Blue Jays: Infielder Orelvis Martínez was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball on Sunday following a positive test for the performance-enhancing drug Clomiphene, an announcement made two days after his major league debut. Martínez, 22, has been on the Blue Jays’ 40-man roster since November 2022. He went 1 for 3 with a strikeout on Friday against the Guardians. Martínez is eligible to return for the final six games of the regular season but is ineligible for any postseason games this year. He issued a statement apologizing to the Blue Jays and their fans. “For the past two years, I have been trying to start a family with my girlfriend. During the offseason, we visited a fertility clinic in the Dominican Republic and after getting lab work done, we were prescribed a treatment, which included a medication called Rejun 50,” Martínez said in a statement released by the players’ association. “Unfortunately, Rejun 50 contains a banned substance called Clomiphene. We wanted to keep this matter private, even within our family, and trusted the doctor who assured us this treatment did not include performance-enhancing drugs. Therefore, I made the mistake of not disclosing this to my team or the MLBPA. With that said, I took full responsibility for my actions and accepted my suspension.” Martínez became the eighth player penalized for performance-enhancing drugs this year, the second under the major league program.

Yankees: Slugger Giancarlo Stanton expects to miss about four weeks because of a strained left hamstring that caused him to go on the ILfor the eighth time in six seasons. A 34-year-old former MVP, Stanton had imaging Sunday that led to the strain being evaluated as mild. Stanton had a platelet-rich plasma injection and gave the timetable for a return after the series-ending 3-1 loss to the Braves. Stanton has missed 266 of 708 games in the last five seasons (38%).

Rangers: Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer retired 15 of the 16 batters he faced over five scoreless innings in his season debut, and the host Rangers beat the Royals 4-0 for a three-game sweep sweep. José Ureña pitched the final four innings for his first save. The 39-year-old Scherzer, who turns 40 on July 27, had surgery in mid-December to repair a herniated disk in his lower back.

Extra innings: Framber Valdez (6-5) pitched seven solid innings and Jeremy Peña and Yainer Diaz had three RBIs apiece to give the Astros an 8-1 win over the visiting Orioles and complete a three-game sweep. It’s just the second time the Orioles have been swept this season. ... Sonny Gray (9-4) allowed one hit over seven innings and Alec Burleson drove in two runs and the host Cardinals completed a three-game sweep with a 5-3 win over the Giants. The Cards have won five of seven. The Giants have dropped five in a row. ... Pablo López (7-6) took a perfect game into the sixth and matched a career high with 14 strikeouts in eight scoreless innings as the Twins beat the visiting A’s 3-0 in the rubber match of a three-game series.