


Dodgers: The Dodgers placed two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Snell went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA in his first two starts for the Dodgers this season. The defending World Series champions signed the left-handed Snell to a five-year, $182 million contract in the offseason. He won Cy Young Awards in 2018 with the Rays and in 2023 with the Padres. The Dodgers recalled right-handed pitcher Matt Sauer from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sunday to take Snell’s spot on the roster ahead of their game against the Phillies.
Brewers: LHP Nestor Cortes was placed on the 15-day IL with a flexor strain in his left elbow, further depleting the team’s starting pitching. The loss of Cortes leaves the Brewers with Freddy Peralta as the only healthy pitcher among those projected to be in the five-man rotation this season. Cortes’ elbow problem surfaced last weekend following a rough outing that saw him give up three home runs on consecutive pitches and five overall in a 20-9 loss to the Yankees. Imaging tests revealed no structural damage, and Cortes threw six shutout innings against the Reds on Thursday night. Cortes said the elbow didn’t feel right on Friday, and on Saturday he and the team agreed he needed to go on the injured list. Left-handed reliever Grant Wolfram was recalled from Triple-A Nashville. Cortes is the eighth Brewers pitcher, and seventh starter, to land on the IL. The Brewers went into camp knowing they’d be without Brandon Woodruff until at least May while he works his way back from shoulder surgery in September 2023. Robert Gasser was out, too, after undergoing Tommy John surgery last summer. DL Hall suffered a lat injury just before camp opened, and Aaron Ashby and Tobias Myers were lost to oblique injuries. Aaron Civale got in one start before he landed on the IL with a hamstring strain. To shore up depth, the Brewers signed veteran LHP Jose Quintana in mid-March but he’s yet to make a start. He has remained in Arizona to continue building up strength after his late arrival.
Mets: Pete Alonso hit a go-ahead single in the third and the Mets beat the visiting Blue Jays 2-1 on Sunday for their first series sweep of the Blue Jays in 24 years. The Mets extended their winning streak to four by taking three in a row from the Blue Jays. The Mets had last swept the Blue Jays from July 15-17, 2001. Bowden Francis (1-1) walked rookie Hayden Senger and Juan Soto in the third, Alonso singled and Brandon Nimmo followed with a sacrifice fly. Alonso has 11 RBIs this season. David Peterson, Max Kranick (1-0), Reed Garrett, A.J. Minter and Edwin Díaz combined on a four-hitter against the Blue Jays, who went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position and scored three runs in the series. A day after getting his first win this season, Díaz earned his second save. Feeling nauseous on the mound, Peterson grimaced after walking Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with a full-count curveball in the fifth. After a visit from an athletic trainer, Peterson loaded the bases with a walk to Anthony Santander, then forced in a run when he hit Andrés Giménez with a pitch. Kranick relieved and retired Alejandro Kirk (1-0) on a foul pop.