The Red Sox tried their absolute best to avoid losing to the Orioles on Opening Day. The big problem for the Red Sox is “their absolute best” ended up being “postpone the originally scheduled Opening Day game for 24 hours even though there was no rain in the forecast for game time.” It did not involve doing very much when they actually played the game.
When the two teams lined up to play on Friday afternoon, the Orioles rode one of the team’s best-ever Opening Day starts from John Means and a clutch base hit by Ryan Mountcastle to a 3-0 victory.