Mookie Betts wasted no time putting Boston on the board Tuesday night.
The Red Sox right fielder took the first pitch he saw from Los Angeles Angels starter John Lamb and sent it into the Sox’s bullpen to give his team a quick 1-0 lead.
Take a look:
Baseball's Betts player is at it again. pic.twitter.com/nT7yplkAN5
— NESN (@NESN) June 26, 2018
The home run marked Betts’ 20th of the season, good for second-most on the team behind J.D. Martinez (23). It also was the 25-year-old’s 15th leadoff homer of his career.
He now sits just three home runs behind former Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra for most leadoff round-trippers in a season, who had seven back in 1997.
