Well, it looks like Mookie Betts was ready to go Friday night.
With the Red Sox on the West Coast, game time seems to take forever to come for those back in Boston, but Betts wasted little time in getting the excitement going early. The outfielder laced a leadoff home run in the top of the first.
Betts hopped all over a 3-1 pitch to make it 1-0.
Take a look:
Us: Let's play ba…
Mookie: pic.twitter.com/vEocdgA5aY
— Red Sox (@RedSox) August 31, 2019
Make that 19 consecutive games with a home run for Boston.