11:06 PM ET It was a wild day on Sunday with walk-off hits, extra-inning games, injuries to Christian Yelich and Fernando Tatis Jr. that are hopefully not serious, a strikeout record, an actual complete game (congrats, Zach Eflin!), a rare trio of home runs and a Manny Machado web gem at shortstop. The big highlight,

3:42 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels‘ Albert Pujols passed Barry Bonds for third place on the all-time RBI list with his two-run double in the first inning Sunday. The designated hitter doubled to left field against the Kansas City Royals, driving in Mike Trout and Brian Goodwin to give the Angels’ an early lead.

7:14 AM ET CHICAGO — In three years and nearly four weeks in Chicago, Cubs Gold Glove outfielder Jason Heyward has experienced just about all the ups and downs a baseball player can endure. From the high of giving a historic Game 7 World Series speech to the lows of struggling mightily on offense, Heyward

12:47 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw delivered a vintage outing for his first win of the season, allowing one run over seven innings to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on Saturday night. Chris Taylor hit a tying sacrifice fly and Joc Pederson followed with a two-run

3:43 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez has been scratched from Saturday’s game against Tampa Bay because of back spasms. Martinez, who was in the original lineup hitting cleanup as the DH, was replaced by Steve Pearce, who was inserted into the seventh spot in the batting order. Martinez is

2:05 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Cody Bellinger hit a two-run homer in the first inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers set a major league record with homers in 33 consecutive home games in a 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday. Bellinger’s blast was noteworthy for other reasons, too. He moved

12:21 AM ET CHICAGO — In a game growing more bizarre by the inning, Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox provided the most mad-cap moment of a wild contest by passing teammate Tim Anderson on the bases, erasing a key home run. The Chicago slugger seemingly gave his club a 12-10 lead with a

2:09 PM ET WASHINGTON — The Nationals called up prospect Carter Kieboom on Friday after the middle infielder’s torrid start at Triple-A Fresno. The 21-year-old Kieboom, who was rated the 98th best prospect in baseball by ESPN’s Keith Law prior to this season, was batting .379 with three home runs and 18 RBIs in 18

7:30 AM ET Beyond the goings-on north of the border, we’ve got a playoff rematch from last season and a big AL East rematch from last weekend among other intriguing series. Here’s what we’re excited about this weekend and how we think things will play out. Two of the AL power teams meet as the

6:01 PM ET New York Mets reliever Jacob Rhame was given a two-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing at the head of Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday, Major League Baseball announced Thursday. Rhame sailed two pitches over Hoskins’ head with two outs in the