It didn’t take Masataka Yoshida very long to find the Monster seats at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox outfielder swatted his first big-league home run in the first inning of Monday’s game against the Pirates — tying the game at 3-3 off of an opposite-field, two-run shot.
Yoshida, who batted .308 with four hits, four runs, and three RBI in Boston’s season-opening series against the Orioles, took a high fastball from Johan Oviedo and sliced it out to left field.
The ball — exploding off of Yoshida’s bat with an exit velocity of 104.6 miles per hour — sailed up and landed into the last row of seats of the Green Monster for the equalizer.