There is a particular sound when Francisco Lindor barrels a baseball—a crack that hangs in the air just a second longer, a kind of punctuation that signals intent. On Wednesday night at Fenway Park, that sound returned at just the right moment for a New York Mets club desperate for traction.

Walker Buehler wanted to let his tweets "(sponsored by Buffalo Trace," he said to speak for themselves after being ejected Tuesday at Fenway.