Red Sox: LHP David Price (elbow strain) threw out to 120 feet in what Farrell described as "another consistent work day.".
On the roster front, Jackie Bradley Jr. will be sent to the disabled list with a sprained knee suffered over the weekend.
The game started 35 minutes later than expected due to a rain delay.
The Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox will conclude their four-game weekend wraparound series with the finale at Comerica Park on Monday afternoon. Myers singled in the first, doubled in the third and homered in the sixth.
Giants 4, Diamondbacks 1 • Hunter Pence had two hits and scored a run to help San Francisco win its home opener in a game in which Giants catcher Buster Posey was struck in the helmet by a 94 miles per hour fastball in the first inning and forced out of the game.
Boston jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second when Mitch Moreland hit a leadoff double, Pablo Sandoval walked and Chris Young reached on an error.
Sale retired the first eight batters he faced before allowing a two-out double in the third to No. 9 hitter Austin Romine.
"It changes the whole outlook of our team, to have the (No.) 1, 2 or 3 guy - he could be any of those guys - in the rotation healthy and throwing the ball well", second baseman Ian Kinsler said.
Chris Sale pitches in the first inning against the Tigers on Monday. The Boston closer then struck out Miguel Cabrera.
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One of the three Chicago Department of Aviation officers who dragged Dao has been placed on leave pending an investigation. He also said he had no plans to resign. "This will never happen again", Munoz said Wednesday on " Good Morning America ".
It appeared during the 2015 season that fans of the Detroit Tigers just might be witnessing the beginning of the end of the brilliant career of ace starting pitcher Justin Verlander. Verlander finished his day by retiring Sandy Leon.
REDS 8, CARDINALS 0: In St. Louis, Scott Feldman allowed four hits and struck out six in six innings as the Cincinnati Reds took two of three from the Cardinals. They did get one base runner in the eighth against Justin Wilson in the form of a walk from Andrew Benintendi, but that was all they would get there, with Marco Hernandez, Pedroia and Mookie Betts all hitting into outs. The lefty reliever was able to induce a lazy fly ball to left field, however, ending the frame and keeping the score tied at 1-1.
BOSTON KEY TRENDS: The Red Sox are 5-2 in Rodriguez's last seven road starts versus a team with a winning record but they're just 2-5 in his last seven outings after scoring five or more runs in their previous game.
Boston knuckleballer Steven Wright allowed four runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Finally able to return in mid-June, Verlander pitched well over the remainder of the season.
Fernando Rodney earned his second save in a dramatic ninth.
After an 0-for-12 start, Moreland caught fire in Detroit.
The Diamondbacks have come from behind in each of their four victories this season, three of those comebacks from three runs down.
The Red Sox will play the Baltimore Orioles tomorrow at Fenway Park (7:10 PM) with Drew Pomeranz on the mound to face Dylan Bundy. It was the first-ever appearance on the DL in his Major League Baseball career.
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