Yankees slugger Stanton touched by Miami reception in return  —  MIAMI (AP) The Yankees slugger choked up.  —  Giancarlo Stanton acknowledged being touched by the warm reception he received the first time he stepped to the plate Tuesday at Marlins Park.  —  He saluted the crowd, waved and patted his chest as he looked to the stands.

Nationals' Surprising Decision to Surrender Just Their Latest Chapter in a Season to Forget  — Three weeks after the trade deadline, Mike Rizzo and the Nationals finally gave up on their vastly underachieving 2018 season by trading Daniel Murphy and Matt Adams.

Making sense of the weird three-team race in the NL West  —  It has been several years since we've had a good division race in the National League West.  The Los Angeles Dodgers have won five straight division titles and weren't really threatened in any of those seasons.

Former White Sox pitcher Dean Stone, unlikely winner in 1954 All-Star Game, dies at 87  —  The Washington Post  —  Dean Stone, a former pitcher for the White Sox and Washington Senators best known for earning the win in the 1954 MLB All-Star Game despite not retiring a batter …

Allen's 2 catches help Bieber, Indians beat Red Sox 6-3  —  BOSTON (AP) Cleveland pitcher Shane Bieber was sure to thank fellow rookie Greg Allen for making his debut at Fenway Park a successful one.  —  The rare times Bieber made a mistake, Allen was there to cover - no matter the distance …

Cardinals homer in 14th straight game, beat Dodgers 5-2  —  LOS ANGELES — Even when the Cardinals run into each other, they can't lose.  —  Yadier Molina and Marcell Ozuna slugged two-run homers and St. Louis overcame a lack of communication in the outfield to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 on Tuesday night.

Reddick's HR, rookie's poise help Astros beat Seattle, 3-2  —  SEATTLE (AP) — Houston manager A.J. Hinch knows his pitching staff can throw good fastballs.  However, it is the change-of-direction pitches that bring a smile to his face.  —  Rookie left-hander Framber Valdez won in his big-league debut, and

Jeff McNeil already seeing pitchers make adjustments, but he's handling them fine  —  Jeff McNeil on his 4-for-4 game in Mets' 6-3 win Matt Ehalt, Staff Writer, @MattEhalt  —  NEW YORK — Part of the development of any young hitter is learning to adapt to the adjustments pitchers make to them as more data becomes available.

How Matt Carpenter went from hitting .140 in mid-May to potential MVP  —  Through good times and slumps, Matt Carpenter finds structure in the familiarity of his routine.  When he was hitting .140 in mid-May, Carpenter faithfully arrived at the park at 1 p.m. before home night games and 3 p.m. on the road.

Rangers 2019 season schedule released: Final Globe Life Park opener comes against Chicago Cubs  —  Globe Life Park will go out in style.  —  The Rangers will open and close the 2019 season, the final year at the stadium that opened in 1994, at home and with a bang.

Yankees plan to use Justus Sheffield in bullpen later this season  —  MIAMI - Justus Sheffield will have a chance to impact the Yankees as a reliever.  —  And as he works his way to the Bronx, All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman might be heading to the 10-day disabled list.

Cleveland Has Taken The Fly-Ball Revolution To The Next Level  —  CLEVELAND — Few players have changed their profiles as dramatically as Francisco Lindor.  —  As a minor league prospect, Lindor was not the masher who currently sits atop the Cleveland Indians' lineup.

Gennett homers as Reds beat Brewers 9-7  —  MILWAUKEE — Scooter Gennett burned his former team in a big way Tuesday night.  —  Gennett hit a tiebreaking solo homer with two out in the ninth, helping the Cincinnati Reds beat Milwaukee 9-7 and prevent the Brewers from gaining ground in the National League playoff race.

Where will Detroit Tigers' Nicholas Castellanos play on defense?  —  Jamie Samuelsen, co-host of the “Jamie and Stoney” show at 6 a.m. weekdays on WXYT-FM (97.1), blogs for freep.com.  His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.