On Tuesday, All-Star hopefuls Michael Brantley, Yasiel Puig and Dee Gordon all had big nights in Los Angeles, with All-star voting coming to a close Thursday.

There was little that didn’t go the Padres’ way on Tuesday night, as they amassed a season-high 16 hits in an 8-2 victory over the Reds at Petco Park. Heck, San Diego even managed to get a call overturned with two outs in the ninth inning to end the game.

Pablo Sandoval’s 100th career homer wasn’t covered with wrapping paper and a nice, shiny bow. But it could have been.

Hisashi Iwakuma bounced back from a pair of tough outings, holding the Astros to one run over six innings Monday night, and Seattle’s bats busted out for a second straight game as the surging Mariners rolled to a 13-2 victory at Minute Maid Park.

Cole Kalhoun homered and five different players drove in runs to lead the Angels to a 7-5 victory over the White Sox and a sweep of Tuesday’s doubleheader in Chicago.

Ed Lucas put an end to the Marlins’ extra-inning misery with a walk-off single in the 11th inning that lifted the Marlins to a 5-4 win over the Phillies on Tuesday at Marlins Park.

Joe Mauer left Tuesday’s game against the Royals, a 10-2 win, in the fifth inning after straining his right oblique on a swing on a double in the bottom of the fourth. He’ll be re-evaluated on Wednesday.

It was fitting that Garrett Richards worked eight strong innings in an 8-4 win over the White Sox in Game 1 of Tuesday’s doubleheader. He’s been as big of a key as anyone for the Angels positioning themselves for a Wild Card spot, if not running down the powerful Athletics in the American League West.

Whatever mechanical issues Stephen Strasburg had on the mound last Thursday against the Brewers, they vanished Tuesday night as the Nationals pounded the Rockies, 7-1, at Nationals Park.

Mike Minor’s latest shaky outing did not derail the streaking Braves, who extended innings and produced a number of clutch hits on the way to claiming Tuesday night’s 5-4 win over the Mets at Turner Field.

Rick Porcello ran his career-high scoreless streak to 25 1/3 innings to lead the Tigers to a 3-0 win over the A’s on Tuesday at Comerica Park.

Luis Valbuena hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the ninth to lift the Cubs to a 2-1 Interleague victory over the Red Sox in front of a sellout crowd of 36,748 at Fenway Park on Tuesday night.

A survey of Rick Porcello’s historic performance in Tuesday night’s 3-0 win over the A’s, with a closer look at the insets to the big picture — streaks, trends and subplots below the surface.

A three-run rally in the ninth was capped by an Ike Davis broken-bat RBI single for a 3-2 Pirates win on Tuesday over the D-backs. It was the Bucs’ Major League-leading eighth walk-off victory this season.

On Tuesday night, David Price posted his 12th quality start of the season by limiting the Yankees to one run in seven innings to lead Tampa Bay to a 2-1 win at Yankee Stadium.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy said rejoining the Giants on Friday remains “possible” for first baseman Brandon Belt, who continued his Minor League injury rehabilitation stint with Triple-A Fresno on Tuesday.

The drama of the World Cup reverberated throughout Major League Baseball, with a growing excitement for soccer building over the course of the tournament, and on Tuesday, it was in full glory as the U.S. prepared for one of the biggest matches in its soccer history.