Phil Hughes and Rick Porcello presented a marquee match-up of two overpaid and under-performing starters. Nether could keep the ball in the yard, but Hughes had just enough run support to come away with a 6-4 victory despite two home runs by Dustin Pedroia. For Porcello it was another step backwards.
The Red Sox opening up the scoring in the third inning with a lead-off Brock Holt double. Blake Swihart advanced Holt to third to set up a sac fly situation for Pedroia.