The Red Sox will face some competition today when they play an exhibition against the Northeastern University baseball team.
It will begin a stretch of 197 games in 220 days, with the 34-game Grapefruit League schedule set to commence Saturday when they face Tampa Bay.
The regular season will begin March 26 with a seven-game road trip through Toronto and Baltimore. They will open their home schedule on Thursday, April 2 against the Chicago White Sox.
Today’s game will be seven innings and will air on NESN at 1:05 p.m. You can also follow Globe writers Peter Abraham (@peteabe) and Julian McWilliams (@byJulianMack) for updates from the game.