Kike Hernández took to the streets for the first time in a Red Sox uniform

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Puerto Rican Enrique “Kike” Hernández hit his first home round of the Red Sox on Tuesday in a 9-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at JetBlue Stadium in Fort Myer, part of the day of the Major League Baseball preseason.

Hernandez, who signed a two-year, $ 14 million contract with the Red Sox after winning the 2020 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, sent the ball into the field in David Hess’ third-half right. Hernandez, Boston’s first player in the game, also went two.

“I sent the ball to the center field. Now I have the power of a father “, Hernández said during a television intervention in the middle of the challenge. The Puerto Rican referred to his newborn, Penelope Isabel, a product of his marriage to Puerto Rican actress and former Miss Universe Mariana Vicente.

In the same episode, Jarren Duran, MVP in the final of the winter ball in Puerto Rico with Caguas Criollos, and the Dominican Rafael Devers also took to the streets.

Yairo Múñoz has lost the first ball in the second half.

JD Martinez, who promised to come back from a season in which he hit just .213 in 54 games, had a pair of singles in three bat-bats and scored a run. Venezuelan Martín Pérez launched two innings without allowing a touchdown. He allowed one shot.

The Red Sox are 1-2 in the Grapefruit League so far.

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