BOSTON -- From the moment Brett Myers set foot on what he hoped would be his sanctuary, 35,564 parishioners voiced that he wasn't welcome.

The events from early Friday morning -- in which the Phillies ace was arrested and charged with domestic assault-and-battery on his wife, Kim -- remained fresh, and the public at Fenway Park wanted to let Myers know.

Myers heard the first boos when he played catch in the outfield, then again when he warmed up in the bullpen before Saturday's start. If he looked up between pitches, he might have seen Red Sox and Phillies fans united in their displeasure, with representatives from both sides displaying unprintable messages for Myers.

The boos reached a crescendo when Myers slowly strolled to the mound for the bottom of the first inning, and the crowd took added delight with each Red Sox hit, walk or run the right-hander gave up.

"It didn't surprise me," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "Boston is pretty rough."

Saturday's events had little to do with Boston, and more to do with the public opinion of Myers after the alleged charges. He pleaded not guilty, and a judge set a pretrial hearing for Aug. 4, though Myers doesn't have to appear. He was released after his wife paid the $200 bail.

Multiple witnesses told police some graphic details about the incident, that happened near the team hotel -- at Boylston and Dalton Streets -- shortly after midnight ET on Friday.

Kim Myers told police that her husband hit her on the left side of her face with what she thought was a "closed fist." Another witness described a scene in which Myers pulled his wife by the hair, and smacked her in the face. That witness, Courtney Knight, told the Boston Globe, it was "disgusting."

On Saturday, the 6-foot-4, 240-pound, father of two arrived at the Fenway Park and tried to focus on beating the Red Sox. He quietly watched television before the game, a compilation of concert footage of various rock bands.

He said he understood the public's viewpoint. First, he said he expected the harsh response because, "You're in an opposing city, you're going to get booed either way."

Later, he acknowledged that he knew the response had little to do with that.

Asked if he thinks it will follow him, to his next start in Toronto and to Philadlephia, he said, "Probably, we'll see," Myers said.

"I'll say this," Manuel said. "He'll get booed."

As expected, Myers didn't talk much about his off-the-field issues following his start, and dodged most questions that addressed his mindset. Most of his teammates did, too.

"Baseball is baseball," said shortstop Jimmy Rollins, the team's player representative. "We come here to play baseball. We concentrate on baseball. What goes on in people's personal lives, usually we drop that at the door. You have to. That's the only way we can do what we do. It's hard to bring personal lives into the clubhouse."

Myers gave up three runs in the first two innings and looked rattled. He settled down to pitch five innings. He also took his time coming out for the second inning, later explaining that FOX has longer commercial breaks and he didn't want to be standing on the mound for 30 seconds doing "nothing."

Perhaps he wanted a break from the abuse.

Asked whether this was perhaps the toughest set of conditions imaginable for a start, Myers said, "any time you come into a big city, it's tough, especially with the lineup they have."

Not wanting to elaborate was understandable, and necessary since he's been advised by counsel not to speak about the incident.

Myers did express gratitude for his teammates' support and sorrow that this became public knowledge.

"I'm sorry it had to get public, that's it," he said. "Of course, it's embarrassing."