Red Sox 14, Twins 2

Mike Napoli started a seven-run fourth inning with a broken-bat homer and Justin Masterson allowed one run in 5 2-3 innings as Boston rolled to a 14-2 victory over Minnesota on Monday night.

Napoli had his bat sawed off on an inside pitch from Brian Duensing. The Red Sox went on to score six more times in the inning off Duensing. Xander Bogaerts, Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia hit run-scoring doubles.

"It was a weird feeling," Napoli said. "I think the bat might have broken the last time I was up because it just exploded in my hands."

The outburst was some good news after the Red Sox placed catcher Christian Vazquez on the 60-day disabled list with a right elbow sprain earlier in the day. Vazquez will get a second opinion Wednesday from orthopedist James Andrews in Gulf Breeze, Fla., and could be facing season-ending Tommy John ligament-reconstruction surgery.

Masterson scattered five hits while striking out four and walking one. He had given up nine runs in 12 1-3 innings in his previous four starts.

Twins reliever Blaine Boyer made an emergency start and pitched 1 2-3 innings in place of Kyle Gibson, who had the flu.

Coinciding with Vazquez going on the DL, catcher Sandy Leon was acquired from the Washington Nationals for cash considerations.

Leon will join the Red Sox on Wednesday and is expected to be in the starting lineup for their game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Port Charlotte. Boston has just five exhibition games remaining before opening the season next Monday at Philadelphia.

Leon will compete with veteran non-roster invitee Humberto Quintero for the backup catcher's job. Ryan Hanigan will be the starter now that Vazquez is sidelined.

In 34 major league games with the Nationals over the past three seasons, Leon hit .189 with three doubles, one homer and five RBIs. He is a career .236 batter in the minors.

"We're looking to add depth at the position," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "We have good reports on his receiving ability and we're going to take as good a look at him as we can."

Reliever Koji Uehara, sidelined with a strained left hamstring, will throw a bullpen Tuesday but Farrell does not expect the closer to be ready for opening day.

Mets 7, Marlins 1 

Michael Cuddyer hit his sixth home run this spring and Lucas Duda homered, doubled and drove in five runs as New York beat Miami

Duda homered in the fourth inning. He added a three-run double in the sixth and Cuddyer, who signed with the Mets in the offseason, followed with his home run.

Duda missed the Mets' first 11 exhibition games because of a strained intercostal muscle. He has at least two hits in each of his past three games.

"I'm feeling good at the plate," Duda said. "I feel like my timing is getting back a little bit. Hopefully, it will carry over into the season."

"As far as the injury goes, I was kind set back a little bit," Duda said. "But it feels great right now. My body feels great."

Mets starter Rafael Montero threw six scoreless innings, allowing only two hits. He struck out six and walked none.

Montero is making it difficult for the Mets to hand Dillon Gee the fifth starter's spot. The right-hander has allowed a total of two runs and seven hits in his last three spring starts.

"Last year, for whatever reason, we did not see the command of his stuff that we had heard," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "We've seen it the last two times against two very good teams. I think we may have to make the best judgment we can make as we get towards of the weekend of who it's going to be."

Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said he's not sure if All-Star second baseman Daniel Murphy (hamstring) will start the season on the disabled list.

Baseball, football, Magee says he just wants to improve

Not the typical transaction path: cut from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, join the Boston Rex Sox at minor league camp.

But linebacker and would-be outfielder Brandon Magee is a confident enough athlete that he's sought two-sport advice from Bo Jackson.

"Just told me to stay humble and try to keep working hard and outwork everybody out here," Magee said, adding that the former superstar running back and outfielder told him he needs to get more flexible.

The 24-year-old participated in Red Sox camp last year but did not play in any games and has yet to play a spring training game this year. He was cut from the Bucs last week, then reported to the Red Sox a day later. He had seven tackles in nine games last year.

Magee said he's curious to see what he can do if he focuses fully on baseball. He's at Red Sox camp to try to be successful and make the most of the opportunity, he said.

"I'm not scared of anything," Magee said. "I'm ready to go right now. ... I'm going to keep grinding at it. I'm going to succeed."

He played three seasons with Arizona State and was drafted in the 23rd round of the 2012 draft by Boston. He hit .103 over 27 games across three seasons with the Sun Devils.

He says he's not sure whether he'll play baseball or football this year.

"As of right now I don't even know what I'm going to do next week," he said. "I'm just taking it day by day and see where it goes."

Manfred says Montreal needs a firm commitment for stadium

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday that Montreal needs a new stadium to have any chance of bringing the sport back to the city.

"The key thing in Montreal would be to have a plan for an adequate facility that could support baseball over the long haul," he told The Canadian Press just a few days before Montreal hosts two exhibition games between the Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds at Olympic Stadium.

Manfred said the league would need a strong commitment from Montreal for a new stadium before the league could seriously consider relocating a team or expanding there.

"I don't expect people to go into the ground and build a facility without some sort of commitment that they are going to get a team," he said. "But I do think that you need a plan, and a commitment to how that plan is going to be executed."

The Expos joined the National League for the 1969 season and remained in the big leagues through 2004 before moving to Washington and becoming the Nationals.

While the Expos failed to draw 1 million spectators to Olympic Stadium in any of their final seven seasons, a total of 96,350 fans attended a pair of exhibition games there in March 2014 between the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays.