Chris Murphy notched his second career save with a scoreless ninth inning Sunday against the Blue Jays.

Seranthony Domínguez and Grant Taylor were unavailable after pitching the previous two days, so Murphy got the call in spite of having allowed six runs in 4 1/3 innings to begin the year. He began the ninth by walking Kazuma Okamoto, but he then retired three in a row to protect a 3-0 lead. Murphy’s previous save was of the three-inning variety while with the Red Sox in 2023.