After using a pink Louisville Slugger bat for his first plate appearance, Derek Jeter scanned the seating area behind the on-deck circle and made eye contact with a young boy, offering the child a most unique souvenir.

The Yankees have placed left-hander CC Sabathia on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his right knee. Sabathia said that he will have the knee drained on Monday in New York.

Derek Norris hit a pair of three-run home runs in support of Scott Kazmir’s four-hitter over seven innings and the Oakland Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the Nationals with a 9-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at O.co Coliseum.

The Red Sox are a winning team for the first time since the fourth day of the season thanks to a 5-2 victory over the Rangers on Sunday.

Yankees captain Derek Jeter received a third standing ovation, following his last at-bat in Sunday’s 6-5 walk-off loss to the Brewers, a groundout to short leading off the ninth. This spontaneous display of respect, admiration, affection was impressive from a sellout crowd of 43,544 at Miller Park.

The Mets scored three times in the ninth to tie it and Ruben Tejada lined a walk-off hit in the 11th as the Mets snapped a five-game slide with a 5-4 win over the Phillies on Sunday at Citi Field.

The Brewers clawed back to take a lead into the ninth inning, then overcame Francisco Rodriguez’s first blown save to beat the Yankees, 6-5, at sold-out Miller Park on Mother’s Day.

Hank Conger hit a three-run homer as part of a four-run sixth inning to power Jered Weaver and the Angels to a 9-3 win over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Mother’s Day Sunday.

Chase Anderson was making his big league debut, but the D-backs right-hander looked like a seasoned pro Sunday afternoon. Anderson held the White Sox to just one run over 5 1/3 innings as the D-backs won, 5-1, at U.S. Cellular Field.

Evan Gattis broke a tie with a long home run to left field to open the fourth inning and Jason Heyward added a two-run blast in the seventh, as the Braves beat the Cubs, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon at Turner Field, to complete a sweep of the three-game weekend series. Aaron Harang got the win, allowing two runs over six innings.

Though Daniel Murphy was dressed in a New York Rangers sweater after Sunday’s win over the Phillies, he did not plan on joining a pack of his teammates at Madison Square Garden for the game. Murphy had Mother’s Day duties to attend to.

Samuel Deduno turned in a quality start in his second start of the year, and the Twins rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to shock the Tigers with a 4-3 win on Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park.

Cincinnati celebrated the return of closer Aroldis Chapman, enjoyed a quality start by Homer Bailey and received some timely help from visiting Colorado on Sunday to win, 4-1, at Great American Ball Park.

In his first appearance of the 2014 regular season, Aroldis Chapman made an immediate impact for the Reds, striking out the side while earning his first save of the season in the Reds’ 4-1 win over the Rockies on Sunday.

Martin Perez experienced discomfort in his left elbow after his third straight subpar start Saturday and will miss at least one start. He was previously slated to make his next start Friday against the Blue Jays.

Players recognized their mothers, wives, grandmothers, sisters and all the other influential women in their lives Sunday as part of Major League Baseball’s Mother’s Day initiative. Many of them donned pink gear and swung pink bats to help raise awareness for breast cancer.

Even Brewers players who did not swing pink bats on Sunday against the Yankees got into the action. Starter Marco Estrada and third baseman Mark Reynolds were among those wearing pink cleats. Center fielder Carlos Gomez dyed his goatee pink before the game.