• Associated Press

Jun 10, 2025, 08:07 PM ET

BOSTON —

“Just to be around and see the smiles — and saw some tears, too. It’s pretty cool,” Cora said. “I know it was a special day for the kid yesterday, but they weren’t here. So to have his family now and get his first knock, that means a lot.”

Anthony had some time to take pictures on the field with the traveling party of about a dozen people — father, mother, sister, brother, grandparents, agents, a couple friends. He went back on the field in the darkened ballpark to spend some more time with them after talking to reporters.

“That group out there has been with me every step of the way,” he said. “So just to see them here — they had to miss yesterday unfortunately, it was kind of quick notice — but to have them here is special for sure.”

A day after going hitless with an RBI groundout in his major league debut, Anthony came up with runners on second and third in the first inning and drove the ball to left to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.

Anthony, who let a ball roll under his glove for an error in his debut, also made a sliding catch on Tuesday night on Jonathan Aranda‘s sinking liner to right-center in the sixth, protecting a one-run lead and earning a salute from pitcher Lucas Giolito.

The second-round draft pick went viral over the weekend when he hit a 497-foot grand slam in Triple-A Worcester. He batted .288 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in 58 games for the WooSox this season.

The Red Sox said Anthony is the youngest player in franchise history to record three or more RBI in his first two games. Anthony is 21 years, 28 days old; Jim Rice was 21 years, 164 days old when he did it in 1974.