The Texas Rangers put second baseman Ian Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday because of bruised ribs.

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The St. Louis Cardinals routinely pound on the Milwaukee Brewers’ pitchers, and Yadier Molina is one of the main culprits.

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Enjoying plenty of early season success, Travis Wood has been as reliable as could be for the Chicago Cubs.

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With their desired lineup intact for the first time in 40 games, the Atlanta Braves offense turned it up a notch in their 8-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jason Heyward, who just returned from the disabled list on Thursday after undergoing an emergency appendectomy in Colorado last month, reached base three times to help set the table. Justin Upton then cleared it in the sixth, cracking his third career grand slam off Paco Rodriguez.
”As soon as he took that swing, I knew that ball was going to be out of the ballpark,” said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. ”That was one of the prettiest swings I’ve seen put on a baseball.’
After traveling an estimated 461 feet, we’re sure the baseball agreed with Gonzalez’s assessment. It was Upton’s tenth homer — out of 14 — to travel over 420 feet this season. He’s averaging 427 feet on all of his home runs, which is the most for any players with more than five.
Just awesome, game-changing power. As we’re about to learn, though, the Diamondbacks aren’t exactly lacking that type of player despite trading Upton during the offseason. But boy how nice would it be to have two of them?
Good as Goldy : How about the start for Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt? After going 4 for 5 with two more home runs and 4 RBIs in the D-Backs 9-2 win over the Marlins on Friday night, the 25-year-old slugger is up to .338 on the season with 12 big flys and 35 driven in. Only Upton has more homers in the National League with his 14. Goldschmidt is also second in RBIs to Brandon Phillips. An all-star bid seems more likely with each passing day.
Hiroki Special: For the fifth time since the beginning of the 2012 season, Hiroki Kuroda gave the New York Yankees eight plus innings of scoreless baseball. Only Felix Hernandez has more during that time with eight. Kuroda didn’t have much room for error on this night as Mark Buehrle nearly matched him through six innings. New York did manage single runs in the first and fifth, and then finally broke it open with a three spot in the seventh to lock up their 5-0 win.
Rosales strikes again! And this time… it counts! After hitting a game-tying home in Cleveland last week that was incorrectly ruled (despite a review) a double, Adam Rosales left no doubt on Friday. His eighth inning solo home run was the difference in Oakland’s 2-1 victory over James Shield and the Royals.
”I think I was pretty sure about that one,” Rosales said with an ear-to-ear grin. ”It felt good to get over that hump. Every ballfield I went to, they all were saying, ‘Oh, it was a homer,’ or you talk to family and friends and like, ‘Yeah, it was a homer.’ So, now they’ll be talking about something else. They’ll talk about a real homer.”
And more importantly, a real win.
MORE SCORES
Mets 3, Cubs 2: Matt Harvey gets the win on the hill and the game-winning RBI at the plate. He’s already 5-0.
Phillies 5, Reds 3: Philly gets two in the eighth after bullpen blows lead for Cliff Lee.
Pirates 5, Astros 4: The Astros lose in the most Astros way possible .
Indians 6, Mariners 3 (10 inn.): Three-run, walk-off home run by Jason Kipnis sends Indians fans home happy.
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Rays 12, Orioles 10: Camouflaged Rays strike early and often, then hold on as O’s rally for six runs in eighth.
Red Sox 3, Twins 2 (10 inn.): Boston steals another game late on the road. Jonny Gomes’ sac fly in the tenth is the difference.
Tigers 2, Rangers 1: The pitching duel scheduled for Thursday arrived one day late.
Cardinals 7, Brewers 6: David Freese’s long-awaited first home run in 2013 was a grand slam. That helped St. Louis overcome two three-run homers by Aramis Ramirez.
Rockies 10, Giants 9: Jordan Pacheco’s go-ahead grand slam in the fifth holds up as Colorado snaps their 10-game losing streak to San Francisco.
White Sox 3, Angels 0: Even dozen strikeouts for Chris Sale.
Nationals 6, Padres 5 (10 inn.): Chad Tracy homers off Huston Street in the tenth. That’s six allowed by San Diego’s closer in 17 innings.

”We don’t want to be the heart-attack kids, but it’s a good character check for us right away.”
— Jonny Gomes on Boston’s back-to-back dramatic road victories in their final at-bats.

• Elias says the Yankees are the first team in AL history to begin a season 17-0 in games they’ve scored first.
• Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson became first pitcher to allow eight earned runs and still win the game since Andy Pettitte in 2007.
• According to Yahoo!’s Jeff Passan , the Kansas City Royals have lost six of James Shields’ nine starts this season, with each coming by one run.
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PHILADELPHIA — Domonic Brown drove in the go-ahead run with a fielder’s choice in a two-run eighth inning Friday night, as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3.

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Three questions about the video above:
1. Is Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, haunted?
2. Is Daniel Murphy, the New York Mets hitter whose bat that came off, a wizard with ball-disappearing powers?
3. Does MLB have a new strategic partnership with “Ghost Adventures” to come out and investigate baseballs vanishing?
No to all three? Oh. Well then. I guess we’ll have to go with the boring explanation: Murphy’s line drive to right field in Thursday’s Mets-Cards game flew through a small gap between two pieces of the outfield wall.

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COMMENTARY | The New York Mets have seen their hot start to the season get erased as they’ve struggled in May. Their inability to score runs has been one of the main culprits during this month-long cold streak, and Ruben Tejada is one of the main offenders. In 12 games played and 46 at-bats, Tejada is hitting .174/.224/.217 in May. During this slump, he’s seen his season batting average drop all the way to .222. More importantly, his on-base percentage has taken a nosedive, currently standing at .295.

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TORONTO (AP) — J.P. Arencibia and Adam Lind each hit two-run home runs, Ramon Ortiz won for the first time since 2011 and the Toronto Blue Jays won their season-high fourth straight game Wednesday night, beating the San Francisco Giants 11-3.

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Not counting Game 3 of the 2012 ALDS against the Yankees (which counts but … you know), Jim Johnson had logged a Baltimore Orioles record 35 straight saves going back to July. No more, the San Diego Padres said Tuesday night. With two outs in the ninth, Chris Denorfia hit a tying single and Everth Cabrera followed with a go-ahead knock to lift the Padres to a 3-2 victory at Camden Yards . Afterward, it was business as usual for Johnson, who said he never thought much of the streak. Orioles manager Buck Showalter told the Baltimore Sun of Johnson’s postgame activity:
“He’s grinding out on a bicycle,” he said, “Getting ready for [Wednesday].”
Never turn your back on Felix : This is why Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez can never, ever leave a ballgame under any circumstances. Hernandez took a three-run lead into the sixth inning against CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees Music Factory, but he tweaked his back on a comebacker by Curtis Granderson. The Grandy Man, in his first game back after breaking his arm during spring training, must have transferred his injury curse mojo to King Felix, who finished the inning with discomfort and didn’t come out for the seventh. Hernandez said it’s “nothing serious” and that he would be fine for his next start, but the M’s couldn’t hold on against the Yankees, who rallied for three runs in the seventh and won 4-3.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jonathan Pettibone pitched neatly into the seventh, Kevin Frandsen and Domonic Brown hit solo homers and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2 on Tuesday night.

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