The Red Sox shut out Northeastern in ‘a good start to spring training,’ with a game against the Yankees next.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The sun came out in Arizona. Free agents played for their new teams. Ichiro Suzuki was back in uniform at age 45.
Baseball is back.
A day after the scheduled exhibition opener was rained out, baseball returned Friday to the ballparks of Florida and Arizona with the first spring- training games.
The World Series champion Boston Red Sox began their hoped-for journey to a second straight title with a 6-0 victory over Northeastern University. The Phillies – still without Bryce Harper, at least for now – beat Tampa Bay, 3-2. The Tigers topped Southeastern University of Florida, 12-2. Seattle beat Oakland 8-1 in Arizona.
“It’s a good start to spring training,” Red Sox Manager Alex Cora said after dispatching the Huskies in the regularly scheduled seven innings in a tight 1 hour, 45 minutes, a day before the Grapefruit League opener against the New York Yankees.
