Roster moves

players fell over trying and failing to nab a scorching ball. If the season started on Monday, he’d have to be on the 26-man roster.

Adam Duvall hit his first Grapefruit League home run on Sunday afternoon, a towering shot over JetBlue Park’s Green Monster to retie the game in the fifth.

Marcelo Mayer, the organization’s No. 1 overall prospect, made his Grapefruit League debut, and collected a leadoff double in the ninth inning.

Injury updates

Less than a week after the terrifying hit-bypitch, most of Justin Turner’s stitches are out (some are dissolvable, he told reporters).

He was able to eat solid foods again on Saturday, and is already eyeing a spot in the Opening Day lineup.

The veteran infielder “played catch, and took some swings off the tee today,” he told reporters, including MLB.com’s Ian Browne.

“Hopefully just kind of keep ramping it up as long as there’s no setbacks and hopefully be back out there as soon as possible. And then we’ll see where we’re at from there, but I certainly plan on being there for Opening Day,” Turner said. “That’s the plan.”

WBC Notes

Richard Bleier pitched a perfect eighth and former Red Sox pitcher Robert Stock got the save for Team Israel, who pulled off a dramatic come-from-behind 3-1 victory over Team

Nicaragua.

Speaking of Bleier, he and Sale were teammates at Florida Golf Coast University, and the latter confirmed a hilarious anecdote the former had shared about their college days, when Bleier was the ace and Sale was the freshman.

“There’s no question, he was the top dog when I got there,” Sale told NESN’s Jahmai Webster on Sunday. “We were roommates on the road, and he may or may not have made me sleep in the bathtub one night.”

Following Sunday’s games, the Red Sox optioned RHP Bryan Mata to Triple-A Worcester and reassigned LHP Ryan Sherriff to minor league camp.