Kevin Youkilis Starts Spring Training With a Bang As Red Sox Open Spring Schedule (Photos)

While it wasn't a Grapefruit League game, or even a prestigious Mayor's Cup contest, the Red Sox returned to City of Palms Park on Saturday afternoon to do what everyone's been waiting for them to do — play a baseball game.

The Sox played two on Saturday, actually, against two Boston-area colleges. The Sox dispatched Boston College in the matinee with a 6-0 win, before coming from behind to thwart Northeastern in the nightcap.

In the day's first game, however, the Red Sox ran out a lineup that featured the likes of Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz. Youkilis had himself quite the day, as he delivered a first-inning offering over the right-field fence in his first at-bat fof the spring. The three-run home run set the tone for a day that saw the Sox cruise to two wins by a combined margin of 19-2.

Boston opens its Grapefruit League and Mayor's Cup schedule on Sunday when they take on Fort Myers' other team, the Minnesota Twins.

Click here to see photos from the Red Sox' 6-0 win over Boston College >>