Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the Major League debut of Carlos Correa, who went 1-for-3 with a single while hitting sixth in the lineup in a June 8, 2015, game against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.

Julio Teheran kept the Padres off-balance Wednesday afternoon, as the right-hander led the Braves to a 4-2 victory, snapping Atlanta’s five-game losing streak and its 12-game skid at Petco Park.

Mike Piazza is a 12-time All-Star baseball player, a pending Hall of Famer, a coach, instructor, businessman, musician, actor, husband and father. Now, he is also a professional sports owner. Piazza announced via Twitter on Wednesday that he has agreed in principle to purchase A.C. Reggiana 1919, a club in Italy’s third-division Lega Pro.

Melvin Upton Jr. added another clip to his already-crowded 2016 highlight reel Wednesday, robbing former teammate Freddie Freeman of a homer with a leaping grab at the wall in the top of the fifth.

D-backs No. 7 prospect Peter O’Brien has been driving in runs at a torrid pace over his last nine games. He will look to stay hot for Reno on Thursday.

The Cubs were too good to leave Citizens Bank without a series victory. Right-hander John Lackey ensured they got one Wednesday afternoon in an 8-1 win over the Phillies.

Not every first pitch is perfect.

It took Albert Almora all of three plays to first make an impact in the Major Leagues.

The Yankees are starting to hit their winning stride. Joe DiMaggio has been doing just that for a good while now.

As every baseball fan knows, it a team’s plan doesn’t always work out. The Draft is a most inexact science. Sometimes can’t-miss prospects miss. Sometimes players who are overlooked make the Hall of Fame.

Kyle Lewis ranked in the top 15 nationally in batting average (.395), home runs (20), RBIs (72), on-base percentage (.535), walks (66) and runs scored (70). He was just named Baseball America’s Player of the Year. He will be a top pick in Thursday’s first round of the 2016 MLB Draft, if not the top pick.

All-Star Week festivities will formally open one month from today in San Diego, and already the 87th All-Star Game presented by MasterCard has its first study in contrasts between the American and National League teams.

It’s not as easy as you think.

Trayce Thompson homered with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday night, giving the Dodgers a 4-3, walk-off victory over the Rockies in a game that began with four dazzling innings from Dodgers teenage starter Julio Urias.

In a four-inning start Tuesday night, Julio Urias brought the Dodgers the thrill and the agony of rushing a teenager to the Major Leagues.

Xander Bogaerts hit a tiebreaking two-run single off Giants closer Santiago Casilla in the the 10th inning and the Red Sox’s bullpen pitched four scoreless frames in a 5-3 comeback victory Tuesday night at AT&T Park.

The Padres scored twice in the ninth inning, defeating the Braves on a walk-off single by Wil Myers on Tuesday.