Cincinnati Reds took a risk on Matt Harvey, will be it rewarded?  —  Every trade involves an element of risk.  —  The Reds took a big one Tuesday when they sent Devin Mesoraco to the New York Mets for troubled pitcher Matt Harvey.  —  In terms of baseball, it's not much of a risk at all.

New York Yankees look to move ahead of Boston Red Sox  —  NEW YORK — If the New York Yankees noticed they once trailed the Boston Red Sox by 7 1/2 games in the AL East, manager Aaron Boone did his best to conceal knowledge of the fact.  —  Yet that is how the divisional standings looked …

Homer-happy D-backs beat Dodgers 8-5 in 12 innings  —  LOS ANGELES — A belief they're going to win, even when they blow the lead or trail in a game.  That confidence used to belong to the Los Angeles Dodgers.  Now, it's owned by the Arizona Diamondbacks  —  David Descalso hit a tiebreaking …

Mets bat out of order in first inning against Reds  —  The New York Mets' downward spiral continued with a Little League blunder Wednesday afternoon in Cincinnati when they batted out of order in the first inning against the Reds.  —  The lineup handed to the umpires had Asdrubal Cabrera hitting second and Wilmer Flores batting third.

Milwaukee Brewers' Stephen Vogt suffers career-threatening shoulder injury while on rehab  —  No player on the Milwaukee Brewers' roster does a better job of keeping his chin up and looking at the bright side than Stephen Vogt, one of the most upbeat players you ever could meet.

Error feels deflating for Martinez  —  Jose Martinez lined his fourth homer of the season over the center-field fence in the first inning Tuesday and, it seemed, the Cardinals were off and running.  —  But, four innings later, Martinez couldn't handle a liner by Eddie Rosario to first base …

Orioles' Dylan Bundy gives up four home runs without recording an out vs. Royals  —  Baltimore starter Dylan Bundy redefined futility from the mound Tuesday night in his outing against Kansas City.  —  Bundy became the first pitcher in modern MLB history to give up four home runs without recording an out …

Reliever Brent Suter homers, helps Brewers beat Indians 3-2  —  MILWAUKEE — Pitcher Brent Suter hadn't hit a home run since high school.  —  Imagine his surprise and delight when he went deep on AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber.  —  This wasn't just a shot that curled around the foul pole …

Rockies top Angels, win sixth in row … Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani heads to first on a ground-out against the Colorado Rockies during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Denver.  (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)  — JACK DEMPSEY

Springer gets 2 more hits, Astros beat A's 4-2  —  George Springer kept up his hitting surge with two hits and two RBIs, Alex Bregman homered and the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Tuesday night.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — As happy as AJ Hinch has been with the top of his lineup …

At 53, Rafael Palmeiro says he's joining professional independent league team in Texas  —  Rafael Palmeiro says he is returning to professional baseball at the age of 53.  —  The longtime Texas Ranger and Baltimore Oriole told The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday that he has agreed to play …

Hellickson throws 6 perfect innings in Nationals' 4-0 win  —  SAN DIEGO  —  Jeremy Hellickson didn't give the San Diego Padres a chance over the first six innings.  —  It was 18 up and 18 down for the Padres, who only four nights earlier had been no-hit by four Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers in Monterrey, Mexico.

White Sox prospect Jake Burger tears his Achilles tendon for a 2nd time  —  White Sox prospect Jake Burger out for the 2018 season: “It sucks but I have to stay positive.”  (Chris Kuc/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune  —  A prospect many view as the White Sox's third baseman of the future has suffered another setback.

Under the cover of Lightning, the Rays aren't as bad as previously thought  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Rays left-hander Blake Snell, off to a great start in 2018, was talking about his team's life as a Tampa Bay second banana.  He spoke at his locker, next to and nearly behind a blue banner that hung from the ceiling in the home clubhouse.

Cubs beat Marlins 4-3, benches clear in 4th  —  Bryant scores go-ahead run in 8th  —  CHICAGO - Kris Bryant slid home safely with the go-ahead run on Victor Caratini's grounder to the right side in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Injury leaves more questions than answers for Dodgers' Kershaw  —  LOS ANGELES_Clayton Kershaw politely invited the media to his locker Tuesday afternoon for his first interview since being diagnosed with biceps tendinitis.  But, his left shoulder hurting, he wasn't really in the mood.

Why a 21-K game is MLB's best record that can actually happen  —  The coolest individual accomplishment we could reasonably hope to see this baseball season is a 21-strikeout start*.  This is just my opinion, which you might not share, and ordinarily that disagreement would be fine and we'd walk away friends.

Yoenis Cespedes out of Mets' lineup vs. Reds with quad issue  —  CINCINNATI — Yoenis Cespedes rested his aching quad Wednesday.  Battling a tight right quad since Sunday, Mickey Callaway gave the left fielder the day off with the idea of getting him off his feet for two straight days.

Dylan Cozens finding his groove again at triple-A Lehigh Valley  —  ALLENTOWN - Dylan Cozens is in the same place he was a year ago and still, he is in a far better place.  —  In a perfect world, the 23-year-old slugger would have moved in unison to the major leagues with fellow bash brother Rhys Hoskins last season.

Pittsburgh Pirates end long road trip against lowly Chicago White Sox  —  The Pittsburgh Pirates will wrap up a 10-day, nine-game road trip when they play the Chicago White Sox in a series finale Wednesday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.  —  Pittsburgh (20-16) …