Juan Francisco homered and added a key RBI double to lead the Blue Jays to a 5-4 win over the Indians on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre.

An X-ray revealed that Ryan Zimmerman’s thumb has not healed. He fractured his thumb against the Braves on April 12th while going back to second base on a pickoff attempt.

Nationals reliever Drew Storen hasn’t seen much action lately. In fact, he has made three appearances in the team’s last 13 games. There is nothing wrong with Storen, according to manager Matt Williams.

Astros manager Bo Porter successfully challenged a play in the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Rangers, erasing Texas’ Prince Fielder from second base with Houston leading, 3-0.

Oakland’s plan to work Jim Johnson back into the closer’s role went off the tracks Monday night, leaving manager Bob Melvin with the same closer-by-committee approach he’s employed for more than a month.

Rangers pitcher Matt Harrison had to leave Tuesday night’s start against the Astros in the second inning with back stiffness. The lefty has battled back issues for the past 14 months, and there was no immediate word as to how serious this is.

The season has not yet reached the June 5 First-Year Player Draft, and already Major League Baseball has seen a number of its highly talented pitchers go down to serious elbow injuries.

Marlins ace Jose Fernandez spent Tuesday afternoon being examined by the team’s medical staff, and the organization continues to weigh what’s next for the 21-year-old right-hander.

Hyun-Jin Ryu’s return to the Dodgers’ starting rotation likely will be sooner than later after his 45-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday. Ryu threw all the pitches in his repertoire, and showed no signs of the left shoulder blade soreness that put him on the disabled list after an April 27 start.

One big bat returned to the Brewers’ lineup Tuesday as another hit the 15-day disabled list. The returnee was right fielder Ryan Braun, while Aramis Ramirez was placed on the DL with a strained left hamstring.

The left-side tightness that led Tigers manager Brad Ausmus to pull Rick Porcello after six innings and just 83 pitches Monday night is not expected to be a concern ahead of Porcello’s next start on Saturday at Boston.

Carlos Gomez has mended fences with outfielder Travis Snider, who emerged from the dugout and rushed into the fracas with Gomez on Easter Sunday, actions that garnered Snider a two-game suspension

Red Sox manager John Farrell revealed for the first time on Tuesday that the two opposing managers he will have on his staff are Twins manager Ron Gardenhire and Indians manager Terry Francona.

Rockies outfielder Michael Cuddyer, recovering from a left hamstring strain, ran the bases on Tuesday with no ill effects. That session provided the green light for Cuddyer to schedule a Wednesday flight to Arizona for a rehab assignment.

Kyle Farnsworth is no longer the Mets’ closer. He’s simply one of many. Manager Terry Collins said on Tuesday that his ninth-inning situation is “kind of game by game,” naming Jose Valverde, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Jeurys Familia as additional candidates to close out games.

Danny Duffy was among the players who participated in the Royals Charities Celebrity Golf tournament on Monday at the National Golf Club in Parkville, Mo. The event raised $60,000 for the Special Olympics of KC Metro.

Major League Baseball will review a situation from Monday night’s game in which umpire Paul Nauert made contact with Detroit outfielder Torii Hunter.