Cesar Tordesillas

Poor ticket sales prompted Boston Red Sox president Larry Lucchino to expect their 793-game sellout streak will end in April.

The streak began in 2003 and is the longest in U.S. pro sports history.

The team is expecting the home opener on Fenway Park on April 8 to be sold out, but are not sure of April 10, the second home game of the season.

Lucchino said that historically the second game of the season has been the toughest to sell tickets for, after the usually sold out Opening Day.

The streak began on May 15, 2003, and stretched through the end of the 2012 season, when the Red Sox finished with a home attendance figure of 3,043,003. The Red Sox broke the record for consecutive regular-season sellouts this past June, surpassing the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers mark of 744.

There have been questions about the authenticity of the record, and Lucchino strongly defended the streak, saying the team has not tampered with the records.

Lucchino admitted there has been a reduction in ticket revenue this offseason, and believes a winning team would attract fans towards Fenway.

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Red Sox Sellout Streak Likely to End in April