Michael Wacha threw a full bullpen before Sunday’s game, but Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said the club is still taking a wait-and-see approach concerning his return.

The Cardinals announced late Saturday that Lance Lynn, Adam Wainwright and Shelby Miller will be the starters against the Brewers from Tuesday-Thursday. With the off-day Monday, all three starters will be pitching on normal rest, and John Lackey will have his scheduled start on Tuesday skipped.

All three NL division leaders moved closer to their ultimate goal Saturday night, and no one made a bigger statement than the Dodgers. Meanwhile, in the AL, the Central and Wild Card races continue to look like they’ll come down to the season’s final weekend.

No denying the baseball axiom about momentum being the next game’s starting pitcher. The motion, however, has to get started before the momentum takes over. And the Oakland A’s may well have found that starting point on Saturday night.

In danger of letting go of their American League Wild Card spot Saturday, the A’s not only survived a game started by Felix Hernandez but won it, courtesy of Jed Lowrie’s bases-loaded walk against a wild Fernando Rodney in the 10th inning for a 3-2 victory at a roaring Safeco Field.

Mike Trout hit two home runs and Jered Weaver struck out 12 as the Angels extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 5-2 win over Houston on Saturday night at Angel Stadium.

In the top of the sixth inning Saturday, Giants manager Bruce Bochy made history when he became the first father to hand his son the ball in a Major League game when he brought Brett Bochy in with the bases loaded.

Not long after his two-out RBI double in the first inning had the Dodgers rolling toward four runs off Tim Hudson in Saturday night’s 17-0 thrashing of the Giants at AT&T Park, Matt Kemp put the cherry on top with his strike from right field erasing Angel Pagan at the plate on Buster Posey’s single.

Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond set a personal milestone in Saturday night’s game against the Mets, as he reached the 20/20 (homers and stolen bases) plateau for the third straight season.

Copying San Francisco’s four-run first inning from the series opener, the Dodgers added a four-run second inning and pounded out a record-setting 17-0 pulverizing in support of a four-hitter for six scoreless innings from Zack Greinke — when he wasn’t slugging a two-run homer and double off the wall.

Doug Fister fired six solid innings, while Bryce Harper’s two-run jack set an early tone as the Nats reduced their magic number in the NL East to six with a 10-3 win over the Mets on Saturday night.

Two Tommy John surgeries knocked Daniel Hudson out of baseball for more than 26 months, but on Saturday night, he returned to Chase Field — entering the game to a huge cheer — and pitched an inning during the D-backs’ 10-4 win against the Padres.

Torii Hunter showed why he is still one of the best in the business, laying out in right field to prevent two potential runs from scoring in the top of the eighth inning before Alex Avila’s homer gave the Tigers a 5-4 victory over the Indians on Saturday night.

Dayan Viciedo’s walk-off two-run homer off Glen Perkins in the ninth inning gave the White Sox a 7-6 victory over the Twins and a sweep of Saturday’s doubleheader.

At least most of the 45,205 in attendance got their Hank the Dog bobblehead. The doll became the consolation prize at Miller Park Saturday night. This may not have been the original intention, but it was the actual result.

Again showing confidence in an array of secondary pitches, along with bashing a key double, Shelby Miller continued his string of strong starts in a 5-4 win for St. Louis against the Rockies on Saturday night in front of 45,552 at Busch Stadium. The Rockies scored three runs in the ninth inning, but Pat Neshek got Rafael Ynoa to fly out to center to end the game.

With one fifth-inning swing of the bat by Jose Abreu during the White Sox 7-6 Game 2 victory over the Twins on Saturday night, the rookie designated hitter ended a long home run drought and made history at the same time.