The Boston Red Sox weren't taking themselves too seriously Sunday.

Looking to avoid the 7 a.m. departure and 2.5-hour bus ride to take on the Miami Marlins on Tuesday, the Red Sox hosted a relay race that would force the losing team to make the road trip, while the winners got to skip the trip.

The race involved agility obstacles, hurdles, medicine balls and throwing balls at targets.

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Mookie Betts, Brock Holt, Deven Marrero, Jeff Bianchi, Luke Montz, Bryce Brentz, Matt Spring and the speedy Pablo Sandoval were members of the winning team.

Dustin Pedroia, Jemile Weeks, Quintin Berry, Rusney Castillo, Jackie Bradley Jr., Xander Bogaerts, Daniel Nava, Humberto Quintero and Hanley Ramirez were saddled with the loss and will ride the bus.

"I like it," Ramirez told Ian Browne of MLB.com. "That brings everybody together and you see a lot of people smiling. That's a team. You've got everybody on the same page and everybody's happy. Chemistry is the most important thing right now on this team."