Manager Carlos Mendoza shuffled the lineup without much success, but Baty drove in three to stop the Mets' three-game skid.

After striking out a season-high 16 times, the Red Sox (25-26) lost to the Mets, 5-1, the fourth loss in ace Garrett Crochet’s last six outings.

On Wednesday, Hendriks was saddled with the loss against the Mets after he allowed three earned runs in two-thirds of an inning. Hendriks, who beat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2023, received “horrible and cruel” threats after the game that he said were also targeted at his wife.

Laz Diaz has been notorious for making bad calls when he’s working an MLB game. But on Wednesday, he admitted fault. Diaz was behind the plate during the Boston Red Sox -New York Mets game at Fenway Park when Kristian Campbell came up to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning.

The opener of a four-game series between the AL East rival Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox was postponed because of steady rainfall expected to continue throughout Thursday evening.

Garrett Crochet, who was acquired this past offseason from the Chicago White Sox, has been excellent in his first 11 starts as he moves toward another All-Star appearance.

Garrett Crochet being pulled after just 85 pitches during a game in which the bullpen needed a break caused a lot of questions from Red Sox fans.

One of the worst blown calls of the season set off a protest by Red Sox pitcher Walker Buehler, who was then ejected by umpire Mike Estabrook.