Gallardo wins it for Brewers — as a hitter

Yovani Gallardo only has two wins in his 10 starts for the Brewers this year, but Tuesday night he won a game with his bat. With the Brewers out of position players, Gallardo’s pinch-hit double scored Mark Reynolds from third with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Brewers to a 7-6 victory over the Orioles at Miller Park.

Trout leading AL vote-getter; closest battle is at 2B

The first ballot update for the American League’s starting lineup for the All-Star Game was released on Tuesday, and Mike Trout, with 764,007 votes, has nearly 90,000 more votes than his nearest competitor. Only two other players — Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista and Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter — have more than 600,000 votes.

Dodgers leave mark with 17 straight no-hit innings

A double in the eighth inning on Monday ended the Dodgers’ bid to become the first team with back-to-back no-hitters, but the 17 consecutive hitless innings turned in during Paul Maholm’s ninth inning on Saturday, Josh Beckett’s no-hitter on Sunday and Hyun-Jin Ryu’s seven perfect innings Monday were historic in their own right.