White Sox walk-off on Tigers twice in 4 hours

The White Sox began Sunday afternoon at risk of being swept in a four-game series against the Tigers. Instead, they ended the day with a series split thanks to two walk-off wins in a four-hour span. Melky Cabrera provided the last with a single scoring Adam Eaton in the ninth, nullifying Detroit’s three-homer rally in the top of the inning for a 5-4 White Sox win at U.S. Cellular Field.

Conforto makes sweet diving grab in first CF start

Michael Conforto made an immediate impact in his first career start in center field during the Mets’ 3-0 win over the Marlins on Sunday at Marlins Park. It was almost as if he’d been playing there for years. In the first, Conforto tracked down Miami leadoff hitter Miguel Rojas’ liner in the right-center-field gap, laying out and robbing him of a hit. It was the first time the 23-year-old had really been tested at his new position.

Family, fans at heart of Piazza’s Hall moment

For 28 minutes, Mike Piazza kept a tissue wadded in the palm of his right hand, his fingers extended in a white-knuckle grip on the Clark Sports Center’s wood-paneled podium. Behind him, roughly four dozen of baseball’s greatest players sat rapt. In front of him, one of the three largest crowds in Hall of Fame history fanned themselves with cardboard cutouts of Piazza’s face.

Chen put on DL; Cosart steps in Monday

Marlins left-hander Wei-Yin Chen was placed on the disabled list with a left elbow sprain, retroactive to Thursday, manager Don Mattingly announced following Sunday’s 3-0 loss to the Mets. The Marlins are hopeful that the injury is not serious. Right-hander Jarred Cosart is being called up from Triple-A New Orleans to start in Chen’s place on Monday against the Phillies in Miami.