After not even knowing whether he would be ready for Opening Day, Wilyer Abreu was the hero yesterday. Both of Abreu’s multi-home run games in his career have come at Globe Life Field. Last August, they were dedicated to his grandmother, who had just passed. Yesterday, they were for his twins, who were born this month. “When I hit the second one, I figured it was one for each [son].” (Conor Ryan, Boston.com, via Sean McAdam, MassLive [$])
Garrett Crochet described Thursday as a “grinder day,” eventually trusting his defense and not trying to make the perfect pitch, which got him into a pitch count hole early.