On the first pitch he saw in the 2018 season, Red Sox infielder Eduardo Nunez connected for an inside-the-park home run. Tampa Bay Rays outfielders were unable to track down the ball as it rolled into center field, allowing Nunez to round the bases.
The 30-year-old’s dramatic hit increased Boston’s second-inning lead to 3-0 over the Rays at Tropicana Field on Opening Day.
Eduardo Nunez gets #OpeningDay rolling for the #RedSox with an Inside The Park Home Run! pic.twitter.com/UzEqGnZLL1
— NESN (@NESN) March 29, 2018
It was the first Red Sox opening day inside-the-park home run in 50 years:
Eduardo Nunez is the first Red Sox player to hit an inside-the-park HR on Opening Day since Carl Yastrzemski on April 10, 1968 at Detroit.