The outcome of Wednesday afternoon’s Rays-Dodgers game could have gone either way in the seventh inning. What happened in that crucial frame went a long way toward breaking the Rays’ four-game losing streak.

Brewers reliever Jacob Barnes was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow soreness and reliever Michael Blazek was recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs prior to Wednesday’s game against the D-backs.

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Astros manager A.J. Hinch said he’s confident infielder Luis Valbuena will avoid being placed on the disabled list after he left Tuesday’s game with a strained right hamstring in the second inning. Valbuena is still listed as day to day, but wasn’t in the starting lineup for Wednesday’s series finale against the Yankees.

Matt Moore slowly walked off the mound on a hot, humid Southern California day, with the sun bearing down. Aside from the spattering of Rays fans at Dodger Stadium cheering, it was largely unceremonious. With trade rumors swirling around the Rays, and particularly Moore, Wednesday afternoon’s start, a 3-1 Rays win, quite possibly could have been the lefty’s last for the team that drafted him more than nine years ago.

The Marlins and Major League Baseball unveiled the logo for the 2017 All-Star Game, which will be held at Marlins Park, in an on-field ceremony on Wednesday.

The A’s plan to bring back left-hander Dillon Overton, ranked by MLB Pipeline as the organization’s No. 9 prospect, on Saturday for a start in Cleveland.

Alex Rodriguez walked into the visitor’s clubhouse at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday afternoon wearing a nice dress shirt and jeans. He strolled over to his locker before changing into a midnight navy shirt and green shorts.

With the defending World Series champion Royals fading fast from playoff contention, manager Ned Yost held a team meeting prior to Wednesday’s series finale with the Angels.

Most players will claim, whether it’s true or not, that they do not read the things that are written about them. Not Huston Street.

Taijuan Walker took a big step toward rejoining the Mariners’ rotation on Wednesday by throwing three pain-free innings in a simulated game at PNC Park prior to Seattle’s series finale with the Pirates.

The insatiable Red Sox offense made sure Michael Fulmer wouldn’t breeze in and out of Fenway Park on Wednesday afternoon. But the rookie starter avoided the big inning en route to 7 2/3 strong frames while helping the Tigers beat the Red Sox, 4-3, for their ninth series sweep of the season.

Steve Pearce may not be a big name, but he’ll be highly in demand as the Rays enter the trade deadline. As a versatile lefty-masher without a big salary, he should be the type of piece every contender wants to add to a postseason bench.

Brad Ziegler threw a fastball over the plate to one of the best hitters in baseball and got burned. Ziegler, who had yet to allow a run in six appearances for the Red Sox entering Wednesday, surrendered a go-ahead homer to Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera in the top of the ninth inning at Fenway Park that gave Detroit a 4-3 win and a three-game series sweep.

A day after suffering a Grade 1 strain of his left intercostal muscle, Jose Reyes said he hopes he can return to the Mets by Friday for their game against the Rockies at Citi Field. Reyes called Wednesday’s series finale against the Cardinals a “treatment day,” with no plans to be available as a pinch-hitter or defensive replacement off the bench. He will also rest Thursday, in the hope of returning as soon as Friday.

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Before the Tigers took Wednesday’s series finale, 4-3, at Fenway Park, the Red Sox were the only team in the Major Leagues that had gone all of 2016 without being swept. Miguel Cabrera mauled the go-ahead home run in the ninth to make sure the Red Sox joined the ranks of the swept. It was his 21st homer of the year and his 12th go-ahead shot in the ninth inning or later over the last 10 seasons, most in the Major Leagues.