Gerardo Parra belted a go-ahead homer in the seventh and made a sliding catch in the eighth, while Carlos Gomez tallied three RBIs for the Brewers in a 4-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday night.

Albert Pujols’ game-tying homer on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium moved him past Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews for sole possession of 21st on the all-time home run list with No. 513.

CC Sabathia. Then Zack Greinke. The Brewers always needed to look outside the organization for quality starters. But now they have three who came up through the farm system: Yovani Gallardo, Wily Peralta and the youngster who was on display in Tuesday night’s win over the Giants, Jimmy Nelson.

By the time Adam Dunn had completed his highly entertaining inning of work during Tuesday night’s highly forgettable 16-0 White Sox loss to the Rangers at U.S. Cellular Field, MLB.com Gameday charted his pitches in the following manner. Twenty changeups, one slider and one curve.

Johnny Cueto went the distance and Jay Bruce led the charge with three hits as the Reds cruised to a 9-2 win over the Indians on Tuesday at Progressive Field.

Toronto activated infielder Brett Lawrie from the 15-day disabled list prior to Tuesday night’s game vs. the Orioles. However, the third baseman exited before the top of the fourth inning with lower back tightness.

The Rangers prevailed Tuesday night on the strength of big hits from Adrian Beltre, Robinson Chirinos and J.P. Arencibia and the resurgent pitching of Colby Lewis for a 16-0 victory at U.S. Cellular Park.

A confused David Murphy sat on his knees at third base, pointing out toward shallow center field with a confounded gaze. The Indians’ right fielder had just been thrown out after a double by Yan Gomes, but there was a baseball still resting in the grass just beyond the infield.

The Orioles muscled their way past the Blue Jays on Tuesday night, swatting three homers for a 9-3 victory in the opener of a key three-game series between the American League East rivals at Rogers Centre.

Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons was forced to exit in the fourth inning of Tuesday’s series opener against the Mariners after he sprained his left ankle stepping on third base on defense.

The Padres are expected to introduce Rangers assistant general manager A.J. Preller as their GM on Wednesday at a news conference at Petco Park, according to a Major League source. The club has not confirmed the news.

Rockies left-hander Brett Anderson was forced from Tuesday’s opener against the Cubs due to lower back spasms.

While Carlos Gonzalez hasn’t been able to catch many breaks this season, he does appear to have dodged a bullet with his right ankle injury. Gonzalez was out of the lineup for the third straight game Tuesday, but manager Walt Weiss confirmed he would be available off the bench for the opener against the Cubs and will “probably” be back starting in right field Wednesday.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly is looking at Monday night’s baserunning moment with Yasiel Puig and Albert Pujols strictly through a baseball lens — as a teaching moment for his young center fielder.

Javier Baez’s arrival is just the latest in what is sure to be a wave of Cubs prospects making the way to the North Side over the not-too-distant future.

The key word that general manager Brian Cashman kept repeating Tuesday was “flexibility,” especially as it related to letting the Nationals claim reliever Matt Thornton off waivers. His attention was also focused on the improvements he thinks the Yankees can still make as Michael Pineda and Masahiro Tanaka work themselves back to the rotation.

Matt Harvey finished his running drills, wiped sweat off his face and promptly dumped a bottle of water over his head. A well-deserved cool off for the Mets’ 25-year-old right-hander, who threw a 20-pitch bullpen session to kick off the final stage of his rehabilitation on an 87-degree day at the team’s Minor League complex in Port St. Lucie on Tuesday.