NEW YORK — Already, the Boston Red Sox are feeling right at home in Yankee Stadium during All-Star week.

Red Sox minor leaguer Che-Hsuan Lin hit a two-run homer and nine World team pitchers combined on a three-hitter today for a 3-0 victory over the United States in the Futures Game.

The 10th annual showcase for baseball's premier prospects began a much-hyped farewell to Yankee Stadium, with Tuesday night's All-Star game highlighting the grand ballpark's final season.

Boston, fierce rival to the hometown New York Yankees, will be well-represented. Seven Red Sox made the American League squad, to be managed by Boston's Terry Francona after his club won its second World Series title in four seasons last year.

Lin got the defending champs off to a rousing start Sunday, earning an MVP award that went to major league stars such as Alfonso Soriano, Jose Reyes and Grady Sizemore in previous years.

The half-filled crowd wasn't impressed, chanting "Let's Go Yankees" and booing Lin — as it would anyone in a Red Sox cap — while he was interviewed on television near the mound after the final out.

"I was so nervous," the 19-year-old Taiwanese outfielder said through a translator. "Just wanted to do my best."

After coming off the bench to play center in the sixth, Lin drove the first pitch he saw from Colorado reliever Ryan Mattheus down the left-field line in the seventh to give manager Tino Martinez's World team a 3-0 cushion.

A good-looking pitching staff closed it out from there. Oakland right-hander Henry Rodriguez struck out three in the eighth, slipping on the mound while buzzing a 100 mph fastball across the plate as several big league general managers watched from the stands.

Washington's Shairon Martis worked the ninth for a save, retiring Dexter Fowler of the Rockies on a grounder with two on to end it.

World starter Carlos Carrasco of the Philadelphia Phillies struck out two in a hitless inning to earn the win.

Chicago White Sox left-hander Clayton Richard started for Davey Johnson's United States team and took a hard-luck loss after allowing an unearned run.

Johnson will manage the U.S. Olympic team next month in Beijing, and his Futures Game squad was made up of players being considered for the Summer Games.

Johnson said Saturday he expects about half his Futures Game team to join him in Beijing.

The World team went ahead in the first, taking advantage of a throwing error by Philadelphia shortstop Jason Donald on a potential double-play grounder. Texas' Elvis Andrus then stole third and scored on an RBI grounder by San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval.

More than 40 Futures Game alumni have become major league All-Stars, and sometimes it doesn't take long. Last year's contest included 2008 All-Stars Evan Longoria and Geovany Soto.