BOSTON (Interstat) — Caleb Durbin hit a grand slam in a six-run first inning and Wilyer Abreu homered twice as the Boston Red Sox routed the Chicago White Sox 14-2 on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.

The game was effectively decided in the opening frame. Nick Sogard started the bottom of the first with a double, and Ceddanne Rafaela was hit by a pitch. After Wilyer Abreu flied out, Willson Contreras singled to center to score Sogard. Masataka Yoshida followed with a single that loaded the bases. Durbin then launched his 11th home run of the season to left center, clearing the bases for a 5-0 lead. Jarren Duran followed with his 15th home run to right center, and the Red Sox led 6-0 before Andruw Monasterio singled. Connor Wong grounded into a double play to end the inning, but Boston had already landed the decisive blow.

The White Sox did not score until the fifth inning. Chase Meidroth singled, Munetaka Murakami singled, and Miguel Vargas delivered a sacrifice fly to left field that brought Meidroth home and cut the deficit to 6-1. Boston answered immediately in the bottom of the fifth when Abreu homered to center for his 18th home run of the season, making it 7-1.

Chicago pulled another run closer in the top of the sixth. Colson Montgomery walked, Joey Bart walked, and Sam Antonacci reached on a force out that put Montgomery at third. Braden Montgomery then grounded out to second, scoring Colson Montgomery and trimming Boston’s lead to 7-2. That was as close as the White Sox would get.

Boston broke the game open again in the bottom of the sixth. Durbin walked, and Duran singled to put runners at the corners. Monasterio then singled to center, scoring Durbin and Duran to stretch the lead to 9-2. After Connor Wong flied out, Nick Sogard walked. Rafaela doubled to left, driving in Monasterio and Sogard to make it 11-2. Abreu popped out, but Contreras singled sharply to left, scoring Rafaela. Contreras advanced to second on a throwing error by left fielder Randal Grichuk. Yoshida then doubled to center, scoring Contreras, and the Red Sox led 13-2. Durbin grounded out to end the inning.

Abreu added his second home run of the game in the eighth inning, a solo shot to center field for his 19th home run of the season, making the final margin 14-2. Boston finished with 15 hits, while Chicago managed six. The White Sox grounded into two double plays, and Boston grounded into two as well, but the Red Sox still produced their highest run total of the night.

Patrick Sandoval earned the win for Boston, improving to 1-0 on the season. He allowed six hits and two earned runs over five innings while striking out five. Brayan Bello earned his first save of the season with three scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out two. Erik Miller and Greg Weissert each contributed scoreless relief as well. Davis Martin took the loss for Chicago and fell to 9-5 on the season.

Durbin finished 2 for 3 with four RBIs and was the top performer for Boston. Abreu went 2 for 4 with two home runs and two RBIs. Duran went 2 for 4 with a home run and one RBI. Rafaela drove in two runs, and Monasterio finished 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Yoshida went 2 for 4 with one RBI. Contreras also drove in two runs with a pair of singles, and Sogard scored twice from the top of the Boston order.

The Red Sox improved to 61-51 with the win, while the White Sox dropped to 59-53. Boston had entered the game on a strong stretch, having won three consecutive games at Los Angeles before returning home. Chicago had also won its previous game at Tampa Bay but could not carry that momentum into Fenway Park. The two teams had met at Guaranteed Rate Field earlier in July, and Boston won all three games in that series. Tuesday’s result continued Boston’s recent dominance in the season series.

The White Sox first threatened in the third inning when Luisangel Acuña singled and Chase Meidroth walked, but Munetaka Murakami struck out and Miguel Vargas was called out on strikes to end the inning. In the fourth, Randal Grichuk doubled and Brenton Doyle singled, putting runners at the corners with one out, but Braden Montgomery walked to load the bases before Acuña grounded out. Chicago again could not cash in.

Boston’s first-inning outburst included several well-hit balls. Contreras’s single to center opened the scoring, and Yoshida’s line drive to right kept the rally alive. Durbin’s grand slam was the biggest swing of the inning. Duran’s home run immediately after gave the home side a six-run cushion and put the White Sox in an early hole they never escaped. Boston’s pitchers took over from there, with Sandoval settling in after the big first-inning support and Bello finishing the game with three clean innings.

The game lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes in front of an announced crowd of 37,669 at Fenway Park. The White Sox and Red Sox will meet again Wednesday night as the four-game series continues in Boston.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Boston 7, Chicago 5, and Interstat’s ELO system gave Boston a 62.40 percent probability to win. Boston was installed as a 1.5-run favorite, and the combined 16 runs went over the 9-run over/under.