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The last time the Red Sox started 0-6. Boston will try to get their first win of the season when they host the Yankees on Friday.

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"Nobody cares about how much money you make. If you lose, you're not having fun. This isn't fun for us right now. It's terrible."

Rays' pitcher David Price on Tampa Bay's 0-6 start.

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Like Father, Like Son
On Saturday, rookie Kyle Drabek picked up his first major league win with a sterling 1-hit performance over seven innings to defeat the Minnesota Twins. It was almost 25 years ago when his father, Doug, earned the first win of his career. On July 11, 1986, with Yankees manager Lou Piniella calling the shots, the elder Drabek, making the sixth start of his career, pitched six strong innings for the Yankees at Minnesota.

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"It's not a lot of fun. But I don't think anyone is going to feel sorry for us. We've got to play the game right and things will work out."

Boston manager Terry Francona after the Red Sox 0-4 start.

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daily_stat-04-05-11

Consecutive Opening Day victories for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the previous four seasons, the Bucs finished in last place in the NL Central.

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"I've played 12 years, and this is the most amazing Opening Day. To get that type of win is great, and to do it on a day like today gets people even more excited. It's amazing."

Reds' catcher Ramon Hernandez after going 4-for-5, including a three-run homer in the bottom on ninth, to lead Cincinnati to a 7-6 win.

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Players in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates to hit grand slams on Opening Day. Neil Walker became the second in a 6-3 win over the Cubs, and the first was Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente in 1962.

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"I told the guys in the first inning to get me five runs. They got me two. They asked if that was enough and I said 'No, keep them coming. When we got to 14, I said, 'All right, that's probably good, save some for tomorrow. You'd love to get that many runs, but you know it's not going to happen every time,"

White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle after Chicago's 15-10 win over Cleveland. The Sox scored 14 runs in the first four innings.

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Strikeout for Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez in six innings on Opening Day. In 33 starts last season, he had three or more punchouts in every game.

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"I've been petitioning the league to start in March for years. Finally they let us start in March because everybody knows my Aprils. It's great to start this way. ... Last year was awful, it was embarrassing."

Yankees' first baseman Mark Teixeira, a notorious slow-starter, after hitting a three-run home run on Opening Day.