Wearing a white home jersey with red letters spelled out “Boston” across the front — a jersey inspired after the city rallied in the Red Sox's first game following the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 — Buehler threw his first pitch at 11:11 a.m. on a chilly morning at Fenway Park.

Walker Buehler pitched seven strong innings, Kristian Campbell’s base-loaded grounder rolled into right field for a two-run single and the Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox in Boston’s annual Patriot

Instead of navigating road closures along the Boston Marathon route, Red Sox pitcher Walker Buehler instead took his family to a hotel prior to his Monday morning start.