TORONTO — With the first road trip a success at 3-2, the Red Sox return to Fenway Park for the home opener Monday against the Orioles. And this is where they need to be dominant.

We always wonder, how good of a home team will they be? The Red Sox dominated in their own backyard in 2013, when they were 53-28 at home and won the World Series. They fell to 34-47 in the disastrous 2014 campaign and improved to 43-38 last season, but still finished last.

The Red Sox are four games over .500 the last four years at Fenway. That’s just not good enough.

“We want to be a great team, period,’’ said Dustin Pedroia following a 3-0 loss to the Blue Jays Sunday. “I want us to dominate everywhere. I don’t give a [expletive] if it’s on Mars.’’

People seemed up in arms that David Price didn’t start Sunday and that Steven Wright should have been skipped. But the Red Sox got their best starting pitching performance of the season with Wright’s 6?-inning­ effort (two runs, one earned).Price and Rick Porcello also made it through six, and the Red Sox will be seeking consistency in their rotation.

The Sox offense had been productive up until Sunday, when they were shut out at Rogers Centre by Marco Estrada and two relievers. But Fenway is where they need to bash.

Fenway is where Mookie Betts has to bust out of his 1-for-20 slump, where David Ortiz has to wow the crowd as he begins his farewell tour at home.

Hanley Ramirez has to renew his relationship with the Fenway faithful and carry over the goodwill he’s built up since spring training with his newfound maturity and attitude. John Farrell spoke about how Ramirez has done all of his work, not missed one weight training session, and has worked on his defense behind the scenes.

Ramirez has talked about stealing bases and being a factor rather than a detriment for this team.

It doesn’t appear Pablo Sandoval is going to get the same opportunity to win over the crowd. Travis Shaw is simply playing too well to lose playing time, while Sandoval, in his first chance to start Saturday, struck out three times, made an error, and popped his belt.

Everyone’s aware that for the Red Sox to have a good season, they must take Fenway. There must be big innings and crooked numbers. It must be the park they want to play in the most. When a team would rather play on the road than at home, we have a problem, and that seemed to be the case in 2014, when the Red Sox played as if Fenway had broken glass coming up through the grass.

Farrell was able to rest a few players over the weekend. Ortiz and Jackie Bradley Jr. sat Saturday. Brock Holt (bruised foot) sat Sunday, and Chris Young got the start in left. Ryan Hanigan started Friday. Rusney Castillo got his chance Saturday and managed two hits. Pedroia and Xander Bogaerts have played them all.

The bullpen has gotten a lot of work, with only Tommy Layne going unused. The bullpen had hurled 11 straight scoreless innings before Josh Donaldson homered in the eighth Sunday.

Farrell has been big on giving everyone a chance early in the season, so all of the good work done in spring training won’t go for naught. It’s a good strategy that keeps everyone relatively sharp.

Next up for the Sox are the surprising Orioles, who are 5-0. They have pitched much better than expected, and their big free agent acquisition, Yovani Gallardo, will square off against Price on Monday.

Last season, the Red Sox hit .290 at Fenway with an .800 OPS. They hit 80 home runs, one fewer than their road output. The 2013 Red Sox hit .285 at Fenway with an .819 OPS and 83 homers. The ’14 squad batted only .256 at home with a .711 OPS.

The Red Sox need better pitching at Fenway as well.

In ’13 they had a 3.57 ERA at Fenway, far better than their 4.03 road ERA that year. The home ERA soared to 4.06 in 2014 and 4.30 in 2015.

Among the reasons the Red Sox could be better at home this season?

Shaw has power to the opposite field, so he should be an effective lefthanded hitter who will take advantage of the wall. Ramirez said he’s changed his whole approach to hitting and he thinks he’s in a better place than last year. For one, he doesn’t have to worry about playing left.

“I feel much more comfortable at first base than I did in left field,’’ Ramirez said. “I’ve changed my approach to hitting too where I hit the ball the other way, where it’s pitched.

“It’s important that we be a good home team because we play 81 games there. You’ve got to be comfortable in your home ballpark to win a lot of games. I think we’re going to be good there.’’

On the pitching side, closer Craig Kimbrel feeds off adrenaline and energy, and the ninth inning of a close game at Fenway will provide that. Price, too, feeds off energy and a packed house.

The Sox are coming home. You can measure their success or failure the past four years by how well they fared in those 81 home games.

Nick Cafardo can be reached at cafardo@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @nickcafardo.