Everything went as well as it could possibly go for the debut of Lucas Giolito in a Red Sox uniform Sunday against the Twins at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers.

Boston’s free agent acquisition threw two hitless innings, showcased a sharp mid-90’s fastball while mixing in changeups and hard sliders for strikes to keep Twins hitters off balance.

Giolito struck out one and walked one over 27 stress-free pitches, being as about efficient as possible.

His only close call was a two-out dribbler down the third base line in the second inning from Yunior Severino that Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers charged at to easily throw out the young infielder.

With his work done for the day, Giolito walked off the field and flipped his glove in the air, feeling good about getting off on the right foot in front of a full house of the Red Sox faithful in a game against their fellow Fort Myers spring competitors.

Devers was feeling so good about his defensive gem that he went out the next inning and clobbered a pitch from Twins reliever John Stankiewicz to left-center onto the top deck above the Green Monster for his first home run of the spring. The three-run shot put the Red Sox up 5-0.

The franchise player and fan favorite received a warm applause before his first at bat and a louder one after the homer with the crowd almost in awe of his loud moonshot.

If the Red Sox can play this kind of ball, they should be able to improve off last year’s season when they finished at the bottom of the division.

Giolito said he was surprised by the energy at JetBlue Park.

“The crowd was awesome. I’m not used to Spring Training crowds like that,” Giolito said.

Red Sox Manager Alex Cora has given Giolito high marks for the velocity on his fastball this spring. Giolito said he has been working on his slider grip and throwing it with a sharper break and harder in the mid-to-late ’80s. “I think it’s a good move for me,” Giolito.

Giolito said his delivery has “changed a lot” over his career in the majors.

“This season is really getting back to basics. A huge focus was staying compact and hiding the ball and I feel like I’m doing that well. I’m going to continue to hammer that in while also being able to keep my weight back and drive down the mound properly,” he said.

Giolito got a strikeout on Sunday on a high changeup against Emmanuel Rodriguez.

Giolito threw a no-hitter in 2020 and had a no-hitter against the New York Yankees through six innings when he was pulled due to a high pitch count. Giolito said the key is “getting into a really good rhythm. Finding that rhythm early,” Giolito said “it would be sick to throw another one.”

The right-hander complimented Devers and Red Sox infielder Trevor Story on a couple tough groundballs.

“It’s good to see that early, that solid defense behind us. That’s going to help us big time,” he said.

Game notes

Red Sox offense: Nick Sogard homered for the Red Sox in the seventh inning and Blaze Jordan had two hits and scored two runs for Boston.

Twins offense: Twins outfielder Trevor Larnach, fighting in camp for a spot in the outfield, had two hits.