Mike Moustakas cleared the bases with a double in the second inning and starter Jason Vargas struck out a season-high eight as the Royals earned a 3-2 win over the Rockies on Wednesday.

The Rangers received crushing news on Wednesday as they are looking at the possibility of left-handed pitchers Martin Perez and Matt Harrison being out for the rest of the year and even well beyond that.

Center fielder Carlos Gomez, already out of Wednesday’s starting lineup against the Pirates because of lower back tightness, has dropped his appeal of the three-game suspension he received for his part in a bench-clearing incident against Pittsburgh in April.

Don Kelly, Bryan Holaday and Danny Worth came up clutch in the series finale, setting the table for the top of the order and combining for three of their own RBIs in a 7-5 win over the Orioles on Wednesday afternoon at Camden Yards.

Major League Baseball has given David Ortiz a single from last Friday’s Rangers-Red Sox game on a controversial play that ended pitcher Yu Darvish’s perfect game.

Ben Zobrist left Wednesday afternoon’s 2-0 win against the Mariners in the fifth inning with a dislocated left thumb, and it is likely he will go on the disabled list.

Garrett Richards had another standout start as the Angels defeated the Phillies, 3-0, at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday afternoon, taking both games in Philadelphia and winning five of six on the road to move three games above .500 for the first time since 2012.

Less than 24 hours after revealing that he planned to use a six-man rotation through next week, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez scrapped that plan and said Alex Wood will remain in the bullpen for the time being.

Injured Mariners starters Taijuan Walker and James Paxton both threw bullpen sessions on Wednesday as they moved closer to rejoining the club. Paxton is a little ahead of Walker’s schedule, as he was scheduled to throw a simulated game Saturday in Minnesota.

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With his appeal still pending, Carlos Gomez batted leadoff for the Brewers as usual on Tuesday night in a rematch against Gerrit Cole and the Pirates.

On Tuesday night, during a 4-3 win over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, Mike Trout and the Angels were lifted by Matt Shoemaker, who came up from Triple-A to hold the Phillies to two runs in five innings of a spot start, and Luis Jimenez, who contributed with his glove and his bat in the Philadelphia debut for Trout.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi was ejected by home-plate umpire Jerry Layne after the fifth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Mets for arguing balls and strikes.

After a pitchers’ duel between Padres starter Andrew Cashner and the Reds’ Mike Leake, Chase Headley hit the game-winner in the ninth — a solo homer off closer Aroldis Chapman, as San Diego notched its fourth straight win in a 2-1 decision over Cincinnati.

Michael Saunders was out of the lineup for a third straight game on Tuesday as the Mariners outfielder continues to recover from a hyperextended left knee. Saunders said the injury, which occurred in the fourth inning of Saturday’s 3-1 win over the Royals, isn’t serious and he’s ready to play when possible.

Mike Trout is the center of attention everywhere he goes, but that was especially true on Tuesday, when more than 8,000 people from the greater Cumberland County area in South New Jersey made the 45-minute drive to Philadelphia in celebration of Trout’s first big league game there.

Mariners designated hitter Corey Hart easily could have had a home run and double in Monday’s 12-5 win over the Rays, but instead ended up with a pair of singles on two unusual plays.