BOSTON -- Mike Minor made just one mistake on the night and the Red Sox made the Rangers pay for it.
In the bottom of the first inning, Steve Pearce took a 3-2, two-out fastball from the Texas starter over the Green Monster in left field, plating J.D. Martinez in the process to give the hosts a two-run lead that would balloon to 5-0 before the final out was made.
It was Pearce's fifth home run of the season and first since coming to Boston from Toronto in a late June trade.