Marcelo Mayer was hitting .271 with nine home runs and 43 RBI in 43 games for Worcester. In 2024, Mayer hit .307 with an .850 OPS at Double-A Portland. In Saturday night's game against Baltimore, he started at third base and batted sixth. He went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.

Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman could be nearing a trip to the injured list after leaving Friday’s game with right quadriceps tightness, manager Alex Cora said. “He’s getting an MRI. He’s sore,” Cora said at Fenway Park on Saturday morning before Boston was set to face the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of a split doubleheader.

So Marcelo Mayer’s debut didn’t quite the way he would have liked, going 0-4 with three strikeouts. But it was a memorable day nonetheless, featuring a standing ovation, a new position, and a scramble to find car keys he’d lost several weeks before. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)