Red Sox Defeat Mets Amid Ejections And Home Runs

The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Mets 2-0 as Walker Buehler and Alex Cora were ejected in the 3rd inning.

In a crazy moment with 1 out in the 3rd inning, home plate umpire Mike Estabrook clearly missed a pitch which Buehler questioned. Estabrook then took his mask off and took steps towards the mound yelling at Buehler who came off the mound and was ejected. It was his 2nd career ejection. Alex Cora came sprinting out of the dugout and was tossed as well.

See the ejections and the call on the radio

Buehler who was just reinstated from the injured list ended up pitching 2.1 innings and walked 2 while striking out 4 and hitting 2 batters. He didn't allow a hit.

Buehler's ejection taxed the bullpen as they needed 6 pitchers to finished the game. Garrett Whitlock picked up the win and is now 2-0 and Aroldis Chapman the save, his 8th of the season. The bullpen combined to allow just 4 hits, while striking out 3 and walking 1.

Carlos Narvaez hit a solo home run in the 5th inning, his 5th of the season to put Boston ahead 1-0.

Two batters later, Rafael Devers hit his 10th homer of the season, a solo homer to make it 2-0. Devers' home run, was the 210th of his career moving him into a tie with Rico Petrocelli for 10th most in Red Sox history! Devers has now homered in 3 out of his last 3 games.

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Bosont is now 25-25 and still 4.5 games behind the New York Yankees, in 2nd place in the AL East. The Mets are 29-20 and have lost a season-high 3 straight games.

Boston and New York will play the final game of the 3-game series on Wednesday night, with the pregame starting at 5:45 and 1st pitch at 6:45 on WDEA AM 1370.