p>\n<p>Ceddanne Rafaela CF<\/p>\n<p>San Diego Padres lineup<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Tatis Jr. RF<\/p>\n<p>Xander Bogaerts SS<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Merrill CF<\/p>\n<p>Manny Machado 3B<\/p>\n<p>Ramon Laureano LF<\/p>\n<p>Miguel Andujar DH<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Sheets 1B<\/p>\n<p>Jake Cronenworth 2B<\/p>\n<p>Luis Campusano<\/p>\n<p>Probable pitchers<\/p>\n<p>RHP Michael King vs. RHP Sonny Gray<\/p>\n<p>How to watch Padres vs. Red Sox<\/p>\n<p>When: 2:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Where: Fenway Park, Boston<\/p>\n<p>Broadcast info: NESN, WEEI 93.7 FM, WCCM 1490 AM (Spanish), WESX 1230 AM (Spanish)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a difficult 1-5 opening road trip, the Red Sox will look to turn the page in their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2407],"tags":[858,5,48,1350,87,4,43,84318,137,18,4339,4338,1587,1821],"class_list":{"0":"post-660974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego-padres","8":"tag-alex-cora","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-fenway-park","12":"tag-michael-king","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-padres","15":"tag-red-sox-opening-day","16":"tag-san-diego","17":"tag-san-diego-padres","18":"tag-sandiego","19":"tag-sandiegopadres","20":"tag-sonny-gray","21":"tag-xander-bogaerts"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116341463136107859","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}