Red Sox Rally Past Padres in Home Opener, Snap Skid

BOSTON (Interstat) — Marcelo Mayer and Willson Contreras homered in a decisive three-run sixth inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 5-2 victory over the San Diego Padres in their Fenway Park opener Friday night.

The win snapped a five-game losing streak for Boston before a crowd of 36,233. Both teams are now 2-5.

San Diego’s two runs came in the fifth on RBI hits from Gavin Sheets and Luis Campusano. Boston answered with single runs in the third and fourth before its sixth-inning surge.

Winning pitcher Sonny Gray allowed two runs over six innings for Boston. Michael King took the loss for San Diego. Aroldis Chapman earned the save.