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Texas Rangers: Top 10 Opening Days

By Nathaniel Puente

ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 10: Robinson Chirinos #61 of the Texas Rangers is congratulated by third base coach Tony Beasley #27 in the second inning after hitting a home run against the New York Yankees Globe Life Park in Arlington on September 10, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Rick Yeatts/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 10: Robinson Chirinos #61 of the Texas Rangers is congratulated by third base coach Tony Beasley #27 in the second inning after hitting a home run against the New York Yankees Globe Life Park in Arlington on September 10, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Rick Yeatts/Getty Images) /
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BOSTON, MA – MAY 25: Xander Bogaerts #2, Deven Marrero #17, and Dustin Pedroia #15 of the Boston Red Sox take the field in the first inning against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park on May 25, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. The game then went into delay. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – MAY 25: Xander Bogaerts #2, Deven Marrero #17, and Dustin Pedroia #15 of the Boston Red Sox take the field in the first inning against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park on May 25, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. The game then went into delay. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) /

7. Opening Day 1996- vs. Boston Red Sox (W 5-3)

Yet again we have a Rangers victory over the Red Sox. Major League Baseball was still looking to recover from the 1994-1995 players strike that left many fans turned off from the game.

No matter what, the games would go on and the Rangers were ready to prove their worth in 1996.

Ken Hill was on the mound for the Rangers while Roger Clemens got the nod for the Red Sox.

Texas quickly came out swinging with Will Clark banging a home run over the right-field wall in the first inning. Craig Worthington continued the party in the second with a homer of his own.

The Rangers continued scoring in the fifth inning with a Juan Gonzalez double and a sacrifice fly from Worthington.

Ken Hill kept the Red Sox at bay all afternoon with five scoreless innings to begin the game. In the sixth inning, the Red Sox finally got on the board with a Mo Vaughn RBI single. Vaughn would add another RBI in the eighth, but by then it was too late.

Texas would hold on to win 5-3 thanks to some good pitching and timely hitting. Ken Hill put in 8.2 solid innings while earning seven strikeouts.

Much like in 2011, the Rangers would sweep the Red Sox to open the year and start off with a 7-0 record, the best in team history.

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