{"id":36595,"date":"2025-03-28T02:56:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T02:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36595"},"modified":"2025-03-28T02:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T02:56:57","slug":"wilyer-abreu-makes-boston-red-sox-history-with-heroic-opening-day-home-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36595","title":{"rendered":"Wilyer Abreu Makes Boston Red Sox History With Heroic Opening Day Home Runs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boston Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu blasted two home runs against the Texas Rangers on Thursday, lifting his team to victory and joining an exclusive list in the process.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Arlington, Texas, USA; Boston Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu (52) reacts as he rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the ninth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field. \/ Tim Heitman-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After stranding runners in the seventh and eighth innings, the Boston Red Sox once again had a chance to take the lead in the top of the ninth.<\/p>\n

Wilyer Abreu made sure his team didn’t come up empty for a third frame in a row.<\/p>\n

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With two men on and one out, Abreu crushed a slider 110.7 miles per hour to right. The ball sailed over the fence for a no-doubt home run, putting the Red Sox on top 5-2 late in Thursday’s Opening Day showdown with the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n

That was Abreu’s second homer of the afternoon, as he also went yard in the fifth. He finished the day 3-for-3 with four RBIs, three runs and nine total bases, accounting for half of Boston’s hits in their season-opening win.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Underdog Fantasy’s Justin Havens, Abreu is only the seventh player in Red Sox history to hit multiple home runs in a single Opening Day contest. Dustin Pedroia and Hanley Ramirez were the franchise’s last players to do so, with both of them achieving the feat in 2015.<\/p>\n

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