The Nationals walked off for the second straight game against the Pirates on Sunday night at Nationals Park, claiming a 6-5 victory behind a game-winning sacrifice fly from pinch-hitter Scott Hairston in the bottom of the 11th inning.

Todd Helton, whose No. 17 became the first retired number in Rockies history, never focused on individual numbers. But those statistics may just land the first baseman in the Hall of Fame.

Drew Stubbs hit a walk-off, three-run homer in the ninth inning to cap a wild rally for the Rockies in a 10-9 victory over the Reds in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Coors Field.

Right-handed pitching prospect Kyle Zimmer, the Royals’ first-round pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, made his season debut on Sunday by facing three batters for Class A Idaho Falls.

The Giants’ 5-2 victory against the Phillies on Sunday was the team’s second consecutive at AT&T Park, where they hadn’t won back-to-back games since a five-game home win streak May 27-June 8. With the Dodgers getting swept by the Brewers in Los Angeles, the Giants also closed to within 3 1/2 games of the National League West leaders.

Jonathan Lucroy logged five RBIs in the first two innings, Wily Peralta tied for the Major League lead with his 15th victory, and the Brewers finished a sweep of the Dodgers to move into a tie atop the National League with their 70th win with a 7-2 victory on Sunday.

Presumably anticipating that the topic would arise in his postgame news conference following Sunday’s 7-6 win over the Padres, manager Mike Matheny snipped any debate about a closer controversy by interrupting the question before it could even be fully asked.

Something clicked for the Rangers on Sunday afternoon against the Angels. With no outs, Alex Rios, Adrian Beltre and Mike Carp each singled, the last base hit tying the game. Adam Rosales followed with a walk-off single to give the Rangers a 3-2 victory at Globe Life Park.

Hiroki Kuroda retired 17 straight batters to highlight a dominant outing and Brett Gardner drove in two runs as the Yankees completed their road trip with a 4-2 victory over the Rays on Sunday at Tropicana Field.

Mark Teixeira hit his 361st career home run on Sunday at Tropicana Field, tying Joe DiMaggio for 80th place on the all-time list.

David Wright received 45-60 minutes of treatment on his sore left shoulder following Sunday’s game with the Cubs, which he sat out. The shoulder, which has given him problems for two months, was re-aggravated when it absorbed the blow of an 88-mph fastball on Saturday night.

The Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) Softball World Series came to an end on Sunday with RBI Santo Domingo bringing the championship trophy back to the Dominican Republic for the second time in three years and third time overall with a 4-1 victory over Houston Astros RBI at Texas Woman’s University.

The White Sox scored six runs in the first inning against Toronto starter Drew Hutchison on Sunday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field and held on for a 7-5 victory to pick up the series win.

Seattle used a stellar pitching performance from the red-hot Chris Young to capture, at once, Sunday’s series finale against the Tigers, the weekend series and, for now, the AL’s final playoff spot. Behind six scoreless innings of four-hit ball from Young, the Mariners won, 8-1.

On Sunday, Giancarlo Stanton’s bat propelled the Marlins to .500 for the first time since July 29 as they beat Arizona, 10-3, and secured their third consecutive series win. With four RBIs, Stanton’s season total climbed to a National League-best 88, surpassing his career-high of 87 set in 2011.

Nationals center fielder Denard Span is putting together a career year. Still, the leadoff man’s future in Washington remains uncertain.

Held to one run over a 25-inning stretch, the Orioles rallied behind six solid innings from Kevin Gausman in a 4-1 victory over the Indians on Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field.