Mike Trout grew up in South New Jersey wanting to be a shortstop, a position he played until his senior year of high school, and he idolized Derek Jeter.

Jason Hammel gave up three hits over seven-plus innings, while Starlin Castro belted two solo home runs to help the Cubs beat the Brewers, 4-0, and snap a four-game losing streak in front of a sellout crowd of 45,286 on Sunday at Miller Park.

Another day, another record for Jose Abreu. The White Sox rookie first baseman, who started at designated hitter during Sunday’s 9-2 victory over the Rays, drove in four with a two-run homer in the sixth off of David Price and a two-run single in the seventh, giving him 31 RBIs for the month of April. That total sets the Major League Baseball rookie record for April, which he previously shared with Albert Pujols, who had 27 in 2001.

Reds manager Bryan Price was ejected for the first time as a skipper during Sunday’s 1-0 loss against the Braves after arguing when a replay challenge did not go his way.

Omar Infante matched a career high by driving in six runs to back a strong outing from ace James Shields as the Royals rolled to a 9-3 win over the Orioles in Sunday’s rubber game at Camden Yards.

Collin McHugh held the A’s to two hits — a single in the first and another in the ninth — a hit batter, three walks and one run in 8 2/3 innings for his second sterling performance in a row to lead the Astros to a 5-1 win on Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park.

With eight more shutout innings, Adam Wainwright pushed his scoreless inning streak to 25, and the Cardinals provided more than enough support in the 7-0 win against the Pirates at Busch Stadium on Sunday.

Jose Abreu drove in four to set the rookie record for RBIs in April with 31 and give righty Scott Carroll plenty of support to win his Major League debut, as the White Sox routed the Rays, 9-2, on Sunday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field.

Given a chance to compete against one of the game’s best on Sunday afternoon at Turner Field, Julio Teheran matched zeros with Johnny Cueto over eight innings and then saw his effort rewarded when the Braves claimed a 1-0 win in 10 innings over the Reds, courtesy of Freddie Freeman’s walk-off single.

R.A. Dickey erased control problems that have plagued him this season as the Blue Jays topped the Red Sox, 5-1, at Rogers Centre on Sunday afternoon, snapping a four-game losing streak in the process.

Ian Kennedy retired 16 straight at one point and the Padres got contributions from up and down their lineup in a 4-2 win over the Nationals on Sunday in Washington.

Six times Anthony Recker has started at catcher this season. All six times the Mets have won. That could be either a lucky coincidence or a testament to Recker’s growing prowess behind the plate. Most likely it’s a combination of the two considering Recker’s improvements in just about every aspect of his game.

The Mets keep chugging right along. Unfazed by a rare pitching blip in Saturday’s loss to the Marlins, they rebounded behind Dillon Gee for a crisp 4-0 win in Sunday’s series finale at Citi Field.

The Blue Jays made history on Sunday afternoon by becoming the first Major League team to have six players from the Dominican Republic in their starting lineup.

Clayton Kershaw wasn’t happy when manager Don Mattingly told him Sunday the team is having him make another Minor League rehab start.

The Orioles on Sunday officially placed first baseman Chris Davis on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique strain. The move is retroactive to Saturday.

There have been incidents with salad tongs, scorpions and cacti. And another with a thick phone book during a motivational session. While Jean Segura’s injury from Ryan Braun’s bat in the dugout Saturday night was scary, it was another in a long line of odd mishaps suffered by members of the Brewers’ organization over the past couple of decades.