After being swept by the Orioles, who are likely to spend the season mired in the AL East basement, the Red Sox went out and took three straight from the Rays, the defending AL champions. There's no figuring baseball, Suzyn.
Of the 20 times the Red Sox have started a season 0-3, this is only the second time they won their next three games (also 1951).
J.D. Martinez (.440/.481/.920) has eight extra-base hits in the season's first six games, tying the franchise record held by Billy Werber (1934) and Jose Offerman (1999). Martinez also has an extra-base hit in all six games, something only two other Red Sox players have done: Faye Throneberry (1955) and David Ortiz (2005).