Tropical Storm Henri threatens Sunday’s Rangers series finale

As Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker urged residents to stay home this weekend as the state braces for Tropical Storm Henri, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said team ownership has been in conversation with Major League Baseball about contingencies for Sunday’s scheduled game against the Texas Rangers.

The storm is expected to make landfall on Sunday, either as a strong tropical storm or a Category 1 hurricane, bringing rain to the area.

Baker warned that the storm could cause an estimated 300,000 power outages throughout the state.

The Sox are scheduled to play the series finale against the Rangers Sunday at 1 p.m.

“We’re talking about a few things,” Cora said. “Obviously, ownership, MLB, they’re on to everything right now. We’ll probably know a little bit more later on tonight, but it doesn’t look too promising and obviously, we have to be careful what we do just going into Sunday.”

Plans for Schwarber:

Kyle Schwarber was in the lineup as the designated hitter Friday night against

Texas, but Cora plans to have him play in the field as soon as this weekend.

“We feel like this weekend, if everything goes well, he can play in the outfield,” Cora said.

Schwarber will continue to work out at first base — a position he’s only played once in his career — but Cora said at some point he will have to be thrown into the role.

“That’s something we’ve been talking about it, you know, when we’re going to do this,” Cora said. “At one point, we have to do it, right. He’s going to learn playing the position. So at one point, we have to make a decision when we’re going to do it and we have to let him play.”

Late Thursday

Dodgers 4, Mets 1: Trea Turner went 2 for 4 and drove in a run to lead the Dodgers past the Mets 4-1 on Thursday night for their seventh straight win. The All-star shortstop debuted with the Dodgers on Aug. 6 after being acquired at the trade deadline from Washington. Turner leads the National League in batting average at .320.