BOSTON — .Their weekend in St. Petersburg Lance Parrish Jersey , not only disaster in terms of suffering their first series sweep of the season, was made worse by the New York Yankees sweeping four games in Baltimore to close the gap in the American League East.Three games on Players’ Weekend, three losses by a combined count of 24-5.Article continues below ...“Sometimes you go through tough times,” Red Sox infielder Eduardo Nunez said after Sunday’s 9-1 blowout at the hands of the upstart Rays. “Off-day tomorrow and start all over again.“This happens in a long season. We know it’s not going to be easy all the way through. At some point, you’re going to have tough times. It was a very tough week for us. Turn the page and keep going. We’re in first place for a reason.”Now losers of five of the last seven games, the Red Sox are home for a quick pair against the lowly Miami Marlins before heading back out on the road. Boston left-hander Brian Johnson faces the recently suspended Jose Urena in the opener Tuesday night.The Red Sox swept two games from the Marlins in Miami as part of a nine-game winning streak and 17-2 start to open the season. Johnson won one of those games and Urena pitched a strong game in a no-decision in the other.Johnson is 4-3 with a 4.12 ERA overall but 4-1 with a 3.63 ERA in 10 starts (the team is 8-2 in those 10 starts). He gave up one run in six innings in the early appearance at Miami.Urena, suspended for six games after hitting Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna Jr., pitched a complete-game two-hitter against the Washington Nationals before serving his suspension. He comes off the suspension to pitch and brings a 4-12 record and 4.50 ERA into the game.After the right-hander dropped his appeal, manager Don Mattingly, who criticized Urena for throwing at Acuna on the first pitch of a game after the Atlanta rookie had hit four homers in three games against Miami, said, “It makes sense from our standpoint. Obviously, Jose had to make his decision. I think he made a good decision http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , getting this thing on the back side of him, and working toward the rest of the year.“He wasn’t going to participate in the series coming up, so there was no reason to prolong this.”The Marlins come into this game 53-72, but have split their last 10 games.Mattingly returns to the park where he did so many good things during his playing career. He hit .313 with four homers and 30 RBIs in 65 games (58 starts) at Fenway, .292 with 11 homers and 79 RBIs overall against the Red Sox.Obviously, his bat can’t help in this series — as the Red Sox look to shake off their miserable weekend and get back on track.The Sox were swept for the first time in almost exactly a year — when they were outscored 25-4 in the first Players’ Weekend, that one at Fenway.“Just a bad weekend,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “That’s it. They’re playing great baseball. They play great here. They’ve done this to some good teams. It was just a bad weekend in (St. Petersburg). Day off tomorrow and we’ll get them Tuesday.”J.D. Martinez, the subject of triple crown talk through much of the season, has overtaken teammate Mookie Betts for the American League batting lead (.337 to .335). He is second to Khris Young in home runs (39/38) and leads in RBIs (110). Minor league report for Apr. 6 action"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections 2019 Spring TrainingProspectsCommentaryNews and NotesDodgers Minor League ReportConnor Wong homers to help the Quakes earn victoryNew,10commentsMinor league report for Apr. 6 actionPDTShareTweetShareShareConnor Wong homers to help the Quakes earn victoryJayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY SportsThe Dodgers’ minor league affiliates went 1-3 on Saturday. The Tulsa Drillers and the Great Lakes Loons have yet to win a game, each with a 0-3 record going into Sunday’s games.Triple-A: Oklahoma City DodgersOklahoma City showed impressive performances on Saturday, but it wasn’t enough for them to defeat the San Antonio Missions. Paulo Orlando and Jake Peter hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning to cut the Missions’ lead to one run. The Dodgers took advantage of the defense’s mistakes to score another run. Rocky Gale reached base by means of a fielding error and advanced to second base when Daniel Castro received a walk. Ezequiel Carrera would groundout Travis Wood Jersey , but Gale scored because of a throwing error by the second baseman, Keston Hiura.The game was tied going into the eighth, but the Missions would break the tie in the top of the ninth, courtesy of a two-run homer by Tyrone Taylor. The Dodgers were not able to respond to the scoring, losing the game, 6-4.The most impressive outing of the night came from the Oklahoma City pitching staff, who struck out a total of 18 batters. Ben Holmes and Zack McAllister each notched five K’s, Jaime Schultz and Justin Grimm earned three a piece and Josh Smoker snagged the last two. Double-A: Tulsa DrillersThe Tulsa Drillers could almost taste their first “W” of the season, but they were not able to hold on to the lead in the 8-5 loss to the Arkansas Travelers. The Drillers got off to a 2-0 deficit in the second inning, but were able to take the lead in the fourth. With one out in the inning, Tulsa hit back-to-back singles, followed by back-to-back doubles to get three runs on the board, going up 3-2 over the Travelers.Arkansas scored four more off of pitcher J.D. Martin before getting another two runs in the ninth for good measure. This would be enough to give them the edge over the Drillers.This is the the Double-A affiliate’s third loss in a row. They look to find their first victory on Sunday.Single-A: Rancho Cucamonga QuakesThe Quakes improve to 2-1 on the season after defeating the Stockton Ports on Saturday http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , 4-3.Connor Wong and Marcus Chiu each smacked home runs late in the game to add to the lead. The Quakes would need both of these runs because the Ports scored a run in the ninth to finish just one run shy of staying alive. Rancho Cucamonga scored four runs off of five hits and three walks. They were 2-for-5 with runners in scoring position, leaving four runners on base. Class-A: Great Lakes LoonsThe Loons scored three runs, more than any other time this season, in their 5-3 loss to the Lake County Captains. They fall to 0-3 to start the season.Jasiel Alvino pitched in relief for the Loons and allowed the Captains to score three runs in his appearance, which earned him the loss. Niko Hulsizer, Miguel Vargas and Leonel Valera each earned an RBI on Saturday. The offense was 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left six on base.Saturday scoresSan Antonio 6, Oklahoma City 4Arkansas Travelers 8, Tulsa Drillers 5Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 4, Stockton Ports 3Lake County Captains 5, Great Lakes Loons 3Sunday schedule12:05 pm PDT: San Antonio Missions (Aaron Wilkerson) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (Tony Gonsolin)11:05 am PDT: Arkansas Travelers vs. Tulsa Drillers 2:09 pm PDT: Stockton Ports (Wyatt Marks) vs. Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (Gerardo Carrillo)11:05 pm PDT: Lake County Captains vs. Great Lakes Loons