Astros' Alex Bregman rips umpires with profane rant after fan-interference call  —  Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman responded with a string of expletives Wednesday when asked for his reaction to his sixth-inning triple, which was later overturned due to fan interference.

Daily Dose: The Eovaldi Gambit  —  Less than 24 hours after the New York Yankees gave up a trio of prospects, including highly-touted righty Dillon Tate, to acquire Zach Britton from the Orioles, the Red Sox responded with their own AL East rental agreement, picking up right-handed starting …

Mahle, Reds to face another rookie in Phillies' Suarez  —  The Cincinnati Reds certainly have seen this before.  In fact, they keep seeing it and seeing it.  —  For the third time in four games Thursday, Cincinnati will go up against a pitcher making his first major league start.

Versatile Romo helps hold off Yanks for 3-2 win  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Sergio Romo relieved in the eighth inning, shifted to third base when Jonny Venters replaced him in the ninth, then struck out Brett Gardner to end the game with two on and give the Tampa Bay Rays a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday.

Is it time to trade deGrom?  The Mets have a big choice to make  —  I'm not advocating that the Mets trade Jacob deGrom.  I'm not advocating that the Mets keep Jacob deGrom.  This isn't a hot take.  There are plenty of those all over talk radio or the internet or your local bar …

Trout, Pujols and Ohtani homer as Angels rout White Sox 11-3  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) With their three biggest stars all shining Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Angels put on quite a show.  —  Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Shohei Ohtani homered in the same game for the first time …

Blackmon's homer in 9th gives Rockies 3-2 win over Astros  —  DENVER (AP) Charlie Blackmon didn't have to wait long for a shot at redemption.  —  The night after Blackmon made a costly error in center field, he hit a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning …

Albies set to return as Braves take on Dodgers  —  It appears the Atlanta Braves' offense will get a lift, just in the nick of time.  —  The Braves are expected to get second baseball Ozzie Albies back in the lineup when the Los Angeles Dodgers come to town to begin a four-game series at SunTrust Park.

Bartolo Colon, Hall of Famer?  Maybe it's not so crazy  —  Bartolo Colon is a joy to watch, a wild outlier, a historically significant major leaguer, one of the best pitchers of his generation and clearly worse than the average Hall of Fame starter.  —  That last clause might end the conversation.

Albert Pujols hits 631st career home run, passing Ken Griffey Jr. for No. 6 on all-time list  —  Albert Pujols' already impressive MLB career just became a little bit better.  —  The  —  Los Angeles Angels first baseman drilled a home run deep over the left field wall in the second inning

Hector Neris is trying to regain his shutdown power in Lehigh Valley  —  ALLENTOWN — Hector Neris doesn't want to think anymore.  —  If his most tumultuous of summers — headlined by two demotions to Lehigh Valley in the second half of June alone — has taught him anything …

Lehigh Valley's Dean Anna knows what life is like as a career minor-leaguer  —  Dean Anna got the call to Joe Girardi's office during the last week of spring training in 2014.  The shortstop, after toiling in the minors, independent leagues, and internationally for a half-dozen years …

Plastic bucket hat protects fan from further injury at Wrigley Field  —  Score one for an odd choice in headgear.  —  A 19-year-old fan at Wrigley Field received five staples to close a cut after he was hit by a footlong metal tile that fell from the stadium's iconic hand-operated center-field scoreboard …