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Already this season, which is only about 40-percent complete, 10 different position players have been thrust into pitching duty. So what gives? Why are so many teams getting caught in that awkward, oddly entertaining spot in which they need a position player to tame bats rather than swing them?

A tight left hamstring appears to be a lingering issue for Miguel Cabrera, who left Sunday night’s 5-3 loss in the series finale against the Red Sox at Comerica Park. He’s listed as day to day.

With Mike Napoli back in the lineup behind him, David Ortiz was going to get something to hit when he came to the plate with two on in the ninth inning Sunday night. And he hit it a mile. Ortiz’s three-run homer to right off a Joba Chamberlain breaking ball gave the Red Sox a 5-3 win over the Tigers at Comerica Park as Boston snapped a five-game losing streak

A pair of struggling pitchers will look to right their respective ships when the Red Sox open a three-game series in Baltimore on Monday night. Bud Norris has allowed 13 runs on 17 hits over his last 17 innings. He’ll get the ball for the Orioles against Jake Peavy, who has allowed at least five runs in four of his past five starts.

There’s no denying his immense talent, but in order to maintain his ascent into baseball stardom, Orioles third baseman Manny Machado must learn to keep his emotions in check.

Will it be this week? It has to be, right? And if it isn’t this week, when will it be? Those questions were asked last week, when reports surfaced claiming that Pirates No. 1 prospect Gregory Polanco would be called up Friday night in Pittsburgh. That didn’t happen, so they’re being asked again.

With Clayton Kershaw on the mound and a Spring Training batting order, the Dodgers beat the Rockies on Sunday, 6-1, in a game called after 5 1/2 innings because of rain.

A trio of rookies and a six-run inning led the D-backs to a comeback 6-5 series-winning victory against the Braves on Sunday at Chase Field as rookie right-hander Chase Anderson won his fifth straight start.

Tim Lincecum flirted with trouble in his six innings Sunday, but as has been a trend lately, he averted too much damage as the Giants defeated the Mets, 6-4, completing the three-game sweep.

Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann completed his first game of the season and blanked the Padres, 6-0, at Petco Park on Sunday afternoon.

Seventy-five years ago, the men who made up baseball’s elite climbed off a locomotive-drawn train near this little hamlet and set off for the ceremony that would commemorate the alleged 100th anniversary of the game’s birth. The day marked the opening of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

C.J. Wilson pitched 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball and former Rangers teammate Josh Hamilton took care of the rest, driving in three runs as the Angels beat the White Sox, 4-2, on Sunday afternoon.

With one swing — and toss — of his bat, Manny Machado lost the respect of much of the A’s clubhouse Sunday. The tossing of his bat toward third base in the eighth inning, when it was seemingly aimed at A’s lefty Fernando Abad — following a second brush-back pitch that nearly hit Machado — marked the tipping point.

Behind Justin Masterson’s effort, Cleveland claimed a 3-2 victory over the Rangers at Globe Life Park on Sunday.

The Astros crushed four homers, including their first two grand slams of the season, to cruise over the Twins, 14-5, in Sunday’s rubber game at Target Field.

Another round of American League All-Star voting results have come in, and Yankees star Derek Jeter once again leads the way at his position while Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays has overtaken Mike Trout of the Angels as the overall AL leader.