Jeff Niemann (1-0) pitched seven sharp innings to help Tampa Bay win its seventh straight, all on the road, and match the club’s best winning streak away from Tropicana Field in one season.
It was also Tampa Bay’s first sweep of a series three games or more in Fenway Park.
John Lackey (1-1), who signed a 5-year, $82.5-millon contract with Boston during the offseason, allowed eight runs and nine hits in only 3 1-3 innings.
The Red Sox (4-9) are off to their worst start since opening 1996 at 2-11. Boston was 0 for 30 with runners in scoring position in the series, with Jeremy Hermida’s two-run homer the only runs in the series finale.
In Seattle, Doug Fister took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Ken Griffey Jr. and Casey Kotchman combined to drive in five runs and Seattle beat Baltimore.
After a two-out walk in the first, Fister (2-1) retired the next 16 batters in a row before Nick Markakis opened the seventh with a clean single to center.
Griffey had a two-run single in the Mariners’ 7-run third inning and Kotchman hit a two-run home run in the third and a RBI double in the seventh.
Jack Wilson also had three hits, including two doubles.
Orioles starter Brad Bergesen (0-2) lasted only 2 2-3 innings. He was charged with six hits, seven runs, though only four were earned, and walked three without a strikeout.
Fister finished with three hits and one seven innings. He walked one and struck on three.
In Anaheim, California, Joel Pineiro pitched into the eighth inning and Fernando Rodney got the save against his former team, closing out Los Angeles’ win over Detroit.
The Angels won their fourth straight after beginning the season 2-6.
Pineiro (2-1) allowed nine hits in 7 1-3 innings, struck out four and walked none.
The right-hander started two inning-ending double plays—one on a line drive by Alexei Avila that trapped Brandon Inge off first base in the second, the other on a comebacker by Miguel Cabrera in the sixth.
Dontrelle Willis (0-1) allowed two runs and four hits over seven innings and struck out two.
In Toronto, Jose Bautista hit two home runs, Brandon Morrow pitched seven innings and Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak.
Travis Snider also homered to help the Blue Jays win for the 18th time in 22 home games against Kansas City.
Attendance was 10,314, the smallest crowd in the 22-year history of Rogers Center and breaking the mark set last Wednesday, when Toronto drew 10,610 for a game against the Chicago White Sox.
Morrow (1-1) allowed one run and three hits, lowering his ERA from 12.00 to 7.31. He walked two and struck out eight. Kansas City right-hander Brian Bannister (0-1) allowed six runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings, raising his ERA from 2.19 to 4.58.
