ARLINGTON, Texas — Instant reactions as the Red Sox (1-0) ride a two-homer, three-hit day from Wilyer Abreu to rally late and claim a 5-2 win over the Rangers on Opening Day:

1) A day that was supposed to belong to Garrett Crochet, Alex Bregman and Kristian Campbell turned out to be Abreu’s, as he punctuated a fantastic Opening Day with a no-doubt, tie-breaking three-run shot to put Boston up for good in the top of the ninth inning. Abreu had three of Boston’s six hits — including two homers — on a day when the rest of the lineup didn’t do much of anything else.

Abreu’s offense atoned for an early mistake in the field. With no outs and a man on first base in the second, Abreu ranged back to try to catch a deep Josh Jung fly ball but couldn’t corral it. The 335-foot single put two men on for Kevin Pillar, who drove in the game’s first run with an RBI single.

Abreu then led off the third inning with a single (before scoring), and later tied the game with a 108.7 mph, 415 ft. solo blast off Eovaldi in the fifth. In the ninth, after Trevor Story walked and Campbell reached on a hard-hit ball off Josh Jung’s glove that was ruled a single, Abreu waited on a Jackson slider and launched it into Texas’ bullpen.

2) Crochet entered his Sox debut with otherworldly expectations after dominating in spring training. But he was simply OK when the lights came on Thursday. His command was a bit off all day. Crochet’s pitch count rose fast (47 pitches through two innings) and despite Alex Cora penciling him in for “six or seven” innings, the lefty went only five. He received a no-decision, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out four. He threw 88 pitches (61 strikes).

Coincidentally, a former Red Sox Opening Day starter outpitched Crochet. Nathan Eovaldi struck out nine (tying a record for Rangers Opening Day starters) in six strong innings. He allowed two runs on three hits.

3) As you’d expect for a 22-year-old who found out about his impending major league debut 72 hours ago, Campbell was a little jittery early Thursday. He struck out, then grounded out before working a walk against lefty Robert García with two outs in the seventh. The rookie avoided disaster in the second inning when, with two men on and two outs, Marcus Semien hit a grounder to him. Campbell bobbled the ball but made a nice throw to first.

In the ninth, he smoked a grounder that deflected off Jung’s glove. It put runners on the corners for Abreu with one out.

4) Justin Slaten, and not Aroldis Chapman, recorded the first Red Sox save of 2025. With lefty slugger Corey Seager due up to lead off the eighth, Cora turned to presumed closer Aroldis Chapman to preserve the tie. It worked as Chapman tossed a scoreless frame.

Slaten, entering with a three-run lead, then pitched a 1-2-3 ninth in his home state, striking out one.

5) Rafael Devers, who entered the season with just 15 spring plate appearances, looked like he could have used some more game reps in Florida. He struck out swinging three times against Eovaldi to start the game, whiffing six times — including five times on the righty’s slow breaking ball. He went 0-for-4 — and the top four hitters in the Red Sox lineup went 1-for-16.

6) Making his first relief appearance since 2023, Garrett Whitlock looked like the best version of himself. Fresh off season-ending elbow surgery, Whitlock relieved Crochet in the sixth and worked around one hit in two scoreless innings. Using a dominant sinker, Whitlock threw 15 of his 23 pitches for strikes.

7) In his Red Sox debut, third baseman Alex Bregman was 0-for-3 with a strikeout. He rocketed a fly ball to center for an out in the fourth and made a couple of nice plays in the field.

Bregman had a chance to drive in the go-ahead run in a tie game in the eighth with Jarren Duran on third. But facing ex-Red Sox righty Chris Martin, he lined out on the first pitch he saw.

8) The Red Sox and Rangers will be back in action for the second game of a four-game set Friday night. 2024 All-Star Tanner Houck will get the ball for the Red Sox opposite righty Jack Leiter. First pitch is at 8:05 p.m. ET.

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