Right-hander Jake Peavy suffered a laceration of his left index finger and will miss his scheduled start against the Pirates on Monday. Red Sox manager John Farrell said the pitcher was fortunate to avoid serious injury in the freakish incident.

Mike Moustakas belted two home runs to power the Royals to a 5-3 Cactus League victory over the Cubs on Sunday. Royals starter Wade Davis gave up one hit over two innings in his first Cactus League start.

It has been a long time since Carlos Beltran gave much thought to spring stats, but it still feels great to square up a ball and hit it well. Beltran’s first hit in a Yankees uniform carried over the wall, a solo shot in the third inning of New York’s 8-2 Grapefruit League victory over Toronto on Sunday.

If the impressions from a simulated game on Sunday are to be believed, Michael Pineda may finally be returning to the devastating form he displayed before being acquired from the Mariners.

An RBI single by Buster Posey and Hector Sanchez’s two-run single highlighted a four-run, fifth-inning uprising Sunday that lifted the San Francisco Giants to a 5-3 Cactus League triumph over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

After ending Tuesday’s live batting practice early due to tightness in his right groin, Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal returned to the mound on Sunday and threw without issue during a 25-pitch bullpen session.

Ricky Nolasco, who signed the biggest free-agent deal in Twins history this offseason, made his Spring Training debut against the Rays on Sunday, tossing two scoreless innings.

Felix Doubront, the first member of the Red Sox’s projected rotation to make a start this spring, fired two strong innings in Sunday’s 8-6 victory over the Orioles. Mike Napoli launched his first home run of the spring and Jackie Bradley Jr. notched two hits and an RBI.

Eduardo Nunez and Carlos Beltran hit back-to-back homers in the top of the third inning to lead the Yankees to an 8-2 victory over the Blue Jays on Sunday.

Baseball’s ultimate wingman was center stage for the Nationals on Sunday, working for the first time in a Washington uniform. Doug Fister didn’t seem embarrassed by the attention, but don’t expect him to start his own blog or otherwise campaign for a higher profile anytime soon. He knows his role as well as anyone in the Major Leagues, even if a move to the National League could help him to outgrow it.

Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro left Sunday’s game after one inning because of a mild right hamstring strain. Castro was hit by a pitch with one out in the first by the Royals’ Wade Davis, and was then thrown out trying to steal second.

Still recovering from offseason surgery, Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez said Saturday that while he was seven to 10 days from appearing in Spring Training games, he remained on schedule to be ready for the start of the regular season.

Albert Pujols, coming off a season that ended after 99 pain-filled games, started at first base in two of the Angels’ first three Cactus League games. His left foot is no longer an issue. His right knee is perfectly healthy. And any soreness he’s had in the first few days of camp is causing no conern.

The argument can be made that Neil Walker is the Pirates’ most indispensable player. This isn’t sabermetrics talk. It’s language of the oldest bottom line, wins and losses.

Mark Teixeira will play in his first game of the spring on either Thursday or Friday. Teixeira has been slightly behind the rest of the Yankees’ position players as he wraps up rehab following surgery on his right wrist, though he has been taking batting practice and ground balls at first base.

Outfielder Shin-Soo Choo won’t play against the White Sox on Sunday and is listed as day to day with general left arm soreness, the kind that often occurs after workouts early in camp.

Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley said he had some soreness Sunday after throwing breaking balls off a mound Saturday for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery on April 25.