Despite the 1 for 4 official stat line, Mayer did plenty of heavy lifting at the plate. He drove home an RBI drew a walk and hit a rope to the gap in left-center that likely would have dropped in for a base hit nine out of 10 times. Unfortunately for Mayer, Rays center fielder Chandler Simpson made a beautiful diving catch to rob Mayer.

The Red Sox played their annual spring contest against Friday. Jhostynxon Garcia helped open up the game for the Sox with

The Red Sox officially opened the preseason on Friday with a 5-2 come-from-behind win over the Northeastern University Huskies. In the early frames, the Sox were felled by the same issues that cost them so many games the year before: too many errors,