BOSTON -- Released by the Red Sox less than a week before Opening Day last season, Lyle Overbay spoiled Boston's championship celebration Friday by delivering a tie-breaking, two-run double in the ninth inning of the Brewers' 6-2 win in the Fenway Park opener.After scoring four total runs while losing two of three games in their Opening Series against the Braves, the Brewers matched that total in the ninth inning against Red Sox reliever Edward Mujica. Carlos Gomez and Aramis Ramirez added RBI singles after Overbay gave the Brewers the lead with a double into the right-field corner. 
Milwaukee tallied 12 hits in all and 21 total bases, one more base than their first three games combined. Reliever Brandon Kintzler earned the win after pitching a scoreless eighth inning and Mujica lost in his home debut.The Red Sox received their World Series rings in a touching pregame ceremony before battling the Brewers in a home opener that was tied at 2 from the end of the third inning to the start of the ninth.Brewers starter Marco Estrada was charged with two runs (one earned) on four hits in 5 2/3 effective innings, with three walks and six strikeouts. He threw 102 pitches, a total that might have been lower had Mike Napoli not worked a pair of 10-pitch walks. The second of those plate appearances, in the sixth inning, ended Estrada's afternoon in favor of left-hander Will Smith, who struck out pinch-hitter Jonny Gomes to end the sixth inning with the go-ahead runner at third base, then stranded two more runners in a scoreless seventh.The game was still tied in the ninth when the Red Sox turned to Mujica, the former Cardinals closer who signed as a free agent during the offseason. Khris Davis led off with a double and moved to third on Scooter Gennett's sacrifice bunt, with both runners safe on the play. Next up was Overbay, who was a non-roster invitee to Boston's camp last year before his release on March 26, and he pulled a double into the right-field corner for a 4-2 lead.Gomez followed with a line-drive single, and three batters later, Ramirez also singled home a run, this time with two outs.Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
Milwaukee tallied 12 hits in all and 21 total bases, one more base than their first three games combined. Reliever Brandon Kintzler earned the win after pitching a scoreless eighth inning and Mujica lost in his home debut.The Red Sox received their World Series rings in a touching pregame ceremony before battling the Brewers in a home opener that was tied at 2 from the end of the third inning to the start of the ninth.Brewers starter Marco Estrada was charged with two runs (one earned) on four hits in 5 2/3 effective innings, with three walks and six strikeouts. He threw 102 pitches, a total that might have been lower had Mike Napoli not worked a pair of 10-pitch walks. The second of those plate appearances, in the sixth inning, ended Estrada's afternoon in favor of left-hander Will Smith, who struck out pinch-hitter Jonny Gomes to end the sixth inning with the go-ahead runner at third base, then stranded two more runners in a scoreless seventh.The game was still tied in the ninth when the Red Sox turned to Mujica, the former Cardinals closer who signed as a free agent during the offseason. Khris Davis led off with a double and moved to third on Scooter Gennett's sacrifice bunt, with both runners safe on the play. Next up was Overbay, who was a non-roster invitee to Boston's camp last year before his release on March 26, and he pulled a double into the right-field corner for a 4-2 lead.Gomez followed with a line-drive single, and three batters later, Ramirez also singled home a run, this time with two outs.Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
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