Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton chalks poor start up to ‘a bad week’  —  NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton's first homestand as a member of the New York Yankees went far differently than he or anyone who visited Yankee Stadium this past week envisioned when he was traded to the club in the offseason.

Brewers place Yelich on DL with right oblique injury  —  MILWAUKEE — Christian Yelich took some swings in the batting cage but his right oblique was still sore.  —  So the Milwaukee Brewers placed him on the 10-day disabled list on Sunday, four days after one of their prized offseason …

Olney: Like Charlie Blackmon, future free agents can capitalize on emotional leverage  —  Charlie Blackmon concluded a deal with the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday that guarantees him $108 million, or basically the same amount of money slugger J.D. Martinez got from the Boston Red Sox, in spite of a couple of stout industry trends.

Red Sox rally past Rays for 8th straight win  —  Andrew Benintendi hit a tiebreaking RBI double in Boston's wild six-run eighth inning, and the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7 on Sunday for their eighth straight win.  —  The Red Sox improved to 8-1 with the sweep of their weekend set against the struggling Rays.

Shohei Ohtani leaves Angels' teammates saying one thing: 'We haven't seen that before'  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. - Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia says there was a plan to Shohei Ohtani's spring, and now we're seeing the end result of it.  —  That plan was clearly to lull the rest of baseball into a false sense of security.

Marlins salvage game against Philadelphia 6-3  —  Fish pick up road win  —  PHILADELPHIA - Jake Arrieta lasted just four innings Sunday in his Philadelphia debut, and the Phillies lost 6-3 to the Miami Marlins on Brian Anderson's tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning.

Sick Bellinger helps Dodgers beat Giants 2-1 in 10 innings  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A bad plate of sushi or room service left Cody Bellinger weakened enough that he was held out of the starting lineup.  Bellinger managed to summon enough strength to spark a key rally when the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers needed him most.

Yadier Molina needs to be restrained after D-backs' Torey Lovullo calls him a ‘motherf—er’ while arguing balls and strikes … It wasn't exactly Pedro Martinez and Don Zimmer, but Yadier Molina and Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo got into a heated benches-clearing altercation on Sunday.

Fiers, passed ball help Tigers top White Sox 1-0 for sweep  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Fiers thought quality pitching, not the weather, kept down the offense in the Detroit Tigers' 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox.  —  “The ball wasn't carrying,” he said, “because they weren't hitting weren't hitting many barrels.”

Ohtani takes perfect-game bid into 7th in home debut  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani retired the Oakland Athletics' first 19 batters and yielded one hit over seven shutout innings in his home pitching debut, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-1 victory Sunday.

Mariners' Healy injures ankle in postgame workout  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seattle Mariners first baseman Ryon Healy injured his right ankle during a postgame workout Saturday and likely will miss at least a few games this week.  —  Healy was injured following an 11-4 win over Minnesota …

Blue Jays homer twice off Hamels in 1st, beat Rangers 7-4  —  Kendrys Morales added a three-run shot in the first inning and the  —  Texas Rangers 7-4 on Sunday.  —  Jaime Garcia (1-0) won while facing Texas for the first time in the 31-year-old's 176th career start.

Winn's double leads San Jose to 6-1 win over Inland Empire  —  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Matt Winn hit a run-scoring double in the fourth inning, leading the San Jose Giants to a 6-1 win over the Inland Empire 66ers on Sunday.  —  Sandro Fabian scored on the play to give the Giants …

Alex Rodriguez wonders what it would have been like to be a Met  —  The MLB season is still very young, but that doesn't stop the world from overreacting to every storyline!  USA TODAY Sports' Steve Gardner breaks it all down.  USA TODAY Sports  —  CONNECT