baseball

Red Sox meet the Padres with 1-0 series lead

By The Associated PressYahoo Sports

San Diego Padres (2-5) vs. Boston Red Sox (2-5) Boston; Saturday, 4:10 p. m.

EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Randy Vasquez (1-0, 0. 00 ERA, 0. 83 WHIP, eight strikeouts); Red Sox: Connelly Early (0-0, 1.

69 ERA, 1. 31 WHIP, six strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -147, Padres +123; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox take a 1-0 advantage into the latest game of the series against the San Diego Padres. Boston had an 89-73 record overall and a 48-33 record at home last season.

The Red Sox slugged . 421 as a team in the 2025 season while hitting 1. 1 home runs per game.

San Diego had a 90-72 record overall and a 38-43 record in road games last season. The Padres slugged . 390 as a team in the 2025 season while hitting 0.