ARLINGTON – Kutter Crawford's recent propensity to give up home runs reached a historic rate on Friday night at Globe Life Field, but the heavy-hitting Red Sox turned this into a footnote instead of the main storyline.

Sure, Crawford gave up four more homers to make it a record (at least since 1901) of 12 in a span of three starts.

But the Red Sox are developing into that team that picks each other up and a very loud offense lifted Crawford on Friday, as he actually earned the win in his team’s 11-6 victory over the Rangers in the opener of a three-game series.

This youthful Boston offense has a lot of things going for it of late.

This includes Wilyer Abreu, the underrated rookie who clubbed an early two-run homer as part of a three-hit, three-RBI night.

It includes another rookie in Ceddanne Rafaela, who mashed a towering two-run homer to left-center field in the sixth that traveled a projected distance of 400 feet to give the Red Sox a 9-3 lead.

Don’t forget Connor Wong, who continued to show why he is one of the best offensive catchers in the game this season with a four-hit night.

And on this night, a new piece was added, as 26-year-old Nick Sogard came up with his first career hit in his Major League debut, a two-run single that made all his family and friends that traveled from Sacramento, Calif., very proud.