Red Sox sparkplug Dustin Pedroia hit a solo homer in the first inning, starting his team to a 9-6 win over the New York Yankees on Friday and ending Boston's longest season-opening losing streak since 1945. "I just came in here thinking, 'We need to find a way to win. I don't care how we do it. I don't care if it's the ugliest win of all time. We need that win,'" Pedroia said. "But we played great, man."