NY Mets wear camouflage uniforms, beat Cardinals as Jenrry Mejia picks up win  —  Mejia (now 3-0) blanks Cardinals over 6-plus, David Wright and Travis d'Arnaud drive in runs for Mets, who get just enough offense.  New closer Kyle Farnsworth gets first save with Mets.  —  Jenrry Mejia knows pain.

Baseball games still take too long.  Blame the Red Sox.  —  It's a rite of spring.  Baseball arrives and everyone notices that baseball games are getting longer and longer.  —  Carl Bialik at Nate Silver's Fivethirtyeight.com site crunched the numbers and, sure enough, the trend is continuing.

Fernandez strikes out 14 as Marlins shut out Braves  —  ATLANTA — Jose Fernandez matched his career high with 14 strikeouts in eight innings and combined with Steve Cishek on a three-hitter as the Miami Marlins shut out the Atlanta Braves 1-0 on Tuesday night.

MLB suspends Gomez, Maldonado, others  —  Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez and catcher Martin Maldonado both were suspended by Major League Baseball for their roles in Sunday's benches-clearing skirmish with the Pittsburgh Pirates.  —  Gomez, who helped start the incident …

Cabrera homers, has three hits to lead Tigers over White Sox  —  DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer, Justin Verlander pitched seven solid innings and the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.  —  Cabrera was 4 for 23 on this homestand …

Pujols goes yard twice to join 500 HR club  —  WASHINGTON — Albert Pujols hit the 500th home run of his career Tuesday night, becoming the 26th player in major league history to reach that milestone.  —  The Los Angeles Angels' first baseman did it with a pair of shots off Washington …

Harvey off Twitter after controversial tweet  —  NEW YORK — Matt Harvey's Twitter account is outta here.  —  Harvey's final tweet Tuesday created a stir.  —  On the six-month anniversary of his Tommy John procedure, the rehabbing New York Mets ace tweeted “I can't believe it's …

Hellweg has torn elbow ligament  —  Right-hander Johnny Hellweg, the Brewers' No. 7 prospect according to MLB.com, was diagnosed today with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, an injury that often requires so-called Tommy John surgery and a 12-18 month rehabilitation.

Blue Jays Claim Darin Mastroianni, Designate Kenny Wilson  —  The Blue Jays have claimed outfielder Darin Mastroianni off waivers from the Twins, the club announced via press release.  To make room on the 40-man roster, Toronto designated fellow outfielder Kenny Wilson for assignment.

Surgery recommended for Ivan Nova  —  Ivan Nova's season appears to be over.  The Yankees right-hander has been advised to have Tommy John surgery to repair a partially torn right ulnar collateral ligament.  —  Nova was examined on Tuesday by team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad …

Why doesn't Big Papi exploit the infield shift by bunting?  —  Let's do some back of the envelope math.  Whom would you rather have at the plate?  Miguel Cabrera in all of his 2013 glory, or David Ortiz ... bunting?  —  After doing some very extensive mathematical research …

Jays' Dickey takes ball in opener with Orioles  —  The Sports Network  —  R.A. Dickey will try to solve his control problems tonight when the Toronto Blue Jays begin a three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles.  —  Dickey is 1-3 with a 6.26 earned run average through four starts this season, walking 15 in 23 innings.