2016 Boston Red Sox season
| 2016 Boston Red Sox | |
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| American League East Champions | |
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| Record | 93–69 (.574) |
| Divisional place | 1st |
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| Owner(s) | John W. Henry (Fenway Sports Group) |
| General manager(s) | Dave Dombrowski |
| Manager(s) | John Farrell |
| Local television |
NESN (Dave O'Brien, Jerry Remy, Dennis Eckersley, Steve Lyons, Tom Caron) |
| Local radio |
WEEI-FM Boston Red Sox Radio Network (Joe Castiglione, Tim Neverett, Lou Merloni) |
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The 2016 Boston Red Sox season was the 116th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses. In the postseason, the team was swept by the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS.
The opening day game, scheduled for April 4, was postponed to April 5, due to cold weather. The game was called two hours prior to game time.
On April 5, in his Red Sox debut, David Price struck out ten Indians batters and earned the win. He became the fifth Red Sox pitcher to win an opening day game in his debut for the ball club and the first since Pedro Martínez did it in 1998. Mookie Betts went deep in the third innings, scoring Jackie Bradley, Jr. and gave Boston an early 2–0 lead. In a four-hit inning, Cleveland brought two runners home and the game was tied at two in the bottom of the fourth. In the sixth, on a Travis Shaw single, Hanley Ramírez took third base from first, and scored on a Brock Holt blooper to left field. Travis Shaw took third on a Blake Swihart ground out and scored on a wild pitch by Corey Kluber. Junichi Tazawa and Koji Uehara retired all batters they faced in the seventh and eighth respectively and with Craig Kimbrel warming in the bullpen and Dustin Pedroia on first, David Ortiz hit his fifth opening day home run of his career, extending the lead to 6–2. Although not a save situation, Kimbrel made his Red Sox debut in the ninth and shut the door, allowing a walk and striking out two.
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