O’s Harvey suspended 60 games

NEW YORK » Baltimore Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey was suspended for 60 games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for distributing a prohibited drug of abuse, a punishment stemming from his admission of providing opioids to a teammate who fatally overdosed.

The former Mets star also admitted in February during a federal trial in Texas stemming from Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs’ death that he used cocaine while in New York and California.

Harvey, a 33-year-old right-hander, agreed last month to a minor league contract with the Orioles. He has been working out at Baltimore’s extended spring training facility.

During the trial of former Angels employee Eric Kay, Harvey, pitchers Mike Morin and Cam Bedrosian and first baseman C.J. Cron testified and described recreational drug use allegedly going on in and around the Angels when they played for the team.

METS 3, CARDINALS 1 » Jeff McNeil and Dominic Smith helped New York chip away at Miles Mikolas, Trevor Williams was sharp in a spot start and the Mets beat St. Louis to open a doubleheader.

McNeil and Smith each had two hits, including an RBI double apiece in the third inning.

• Mets outfielder Starling Marte was placed on the bereavement list following the death of his grandmother, which came nearly two years to the day after his wife died of a heart attack.

Mets manager Buck Showalter said Marte’s grandmother, Ponga Brigida, died unexpectedly.

Marte was raised by his grandmother in the Dominican Republic after his mother died when he was 9.

DODGERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 6 » Mookie Betts, Trea Turner and Justin Turner homered in a five-run sixth inning, and Los Angeles outlasted Arizona to begin the first doubleheader ever played by the NL West rivals.

WHITE SOX 3, ROYALS 0 » Jose Abreu hit a two-run double in a three-run fifth inning, Dylan Cease pitched scoreless ball into the sixth, and Chicago beat Kansas City in the first game of a doubleheader.