Rookie Whit Merrifield tripled and hit his first Major League homer, and Edinson Volquez tossed seven shutout innings as the Royals held on for a 2-1 win over the Indians on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Wait, he’s at the plate. No, he’s in the stands?

Just what exactly is a can of corn, anyway?

Ryan Howard and Odubel Herrera each homered while Jerad Eickhoff tossed six scoreless innings in the Phillies’ 7-0 victory over the Blue Jays on Monday night at Rogers Centre.

With each strikeout in the opening innings and with every Cubs hitter that returned to the dugout empty, the crowd of 37,187 fans at Nationals Park seemed to grow louder with the anticipation of seeing history.

Sadly, we can’t all record commercials for Father’s Day.

There is an idea of who some of the top amateur talent for next year is already, based on how they performed as college sophomores or high school juniors. Here’s a quick look at five college and five high school players who could be among those taken with the early picks in the Draft next June.

First place in the American League East is on the line as the Orioles and Red Sox open a three-game series at Fenway Park today on MLB.TV.

Left-hander Eric O’Flaherty was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right knee strain and Ryan Weber was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett before Monday’s opener against the Reds at Turner Field.

The Reds have agreed to terms with No. 2 overall pick Nick Senzel, a source told MLB.com’s Jim Callis.

Though fear of tampering charges prevented the Giants from freely expressing any enthusiasm for obtaining Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun, manager Bruce Bochy said nothing to dispel San Francisco’s possible interest in acquiring the slugging left fielder.

Someone listened to Hawk Harrelson’s advice to “Stretch!”

Tim Lincecum is days away from joining the Angels’ rotation. Angels manager Mike Scioscia said on Monday that the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner will “definitely” join the team in Oakland over the weekend and will probably make his 2016 debut on Saturday, the middle game of a three-game weekend series against the A’s.

The Dodgers released outfielder Carl Crawford after he cleared waivers on Monday.

The Rangers are placing Yu Darvish on the disabled list with tightness in his right shoulder and neck. The Rangers have recalled pitcher Alex Claudio to take his place

Adrian Beltre reported improvement in his strained left hamstring on Monday, but Jeff Banister isn’t ready to put him in the lineup. Banister is targeting Thursday for Beltre’s return.

Phillies manager Pete Mackanin updated the status of recently injured starter Vince Velasquez and third baseman Maikel Franco prior to Philadelphia’s home-and-home series opener against the Blue Jays on Monday.