There was no happy follow-up to the Royals’ magical footloose victory of 24 hours earlier. Just when a chance to dance closer to first place had presented itself, too. The Chicago White Sox ruined that ambition with a 7-5 victory on Tuesday night, keeping Kansas City from slicing into the 1 1/2-game lead that front-running Detroit holds in the American League Central. The Tigers lost at Minnesota.

Two games into a rugged 11-game road trip, the journey suddenly got a lot smoother for the Mariners on Tuesday night as they steamrolled the Angels, 13-2, and pulled within a game of an American League Wild Card berth.

When the Giants’ braintrust sat down in July to discuss the possible acquisition of Jake Peavy from the Red Sox, Bruce Bochy was asked about his previous experience managing the right-hander as a youngster when the two were together with the Padres. “They knew I was all in on it,” Bochy said.

For all the focus and excitement that surrounds Dodgers center fielder Yasiel Puig, it is important to step back and times and remember that he remains a player with a ton of raw ability who is far from a finished product.

The A’s began their final regular season homestand Tuesday night with a sloppy, 6-3 loss to the Rangers.

It was a lovely Tuesday night to be out and about along the Beltways. How often do you get a chance to celebrate division titles by two home teams in one night?

Matt Clark plated the tying run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth, while Hector Gomez delivered the go-ahead single in the 12th to give the Brewers a 3-2 win over the Cardinals on Tuesday night.

Ubaldo Jimenez retired the final 10 he faced and Steve Pearce hit a key homer as the Orioles earned their first AL East crown since 1997 with an 8-2 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Lance Lynn was denied his 16th win after Trevor Rosenthal’s blown save in the ninth, while Kevin Siegrist gave up the go-ahead single in the 12th in the Cardinals’ 3-2 loss to the Brewers on Tuesday night.

Tuesday night’s glove-flick double play could very well end up being the poster for Dodgers second baseman Dee Gordon’s Gold Glove campaign. And he still has no idea how it unfolded.

Jose Altuve slapped a double to left field in the fifth inning and hit a single in the seventh inning of Tuesday’s game against the Indians, giving him 211 hits for the season. That passed Craig Biggio’s franchise single-season hits record set in 1998.

Dan Haren’s struggles and a boatload of misfortune led to the Dodgers’ 10-4 loss on Tuesday night, despite outhitting the Rockies 16-9. Los Angeles’ lead in the National League West shrunk to three games after San Francisco’s win in Arizona.

The most superstitious of Orioles fans can begin planning for the postseason. Baltimore clinched the American League East with an 8-2 win over the second-place Blue Jays on Tuesday. In all likelihood, the O’s will be hosting one of the AL Division Series.

On Tuesday, the Nationals wrapped up their second National League East title in three years, but they feel they are far from done celebrating.

The Indians put a damper on Jose Altuve’s record-setting night, using Yan Gomes’ two-run homer and another tremendous outing from Corey Kluber to hold off the Astros, 4-2, at Minute Maid Park on Tuesday night and climb to five games back of the second American League Wild Card spot after the Royals lost, 7-5.

Things escalated quickly at Tropicana Field on Tuesday, as the benches cleared and three Yankees were ejected in the late innings of the Rays’ 6-1 win. Yankees manager Joe Girardi was tossed in the top of the eighth, and his replacement — bench coach Tony Pena — as well as right-handed reliever David Phelps were ejected a half-inning later, after Phelps sent a fastball under Kevin Kiermaier’s chin and to the backstop — a play that emptied both dugouts.

J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, but the Twins rallied with two runs in the bottom of the frame for a wild 4-3 victory over the Tigers at Target Field. The loss was frustrating but it could have been costlier, as the Royals were defeated by the White Sox later in the evening, keeping the Tigers 1 1/2 games up in the American League Central.