Goldschmidt's two-run single caps second-inning Cards rally  —  Paul Goldschmidt's two-run single, extending his hitting streak to eight games, capped a three-run second inning for the Cardinals Sunday as they pulled ahead of the New York Mets.  3-1.  —  But the key play of the inning involved …

Angels' sixth straight loss comes on same night Pujols tops Ruth on Elias RBI list  —  ANAHEIM, Calif.-There was a time not long ago when Angels starting pitcher Trevor Cahill was thought of as groundball specialist.  His 54.9% career groundball rate entering Saturday's game against the Seattle Mariners …

Rays place Meadows on IL, activate Wendle  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays have placed outfielder Austin Meadows on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right thumb.  —  Meadows was hurt when he awkwardly slid into third base on a two-run triple in the seventh inning of Saturday night's 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox.

Corey Kluber, Indians down Atlanta Braves 8-4 in opener of doubleheader  —  Max Moroff homered and had two RBIs for Cleveland, which won its fourth straight.  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Corey Kluber bounced back from one of his worst outings in recent years by working seven innings …

Reds top tumbling Padres, 4-2  —  SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres are officially, statistically just ordinary.  —  If not for the fact they had been so much more for a couple weeks, playing so extraordinarily in San Diego and St. Louis and San Francisco and Phoenix, mediocre might be an achievement …

Judge has ‘pretty significant strain,’ will be out awhile  —  Aaron Judge has a “pretty significant strain” of his left oblique, according to Yankees manager Aaron Boone, and it will be several weeks before the Bombers can even estimate when the slugger will return.

How Matthew Boyd's start has him in line to be Detroit Tigers' ace  —  Detroit Tigers pitcher Matthew Boyd and wife, Ashley, weren't looking for this cause.  But ending sex slavery in Uganda has become their mission.  —  CONNECT  —  Matthew Boyd's opportunity to prove himself as a legitimate big-league ace is here.

Cubs pitcher Tyler Chatwood makes first start in series finale against the Diamondbacks  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Tyler Chatwood makes a spot start Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field as the Cubs and Diamondbacks square off in the series finale.  —  Chatwood has a 6.00 ERA in four relief outings …

Mets can solve Jacob deGrom injury saga with simple solution  —  ST. LOUIS — This is so easy, even the Mets can do it.  —  Get the MRI exam for Jacob deGrom come Monday.  Don't mess with baseball nature.  —  The saga of deGrom's elbow soreness took another strange turn Saturday …

Rosario, Twins go deep to sweep Orioles, 6-5 and 16-7  —  Eddie Rosario extended his power surge with three home runs in a doubleheader sweep by the  —  Minnesota Twins, who slammed a record-tying eight long balls against the  —  Baltimore Orioles in a 16-7 victory Saturday night after hitting three in the opener.

Amid plunking debate, MLB's marketing is all-in on bat flips  —  NEW YORK (AP) — When Tim Anderson spiked his bat and yelled toward his White Sox teammates, Major League Baseball's self-described “spicy” Twitter account was among the first to weigh in.  —  “LET THE KIDS PLAY,” proclaimed @Cut4 …

Royals sent Glenn Sparkman to Triple-A, more moves on horizon  —  One day after the Yankees chased Royals starting pitcher Heath Fillmyer from the game after four innings, the Royals optioned relief pitcher Glenn Sparkman to Triple-A Omaha.  —  Sparkman pitched three innings (74 pitches) …

Iowa Cubs pitcher Trevor Clifton finds peace, quiet and affordability in his tiny house  —  Trevor Clifton pulls out his key, gets on the back of a trailer and walks across the metal platform to a door.  —  That door marks the start of about 104 square feet of wooden housing.