Astros starter Mike Fiers admitted his emotions got the best of him in the fourth inning of Monday’s 7-4 loss to the A’s at the Coliseum. The inning unraveled quickly on Fiers and led to dugout tiffs between Fiers and manager A.J. Hinch, then Fiers and outfielder Carlos Gomez.

When Mike Trout’s line drive sailed into the bullpen Monday night, it gave the Angels a Major League-leading 95 runs in July, only 15 fewer than what they produced in 13 more games throughout a hapless June. The 9-5 victory it prompted, over the first-place Rangers, was the Angels’ eighth over their past 10 games, which followed a 2-12 stretch.

Trailing by four in the second inning, the Angels and their surging offense stormed all the way back against the first-place Rangers, taking the lead twice and using a booming home run from Mike Trout to run away with a 9-5 victory at Angel Stadium on Monday night, their fourth in a row.

For the second time this season, Adam Lind rescued the Mariners with a three-rub, walk-off home run. Last month it was against the Cardinals. On Monday, he sunk the White Sox.

Corey Kluber was masterful through seven shutout innings in the 90-degree heat (99 heat index) before a cramp in his lower right leg forced his exit as he warmed up for the eighth inning with a two-run lead. That’s when the Royals struck, scoring seven runs off Indians relievers Bryan Shaw and Jeff Manship for a stunning 7-3 win on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium.

The A’s used a five-run fourth to back a strong seven-inning performance from right-hander Kendall Graveman in a 7-4 series-opening victory against the Astros at the Coliseum on Monday night.

Rangers utility infielder Jurickson Profar made the most of his first start since the All-Star break. Starting at shortstop in Monday’s 9-5 loss to the Angels, Profar had a walk to begin a three-run first inning and had a couple of excellent defensive plays. Expect the Rangers’ phones to continue to ring heavily from other teams checking in on Profar’s availability.

When Jose Fernandez got Cody Asche looking on a 97-mph heater in the fourth inning of the Marlins’ 3-2, 11-inning win over the Phillies on Monday, it wasn’t only his 10th strikeout of the game or the first via the fastball — it was also Fernandez’s 500th of his young career.

Chris Sale did his part Monday, allowing one hit over eight shutout innings against the Mariners. But David Robertson allowed four runs in the ninth inning as Seattle rallied for a 4-3 victory

Jedd Gyorko powered his club to a series-opening 10-2 victory over his former team, the Padres, going 3-for-3 with a rally-starting single in the sixth and a solo homer in the seventh. Randal Grichuk and Stephen Piscotty also went deep for St. Louis.

Leading off the second inning on Monday night, Alex Rodriguez — who had been sitting on 695 career home runs for exactly a month as his season-long struggles at the plate continued and his playing time slipped — unloaded on a Kevin Gausman fastball, driving it a Statcast-projected 423 feet into the left-field bleachers at Yankee Stadium.

Royals outfielder Jarrod Dyson remembers every grand slam he’s hit in his professional career. The list isn’t very long.

When Jon Lester faced the Mets on July 3 in New York, the Cubs’ left-hander had the shortest outing of his career, serving up eight runs over 1 1/3 innings. Lester redeemed himself Monday, giving up one run over 7 2/3 innings, to help the Cubs finally beat the Mets.

Following Jose Fernandez’s 14 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings for Miami, Marcell Ozuna knocked in the game-tying run with two outs in the ninth and Martin Prado hit the game-winning home run in the 11th to beat the Phillies on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park, 3-2.

Ken Griffey Jr. created a lifetime of memories for baseball fans during his 22-year career, which will be capped Sunday by his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Here’s a look at 10 of his greatest moments.

Once a pitcher’s velocity reaches triple digits, Brian McCann was saying, there no longer seems to be much difference between 104 mph and 105 mph. Each one is a blur, so a catcher’s main concern is making sure the ball meets the glove’s pocket and not his left thumb.

Matt Boyd tossed six scoreless innings in arguably his best outing as a Tiger, allowing Justin Upton’s second-inning solo homer off Ricky Nolasco to stand as the lone run in a 1-0 win over the Twins on Monday at Comerica Park.