Kyle Schwarber smacked a pair of home runs and drove in four runs as the Boston Red Sox completed a two-game sweep of the visiting New York Mets with a 12-5 blowout victory on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Schwarber had a three-run blast in the second inning after clubbing a solo shot in the first.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Chris Sale improved to 5-0 after throwing five innings of two-run, six-hit ball with two walks and link dewadominoqq<\/a> eight strikeouts for the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Alex Verdugo and Jose Iglesias each had a pair of RBIs for Boston (88-65), which earned its seventh straight win and remained two games ahead of New York Yankees for the top American League wild card spot.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Pete Alonso had a solo home run and Jeff McNeil, Francisco Lindor, James McCann and Luis Guillorme each drove in a run for the Mets (73-79).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n New York starter Taijuan Walker (7-11) surrendered six runs on six hits with a pair of walks and a strikeout in two innings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n New York has dropped seven of its last eight while falling 9 1\/2 games behind St. Louis for the final NL wild card.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n