BOSTON — Instant reactions from the Red Sox’ 1-0 win over the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Friday night:

Ranger Suarez delivered the best outing by a Red Sox starter this season, but the Red Sox still needed extras to beat the Tigers on a 10th-inning walk off.

The Boston Red Sox did a lot right on Sunday.

MINNEAPOLIS — Instant reactions from the Red Sox' 9-5 win over the Minnesota Twins at Target Field on Wednesday: 1. The Red Sox improved to 7-11 and finished their six-game road trip with a 3-3 record.

Trevor Story gave the Boston Red Sox an encouraging sign in Sunday's 9-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. In his best game of the season, Story went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. The shortstop entered Sunday with four hits all month,

Sonny Gray pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings, and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of three walks and two infield hits to score three times in the third inning on Wednesday and beat Milwaukee 5-0 for their first back-to-back wins of the season.

Ranger Suárez dominated early and the Red Sox' bats came alive late in a win over the Cardinals on Saturday night.

The Boston Red Sox are hoping that is the case for the first month of the long and winding Major League Baseball season. Following Wednesday's series-closing win at the Minnesota Twins, Boston kicks off a challenging seven-game homestand against ​the surging Detroit Tigers on Friday night.

Contreras has been the Red Sox's best right-handed hitter so far this season so far and is slashing .298/.444/.491 with three homers and 11 RBIs in 17 games played, while also playing elite defense over at first base.

The St. Louis Cardinals' offseason trade that sent Willson Contreras to the Boston Red Sox is aging perfectly.