The Texas Rangers (0-1) collapsed in the ninth inning against the Boston Red Sox (1-0), falling 5-2 on Thursday at Globe Life Field.
Fans in red and blue flocked to the stadium in hopes of seeing the Rangers take home an opening-day win. After a four-inning stalemate, the wind was sucked out of the building in the ninth.
Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu blasted his second home run of the game, giving Boston a 5-2 lead in the top of the ninth. With runs being hard to come by for the Rangers, the three-run bomb was too much to overcome in the latter part of the inning.