The Cleveland Guardians’ home game against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday was postponed due to inclement weather.

Instead, the Guardians and Padres will play a traditional doubleheader beginning at 1:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday to complete their scheduled two-game series.

Tonight's game has been postponed due to weather and has been rescheduled as part of a traditional doubleheader starting at 1:10 PM on May 4th.

Ticket holders to the postponed game will have the option to exchange into one of six game options, including the doubleheader. pic.twitter.com/tK94PrGSm3

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) May 3, 2022

For Game 1 Wednesday, the Padres will activate right-hander Mike Clevinger from the injured list to make his first start since Sept. 23, 2020. Clevinger spent four-plus years with Cleveland before an Aug. 31, 2020, trade sent him to San Diego. The Guardians will counter with right-hander Zach Plesac.

In the nightcap, Padres rookie left-hander MacKenzie Gore will oppose Guardians righty Cal Quantrill, who was acquired from San Diego as part of the Clevinger deal.

The Pittsburgh Pirates and host Detroit Tigers also saw their Tuesday game postponed due to weather. They will play a doubleheader Wednesday.

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Pete Alonso had a pair of RBI singles Tuesday afternoon for the host New York Mets, who never trailed in a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves in the opener of a doubleheader.

The Mets, who fell in Monday’s series opener and need to win the final three games of the four-game set to extend their franchise-record season-opening streak of series wins to eight, improved their National League-best record to 17-8.

Matt Olson hit a three-run homer in the fifth for the Braves, who have lost three of four.

The Mets built a 2-0 lead against Charlie Morton (1-3) in the first. Travis Jankowski beat out an infield single and Francisco Lindor was hit by a pitch with one out before Alonso and Eduardo Escobar followed with back-to-back RBI singles to right.

The Braves cut the lead in half against David Peterson (1-0) in the top of the second. Adam Duvall walked with one out, went to third on a double by Dansby Swanson down the third base line and scored on Travis Demeritte’s sacrifice fly.

The Mets scored twice in the second without hitting the ball out of the infield. Lindor drove home Luis Guillorme with an RBI fielder’s choice and Alonso scored Jankowski with an infield single.

Canha lofted a sacrifice fly in the fourth before the Braves broke out in the fifth. Demeritte led off with a single and Guillermo Heredia struck out before Peterson threw away a potential double play ball following a comebacker by Albies. Olson homered to deep right field on the next pitch.

But a trio of relievers — Adam Ottavino, Drew Smith and Edwin Diaz — preserved the lead for Peterson with four innings of one-hit ball. Diaz earned his fifth save by working around a two-out single by Orlando Arcia.

Peterson allowed four hits and three walks while striking out six.

Jankowski had two hits and a stolen base.

Morton recovered from the slow start to throw 5 2/3 innings. He allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

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Tuesday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and host Detroit Tigers was postponed due to inclement weather.

The game was been rescheduled as part of a traditional doubleheader for Wednesday. First pitch for the first game is slated for 1:10 p.m. ET and the second game will follow.

Tonight’s game between the Tigers and Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a straight doubleheader tomorrow, starting at 1:10 p.m. pic.twitter.com/P6biV2Cuqy

— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) May 3, 2022

Detroit will start right-hander Michael Pineda in Game 1. The Tigers said they will recall right-handed pitching prospect Alex Faedo to fill the 27th roster spot for the doubleheader and start the second game, which would be his major league debut.

The Pirates will counter with left-handed relief pitcher Dillon Peters to start Game 1, potentially as an opener. Fellow lefty Jose Quintana, who was originally slated to start Wednesday, will get the ball for the second game.

The teams are playing a two-game series.

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The New York Mets placed right-hander Trevor May on the 10-day injured list Tuesday after an MRI exam detected a triceps strain in his pitching arm.

May aggravated the injury during a relief appearance on Monday in which he gave up two runs in one inning against the Atlanta Braves.

It marked the third time in four appearances that May gave up two runs, and he expressed frustration after the contest.

“It’s hard to compete when you’re just worried about whether or not something’s going to hurt to throw,” May said. “It’s to the point where I’m not very comfortable throwing my best pitches and taking too much time between pitches to reset and try to get a little bit of energy to throw another one.

“By the end of (Monday’s outing), I was just hoping that the ball was hit at somebody. That’s no way to throw in a major league game. I don’t deserve it, but my teammates definitely don’t deserve that.”

May, 32, is 1-0 with an 8.64 ERA in eight relief appearances this season. He has allowed 13 hits in just 8 1/3 innings.

May went 7-3 with a 3.59 ERA in 68 relief appearances last season in his first campaign with the Mets.

He spent his first six seasons with the Minnesota Twins. Overall, he is 31-24 with a 4.40 ERA in 291 appearances (26 starts).

New York recalled right-hander Adonis Medina from Triple-A Syracuse to fill the roster opening. Medina, 25, had a 3.00 ERA in three appearances (one start) at Syracuse and also tossed a scoreless inning of relief against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 23.

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The Toronto Blue Jays are granting outfielder Dexter Fowler’s request to be released, Sportsnet reported Tuesday.

The Blue Jays signed the 36-year-old veteran to a minor league deal on March 31 and he appeared in three games at Triple-A Buffalo, batting .417 (5 for 12) with three RBIs.

He has not played in the majors since tearing his left ACL in a game with the Los Angeles Angels on April 9, 2021.

