Nationals left-hander Gio Gonzalez picked up a no-decision in Wednesday’s 5-4 Nationals victory over the Angels. He left the game in the sixth inning because of tightness in his left shoulder, but says he’s fine.

It looked like the Nationals were going to lose their third straight game, but big hits by Jayson Werth and Adam LaRoche helped them walk off with a 5-4 win over the Angels on Wednesday night at Nationals Park.

Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda faces a likely suspension after he was ejected in the bottom of the second inning on Wednesday for having an illegal substance, believed to be pine tar, on the right side of his neck during his start against the Red Sox.

Jason Kipnis’ RBI double in the seventh inning put the Indians in front for good and they tacked on a late insurance run in a 5-3 win over the Royals on Wednesday night.

Backed by a flurry of early runs, Kyle Lohse carved through the Padres lineup for seven solid innings, delivering the Brewers’ 17th quality start in 22 games for a 5-2 Brewers win at Miller Park on Wednesday.

The Mets struck out 10 times against Cardinals starter Michael Wacha but knocked him out of the game after four innings in a 3-2 win at Citi Field. Lucas Duda’s solo homer provided some insurance after the Mets’ first two runs scored on bases-loaded walks.

Taking advantage of four stolen bases, a couple of throwing errors and a wild pitch, the Reds sped to a 5-2 victory over Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.

While controversy swirled around in the other dugout, John Lackey just went out and pitched, leading the Red Sox to a much-needed 5-1 victory over the Yankees on Wednesday night at Fenway Park.

The Washington Nationals should be significantly better than their overall early-season performance has indicated. Perhaps they could even be as good as they were in the ninth inning Wednesday night.

Nelson Cruz homered twice, including his seventh career grand slam as part of a six-run fifth inning that helped catapult the Orioles past the Blue Jays, 10-8, on Wednesday night.

We’ve known for nearly 31 years about the tearful episode in the showers in the visitors’ clubhouse in Olympic Stadium in Montreal two days after the Cardinals had traded Keith Hernandez to the Mets. Hernandez wept openly that North of the Border evening in June 1983.

Marcus Semien hit a grand slam in the seventh inning to lift the White Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Tigers at Comerica Park on Wednesday night. Andre Rienzo worked 6 1/3 for the victory, and Jose Abreu homered for the second straight night.

After home-plate umpire Marty Foster called the Cardinals’
Matt Carpenter out on a close play at the plate, umpires confirmed the ruling via replay in an eventual 3-2 loss to the Mets.

The Giants finally showed some offensive life Wednesday. They hit six home runs, two each by Michael Morse and Hector Sanchez, whose 11th-inning grand slam gave San Francisco a 12-10 victory over the Rockies.

Tom Ricketts, the Cubs chairman, enjoyed the 100th birthday celebration for Wrigley Field in his perpetually cheerful style.

With two swings of the bat Wednesday, third baseman Kyle Seager picked up Seattle’s slumping offense and tossed aside an eight-game losing streak as the Mariners pulled out a 5-3 win over the Astros at Safeco Field with their first walk-off victory of the season.

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will begin a Minor League rehabilitation assignment Friday night with a start at Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga against Lancaster.