Red Sox stay hot despite cold, snow in Minnesota
Rafael Devers homered for the fourth straight game and the streaking Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on a snowy Tuesday in Minneapolis in a series opener moved back following the fatal police shooting of a Black man in a nearby suburb.
Hunter Renfroe hit a solo homer and Bobby Dalbec added a pair of RBI doubles as Boston won its seventh in a row after losing its first three games of the season.
Monday’s game was postponed due to safety and sensitivity concerns in the Twin Cities after the police shooting a day earlier of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop. The Twins held a moment of silence for Wright prior to the game.
Snow flurries fell for most of the game and it was 33 degrees for the first pitch. That made for the third-coldest start at Target Field, the record being 27 degrees on April 7, 2018. BLUE JAYS 7, YANKEES 3 >> Hyun Jin Ryu cruised into the seventh inning, Marcus Semien and Rowdy Tellez homered, and Toronto beat New York.
Ryu (1-1) allowed only an unearned run over 6 2/3 innings, striking out seven and limiting the Yankees to four hits and a walk. RANGERS8,RAYS3>> Nick Solak and Charlie Culberson drove in three runs apiece, Kyle Gibson pitched seven strong innings and Texas beat Tampa Bay to end a four-game losing streak.
METS 4, PHILLIES 0, SECOND GAME >> Brandon Nimmo had three hits and three RBIs, and Marcus Stroman pitched six solid innings to lift host New York to a doubleheader sweep.
The Mets won the opener 4-3 in eight innings and swept Philadelphia for the first time in a doubleheader since September 2011. BLUE JAYS’ HERNANDEZ TESTS POSITIVE >> Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernandez will miss at least 10 more days following a positive COVID-19 test.
Hernandez has mild symptoms that are improving and will quarantine. He had been on the COVID-19 list since Friday after having had close contact with someone outside the organization who had tested positive. MARINERS’ PAXTON DONE FOR SEASON >> Seattle Mariners left-hander James Paxton will undergo season-ending surgery.
Paxton left his April 6 start — his first since returning to Seattle on a 1-year, $8.5 million deal — with left elbow discomfort.