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San Diego Padres @ Boston Red Sox

2026-04-03 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 36233 · 56°F, Sunny · Wind 6 mph, Out To CF · 2:19

Boston Red Sox defeated San Diego Padres 5–2. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 3rd — Ceddanne Rafaela singles on a line drive to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Marcelo Mayer scores. Ceddanne Rafaela to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Marcelo Mayer homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Wilyer Abreu scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SDN	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4
BOS	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	9

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Tatis RF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Xander Bogaerts SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jackson Merrill CF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Manny Machado 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ramon Laureano LF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Miguel Andujar DH	3	1	1	0	0	1
Gavin Sheets 1B	3	1	2	1	0	0
Jake Cronenworth 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Campusano C	2	0	1	1	0	0
Freddy Fermin C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryce Johnson PH	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roman Anthony DH	4	0	1	0	0	1
Trevor Story SS	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jarren Duran LF	4	1	1	0	0	0
Willson Contreras 1B	3	1	1	1	1	1
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	1	1	0	0	2
Caleb Durbin 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1
Marcelo Mayer 2B	2	2	2	2	0	0
Carlos Narvaez C	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	3	0	1	1	0	1