In 14 MLB seasons, Fowler has appeared in 1,460 games, collecting 1,306 hits — 127 of them homers — and 517 RBIs. A lifetime .259 hitter, he was an All-Star with the Cubs in 2016, winning the World Series in the second of his two seasons in Chicago.

Fowler also has played for the Colorado Rockies (2008-13), Houston Astros (2014) and St. Louis Cardinals (2017-20).

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Oakland is counting on right-hander Paul Blackburn to continue his hot start as he takes the mound when the reeling Athletics host the Tampa Bay Rays in the second contest of a three-game series on Tuesday night.

Oakland has lost four straight games and five of its past six.

Blackburn (3-0, 1.35 ERA) will try for his career-high fourth win of the season. He’s been impressive in carving out a spot in the A’s rotation after going 1-4 with a 5.87 ERA in nine starts last season.

In his most recent start, Blackburn held the San Francisco Giants to three hits and struck out four in five innings of shutout ball to earn the win in Oakland’s 1-0 victory on Wednesday.

“I think we’re all aware that this Paul Blackburn is one we could kind of project to be able to have success at the major league level,” Oakland manager Mark Kotsay said. “And to see it happening now, it should feel good not only for Paul but for us as an organization.”

Blackburn, who has allowed just three runs on 14 hits with 18 strikeouts and two walks in 20 innings this season, picked up his first win of the year when he dominated the Rays during a 13-2 win on April 11.

Blackburn allowed just three hits, struck out seven and walked one as he held Tampa Bay scoreless for five innings in his first appearance against the Rays in his career.

The Rays likely will counter with left-hander Ryan Yarbrough, who would make his season debut after being sidelined with a groin injury. Yarbrough threw 59 pitches over 2 2/3 innings at Triple-A Durham on Thursday and didn’t suffer any setbacks, according to Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash.

Yarbrough, who went 9-7 last year with a 5.11 ERA and 117 strikeouts and 27 walks in 155 innings, hasn’t pitched against Oakland since 2019. He is 1-0 with a 3.29 ERA lifetime in 13 2/3 innings against the A’s.

Tampa Bay had no trouble in Monday’s series opener, a 6-1 win that ended the Rays’ two-game slide.

Yandy Diaz homered and scored two runs, Manuel Margot had three hits, including two doubles, and starter Drew Rasmussen (2-1) allowed just one run on one hit over five innings.

The win was a welcomed start to the Rays’ 10-game trip after a mediocre homestand.

“We just went 5-4 on the homestand, and that’s not what we’re shooting for,” Cash said. “We need to find a way to get on a run and get the offense going and give the pitchers some breathing room a little bit.”

The Rays scored six runs in the first five innings Monday against Oakland starter Daulton Jefferies (1-4), who allowed six earned runs on 11 hits with four strikeouts and no walks in five innings before being pulled for Domingo Acevedo.

Oakland recorded just two hits — singles by Jed Lowrie and Chad Pinder.

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One unexpected benefit to Houston Astros closer Ryan Pressly missing his 16th game with right-knee inflammation on Monday was the continued development of late-inning options in his stead.

Houston right-hander Rafael Montero recorded his second save in locking down the host Astros’ 3-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners in the opener of a three-game series that will continue Tuesday night.

Right-hander Ryne Stanek earned the save in the Astros’ 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, while right-hander Hector Neris leads the club with seven games finished.

“That’s very important because you have guys (who are capable),” Astros manager Dusty Baker said of the closing options. “Stanek hasn’t done it as much as Neris and Montero, but he’s learning. When Pressly does come back and he goes a couple of days in a row, you have other guys that you feel comfortable putting in that role and situation.”

Right-hander Cristian Javier (1-0, 1.35 ERA) will start the middle game of the set for the Astros. Javier earned the victory in his first start of the season on Wednesday, limiting the Rangers to two runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts over five innings. He made his first three appearances out of the bullpen before joining the rotation.

Javier is 2-0 with a 0.53 ERA over five career games (two starts) against the Mariners.

Right-hander Chris Flexen (1-3, 3.38) is the scheduled starter for the Mariners for Tuesday. He has made seven starts of at least seven innings with no more than one run allowed since the start of the 2021 season, the most such starts in the American League in that span.

Flexen took the loss Thursday in his previous outing after allowing two runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings in the Mariners’ 2-1 setback to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Flexen is 0-4 with a 7.01 ERA in five career starts against the Astros. He held Houston to three runs on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts over six innings in a 4-0 loss on April 16.

As part of the league-wide mandate to set 26-man rosters after play on May 1, Seattle optioned left-hander Justus Sheffield to Triple-A Tacoma following Sunday’s victory in Miami.

Sheffield logged four scoreless relief appearances last month, but the club wants him to resume starting. Over the prior three seasons, Sheffield was 9-12 with a 5.28 ERA in 32 starts.

“We’re trying to get him stretched out a little bit if we would need a starter,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “Obviously he has starting experience; he’s had some success here.

“He’s always relied on the sinking fastball and the changeup, and the slider kind of got away from him last year. We’re going to focus on him throwing more sliders and getting that back into being a big weapon for him. He was doing that out of the bullpen, but he needs reps. He’s still a young pitcher, and we need to get more out of him than the random inning or two here or there.”

–Field Level Media