US EditionAbreu’s big game boosts Red Sox
- On Opening Day, the Boston Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers with a score of 5-2, led by a standout performance from outfielder Wilyer Abreu.
- The 25-year-old Abreu, a Gold Glove-winning rookie from the previous year, had a notable spring training where he lost 8-to-10 pounds due to a gastrointestinal virus, requiring him to work in minor league games.
- Abreu went 3 for 3 with two home runs and four RBI, contributing to every Red Sox run.
- Abreu hit a solo home run off Texas starter Nathan Eovaldi in the fifth inning to tie the game 2-2 and later hit a go-ahead, three-run home run off Rangers reliever Luke Jackson in the top of the ninth inning, a 394-foot liner to right-center on a 1-0 slider.
- Abreu dedicated the two home runs to his newborn twin sons, noting that his previous multihomer game occurred almost eight months prior in the same stadium, the day after his grandmother passed away, and said it was "obviously a difficult situation.
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The RecordFormer ValleyCat Wilyer Abreu homers twice as Red Sox beat Rangers 5-2 on Opening Day
ARLINGTON, Texas — Wilyer Abreu does not look like a guy who missed most of spring training with a gastrointestinal illness. The second-year outfielder stole the show on Thursday, going 3 for 3 with two home runs and four RBI to lead the Red Sox past the Texas Rangers 5-2 on Opening Day. The exclamation point came in the top of the ninth, when he smashed a 1-0 slider from Rangers reliever Luke Jackson 394 feet into the home bullpen for the go-ah…
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Abreu dedicates 2-homer game for Red Sox to newborn twins after one for late grandmother last year
Wilyer Abreu dedicates this two-homer game to his newborn twin boys. Abreu went deep twice in Boston’s season-opening 5-2 win at Texas, including a tiebreaking three-run shot in the ninth inning Thursday. It came nearly eight months after the 25-year-old…
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