Red Sox Shutout Reds on Opening Day

0:00It's March 26, I'm Corey, with the story, and this is MLB News today, your AI-powered baseball briefing. The Boston Red Sox opened the season with a clean, three-nothing shutout over the Cincinnati Reds. Their first blank sheet on opening days since 20. Fifteen. Gare Crochet dominated with just three hits over six innings, while Sedan Rafaella delivered a key RBI single in the seventh. Crochet made history as the first pitcher to start opening day in each of his first three seasons as a starter. He struck out six, walked two, and rigged out of a base-is-loaded jam in the sixth to stay perfect. For the Red Sox, this marched their eleventh opening day shutout, with nearly all on the road. Roman Anthony paced the offense with three hits, while rookie South Stewart collected three of Cincinnati's four hits, including two doubles. Andrew Abbott kept it close for the Reds, matching Crochet's six shutout innings and four strikeouts. Boston broke through in the seventh on Marcelo Mayor's double and Rafaella's single, then

1:01tacked on two more RBI's in the ninth, with Arotis Chapman, nailing down the save. The series rolls on Saturday, when Boston's Sunny Gray takes the mound against Cincinnati's Brady Singer.