The Dodgers avoided their first four-game losing streak of the year Tuesday night, rallying from three runs down to beat the resurgent Padres, 8-6.

Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke is only a “possibility” to make his scheduled start on Thursday, manager Don Mattingly said after Tuesday night’s 8-6 win over the Padres.

The A’s returned to the Coliseum on Tuesday in search of some answers. They had lost five straight games and seven of their last eight. They had been struggling offensively. And, most importantly, they had slipped behind the Angels in the AL West. But home cooking is often a good remedy for these A’s, as was the case in the first of two meetings with the Mets. Oakland won, 6-2, and while it was hardly an offensive eruption for the team that has scored the most runs in baseball, it was a step in the right direction.

Jon Jay was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the ninth inning on Tuesday to give the Cardinals their second walk-off win over the Reds in as many nights. With the 5-4 victory, they are 5-1 on the current homestand.

Commissioner Bud Selig made a little bet with himself as he was flying to his last regular-season appearance at the home of the A’s, figuring that the team’s long quest for a new ballpark would be the first topic of discussion with the media.

Chris Iannetta lofted a Koji Uehara offering to the Green Monster for an RBI double, plating Brennan Boesch for the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth to lead the Angels to a 4-3 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday night at Fenway Park. The American League West-leading Angels are a half-game ahead of the A’s, who beat the Mets, 6-2.

On Tuesday night, the Royals scored six runs with two outs in the seventh and eighth to rally for a 7-4 series-opening victory over the Rockies at Coors Field.

Chants of “MVP!” greeted Giancarlo Stanton as he stepped up with two on and two outs in the 10th inning. The 24-year-old slugger backed the cheers up by blistering a walk-off RBI single that lifted the Marlins to a 4-3 win over the Rangers on Tuesday night at Marlins Park.

Jered Weaver has been on the mound for at least two of the Angels’ best home run robberies. On Tuesday night at Fenway Park, he watched glowingly as right fielder Kole Calhoun saved three runs by taking one away from Brock Holt.

Chris Tillman continued an impressive stretch with an eight-inning gem that kept first-place Baltimore rolling to a 5-1 win — and series victory — over Chicago.

The Nationals continue to stay hot as they won their eighth consecutive game and pounded the D-backs, 8-1, at Nationals Park on Tuesday night. A six-run third inning and eight innings out of Stephen Strasburg led the way for Washington.

Hisashi Iwakuma showed once again the value of efficiency as the Mariners’ starter chalked up eight shutout innings as Seattle topped the Phillies, 5-2, on Tuesday and stayed in a tie for the American League’s second Wild Card spot.

Twenty-nine years removed from the only World Series championship in franchise history — and the last postseason appearance the Royals made — this is a team that has gone from wanting to claim a Wild Card spot to a team that feels it can win a division.

Stephen Strasburg fanned four D-backs batters over eight innings Tuesday night at Nationals Park, tied for his lowest strikeout total since the beginning of July. However, the performance was enough to give the hard-throwing right-hander 198 strikeouts on the season, a new single-season career high.

Evan Gattis has caused a number of jaws to drop while displaying his incredible raw power during batting practice the past couple of years. Occasionally, he does the same in a game.

Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, the White Sox colorful television play-by-play man, took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge following the third inning of Tuesday’s game between the White Sox and Orioles at U.S. Cellular Field.

Tony La Russa declined to meet with reporters Tuesday, but through a spokesperson, the D-backs’ chief baseball officer said a USA Today report that stated the “D-backs currently plan to bring back” manager Kirk Gibson for 2015 was inaccurate.