Final: Red Sox 7, Diamondbacks 2 - Sale solid in 5 innings, Sox offense erupts

Red Sox started the scoring in the second inning putting three runs on the board. Kiké Hernández broke the game open open with a two-run homer, his 12th versus the Diamondbacks. The offense was red hot with five players with doubles and Chris Sale was solid again tossing five innings.

WHO: Red Sox (26-24) at Diamondbacks (29-21)
WHEN: 9:40 p.m. WHERE: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona.
SERIES TO DATE: Series Opener
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Chris Sale (4-2, 5.01 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Pfaadt (0-1, 7.65 ERA)
TV/RADIO: NESN; WEEI-FM 93.7

LIVE BOX

LINEUPS

RED SOX

1. Raimel Tapia CF
2. Alex Verdugo RF
3. Justin Turner 3B
4. Masataka Yoshida DH
5. Rob Refsnyder LF
6. Triston Casas 1B
7. Kike Hernández SS
8. Enmanuel Valdez 2B
9. Connor Wong C

LHP Chris Sale

DIAMONDBACKS

1. Ketel Marte 2B
2. Emmanuel Rivera 3B
3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF
4. Christian Walker 1B
5. Evan Longoria DH
6. Corbin Carroll CF
7. Nick Ahmed SS
8. Jake McCarthy RF
9. Jose Herrera C

RHP Brandon Pfaadt

WHAT’S UP

The Red Sox are 13-8 all-time against the DBacks, including 3-3 at Chase Field. Boston last played Arizona back in April 2019 and lost 2-of-3 to the Snakes at home. … Chris Sale takes the mound following an impressive start against the Padres last Saturday.