Jacoby Ellsbury makes his return to Boston when the Yankees face the Red Sox on Tuesday. He will look to make an impact against Jon Lester, who will get the ball for the Sox.

For those who follow it closely, there’s no question the Cardinals’ starting rotation is a close-knit group. For anyone who doesn’t, tonight’s episode of the MTV2 show “Off the Bat” has you covered.

Every position player had at least one hit and Wei-Yin Chen went five innings as the Orioles parlayed a six-run third into a 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Monday at Fenway Park.

While today’s Boston Marathon and the game at Fenway will be about making a statement about this country and our strength, it’ll also be about the most basic of Patriots Day pleasures.

As Major League Baseball steams ahead into the fourth week of the 2014 season, one has to wonder What’s Next for the teams with the best records in the AL and NL.

Ryan Howard finished a double shy of the cycle while Jimmy Rollins tallied three hits and two RBIs as the Phillies edged out the Rockies, 10-9, on Sunday in Colorado.

All eyes will be on the city of Boston on Monday. The Red Sox, who paid homage to the victims of last year’s marathon attacks and the first responders in Sunday night’s game, will be thrust into the nation’s spotlight Monday morning as they take on the Orioles in an emotional anniversary game.

The Red Sox capped a stirring Easter Sunday comeback on a walk-off throwing error by Orioles left fielder David Lough. With the bases loaded and one out, Mike Carp hit a liner to left that was caught by Lough, too shallow to score Dustin Pedroia. But Lough threw home anyway, and the offline throw bounced out of the grasp of Matt Wieters and went toward the backstop, allowing Pedroia to roar home to give the Red Sox a 6-5 win.

Colorado left fielder Carlos Gonzalez left Sunday’s series finale between the Rockies and Phillies with left knee tendinitis after running out a high-bounding grounder to third to end the sixth inning.

Temporarily emerging from their team-wide slump, the Giants scored twice in each of the first two innings Sunday and hung on for a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres.

Behind Josh Donaldson’s three hits and yet another solid outing from Jesse Chavez, the A’s completed a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon at the O.co Coliseum.

Ryan Braun gave the Brewers a chance with another ninth-inning home run, and Khris Davis cashed in five innings later with a homer in Milwaukee’s 3-2 victory over the Pirates on Sunday at PNC Park.

The Pirates and Brewers exchanged blows in the third inning of their Easter Sunday series finale, resulting in the ejections of Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez and bench coach Jerry Narron, and Pirates outfielder Travis Snider.

After Adrian Gonzalez was intentionally walked ahead of him, Yasiel Puig lined a three-run homer off Josh Collmenter with two outs in the sixth inning Sunday, and the Dodgers beat the D-backs, 4-1.

Dean Anna just barely held his swing and worked a bases-loaded, full-count walk against C.J. Riefenhauser in a 12th-inning battle between a pair of rookies, forcing home the go-ahead run as the Yankees defeated the Rays, 5-1, on Sunday at Tropicana Field.

After an intentional walk to Eric Young and a wild pitch by Gus Schlosser, Kirk Nieuwenhuis scored on a sac fly by Curtis Granderson to give the Mets an exciting 4-3 win over the Braves in the 14th inning on Sunday at Citi Field.

Denard Span’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Nationals over the Cardinals, 3-2, at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon. The clubs split the four-game series.