Red Sox Activate Brock Holt, Move Dustin Pedroia To 60-Day IL  —  The Red Sox have activated infielder Brock Holt from the 10-day injured list and transferred second baseman Dustin Pedroia to the 60-day IL, per a club announcement.  The team also optioned left-hander Darwinzon Hernandez to Double-A Portland.

Cardinals' May malaise drags on with 10-inning loss that ‘stings a little more than most’  —  The Cardinals already were mired in a May malaise of historic proportions.  It had been precisely 100 years, since 1919, that the Cardinals had waited this deep into the month of May before winning two successive games.

On Memorial Day, Marlins' Adam Conley remembers his favorite game he ever pitched  —  Adam Conley is almost certainly not going to be in the Hall of Fame.  He might never even be an All-Star or start another game.  He does, however, have a unique place in MLB history because of a midsummer win in 2016.

For a day, Rays' Yonny Chirinos quiets talk of adding a starter  —  The Tampa Bay righthander delivers five innings of no-hit ball to down the Blue Jays  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Yonny Chirinos, clean shaven and 25, looks nothing like Dallas Keuchel, the bearded 31-year-old free agent pitcher …

Yankees pitchers slowly returning to health  —  James Paxton has been cleared to come off the injured list and will slip back into the Yankees rotation this week.  —  “He is cleared.  We'll talk and make sure, but we're probably looking about Wednesday,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said of Paxton's first start after being activated.

Detroit Tigers sluggish, sloppy on Memorial Day in loss to Orioles, 5-3  —  BALTIMORE — The Detroit Tigers should've showed themselves better than this.  —  After losing a weekend series against the Mets, they arrived in Baltimore on Sunday evening, many hours before the Orioles returned home from a trip to Colorado, past 2 a.m.

Cole fans 12 as Astros down Cubs 6-5  —  Gerrit Cole tied a season high with 12 strikeouts in six solid innings and the  —  Cole Hamels early and held on for a 6-5 win over the  —  Chicago Cubs in the opener of an interleague series on Monday.  —  Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer in the first inning …

D-backs' Weaver goes to IL with forearm injury  —  The Arizona Diamondbacks placed pitcher Luke Weaver on the 10-day injured list one day after the right-hander left his start because of forearm tightness.  —  Weaver will undergo an MRI Monday in Phoenix to determine the full extent of the injury.

Yankees top Padres 5-2 before sellout crowd  —  Clint Frazier hit a solo homer and Brett Gardner followed with a two-run homer in the second inning as the New York Yankees beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 Monday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.  —  Playing in front of their second sellout crowd of the season …

Rockies Place Charlie Blackmon On Injured List  —  The Rockies have placed outfielder Charlie Blackmon on the 10-day injured list, Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post reports.  Blackmon hasn't played since May 23 because of a right calf problem.  His roster spot is going to outfielder Yonathan Daza …

Pirates Acquire Yefry Ramirez, Designate Jesus Liranzo  —  The Pirates have acquired right-hander Yefry Ramirez from the Orioles for a player to be named later or cash considerations, per announcements from both teams.  To make room for Ramirez on its 40-man roster, Pittsburgh designated righty Jesus Liranzo for assignment.

Giants, Buster Posey have felt pain of concussions.  What is MLB doing?  —  More than once in recent years, athletic trainers and team doctors sat in a conference room at Major League Baseball's winter meetings and tossed around a blasphemous idea.  —  They debated whether to let catchers …