BOSTON — The Red Sox offense continues to be stuck in neutral early this season, but on Tuesday night, it found a different way to win.
On a cold night when runs were at a premium, the Red Sox finally cashed in on a gift opportunity. Connor Wong – freshly called up from Triple-A Worcester – hit a sacrifice fly that scored Bobby Dalbec in the seventh, and the Red Sox held on for a 2-1 win over the Blue Jays in the opener of a three-game series at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox kept coming up empty on Tuesday night. They opened the game with back-to-back walks against Blue Jays starter Yusei Kikuchi and didn’t score in the inning. They had runners on first and third with no outs in the fourth, and still couldn’t score.
