


Red Sox: Carlos Narváez and Rafael Devers hit homers and six relievers combined to keep the Mets scoreless after Red Sox starter Walker Buehler was ejected in a 2-0 win over the Mets on Tuesday night in Boston. Manager Alex Cora was also ejected when he came out of the dugout in his pitcher’s defense and took over a heated argument with umpire Mike Estabrook with one out in the top of the third. Brennan Bernardino took over for the next 1 2/3 innings as the Red Sox improved to 2-0 in the three-game series. Garrett Whitlock (2-0) got the win as the Red Sox got back to .500 at 25-25. Ardolis Chapman pitched the ninth for his eighth save. The Red Sox’s bullpen crew held the Mets to four hits. Clay Holmes had a shutout going through four innings but ran into trouble in the fifth, when Narváez drove a 1-0 sinker over the Green Monster. Two batters later, Devers hit one out to nearly the same spot for his 10th of the year. Holmes (5-3) pitched six innings, allowing two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out five. Buehler didn’t allow a hit in his 2 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking two.
Blue Jays: Anthony Santander and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered, Chris Bassitt and three relievers combined on a five-hitter and the Blue Jays beat the visiting Padres 3-0. The shutout was the Blue Jays’ first of the season. The Padres failed to score a run for the third time this season. They also lost theirfourth straight, matching the club’s longest losing streak of the season. The Padres also lost four in a row from April 23-27. Blue Jays RHP Chris Bassitt (4-2) allowed four hits, walked one and struck out six in six innings. Brendon Little worked the seventh, Yariel Rodríguez pitched the eighth and Jeff Hoffman finished for his 10th save in 12 opportunities. Padres RHP Dylan Cease (1-3) allowed three runs and three hits in seven innings. Cease hasn’t won in eight starts, failing to record a victory since April 2 against the Guardians. He has allowed three runs or fewer in seven of those outings.
Nationals: Rookie Dylan Crews hit a tiebreaking HR in the second before leaving the game in the sixth as the Nationals beat the visiting Braves 5-3. Crews, the second overall pick in the 2023 amateur draft, hit a solo shot with two out in the second off Braves ace Spencer Strider that snapped a 3-all tie. Crews walked in his second plate appearance in the fifth before being replaced in center field by Nasim Nuñez in the top of the sixth. There was no immediate word on why Crews left the game.
Guardians: Prospect Travis Bazzana, the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft, will miss at least eight weeks because of an oblique strain. The second baseman experienced soreness during Double-A Akron’s game at Chesapeake on May 14. The 22-year old Bazzana has a .252 batting average with four HRs, 17 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 33 games for the RubberDucks. The Australia native and former Oregon State standout will head to the Guardians’ spring training complex in Goodyear, Arizona, to begin his rehab.