On Wednesday, the Pirates will be looking to pick up a three-game sweep in San Diego — something Pittsburgh has not accomplished in over 10 years. The Bucs turn to rookie Gerrit Cole in a matchup with the Padres’ Ian Kennedy.

What sets the Cardinals apart from most organizations? St. Louis wins with talented personnel, but it also wins with a clubhouse culture that may be superior to most of the competition.

Adrian Beltre hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning and the superb work of the Rangers bullpen made it stand up in a 4-2 victory over the Astros at Rangers Ballpark on Tuesday night.

The Brewers did to St. Louis what the Cardinals usually do to the Crew on Tuesday, putting together five-run rally in the fourth with five singles, a sacrifice fly and one costly error charged to St. Louis starter Lance Lynn, who was on the losing end of a 6-3 Brewers win at Miller Park.

Tampa Bay got a quality start from Alex Cobb, solid relief and some much-needed late offense in a 7-4 win over Baltimore on Tuesday night at Camden Yards.

Yasiel Puig, out of the starting lineup because of a cold bat and fined for showing up late, led off the eighth inning with a home run that lifted the Dodgers to a 6-4 win over the Marlins on Tuesday night, stopping a two-game losing streak.

In this season of late losses and hard-luck pitchers, Zack Wheeler almost learned what it feels like to lose a game he pitched well enough to win. Instead, Wheeler watched from the bench as the Mets hung on to win a 5-3 game over the Braves on Tuesday night, taking advantage of the rookie’s pitching and Marlon Byrd’s continued power hitting.

Red Sox ace Clay Buchholz is finally in the home stretch of his prolonged return from a right bursa sac strain and will likely start a Minor League rehab assignment Sunday.

Jayson Nix delivered a game-tying home run in the seventh inning and celebrated his first career walk-off hit in the ninth, helping the Yankees secure a doubleheader sweep of the Blue Jays with a 3-2 win on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.

Paul Goldschmidt blasted a grand slam and Patrick Corbin tossed a complete game as the D-backs beat the Reds, 5-2, on Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park.

Ichiro Suzuki didn’t get career hit No. 4,000 in the opener of the Yankees’ doubleheader on Tuesday, and he never got a chance to reach the milestone in Game 2.

Rehabbing Phillies right-hander Roy Halladay feels he can see light at the end of the tunnel as far as returning to a big league mound. The two-time Cy Young Award winner, who hasn’t pitched for the Phils since May 5, threw 90 pitches — 52 for strikes — in a six-inning effort for the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws of the South Atlantic League on Tuesday night.

Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista was placed on the 15-day disabled list late Tuesday night with a bone bruise in his left hip. Bautista will be shutdown for the next two weeks before he can be re-evaluated.

Red Sox right-hander Ryan Dempster has been suspended five games for his controversial pitch on Sunday night at Fenway Park that drilled Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez in the back of the left elbow. He will not appeal.

The Reds are a few weeks away from possibly nailing down a playoff berth for the third time in the last four seasons reminiscent of the Big Red Machine. Unlike the Big Red Machine, this group hasn’t won a playoff series.

When Mike Dee arrived for his first stint as a Padres executive in 1995, ownership made three key commitments to San Diego fans: to enhance fan experience, to immerse the organization within the community and to put together a ballclub that wins consistently. At his introductory news conference on Tuesday afternoon, the Padres’ new president and CEO gave his evaluation of those three aspects.

The Atlanta Braves had no idea they were getting a guy who might win a batting championship. After all, Chris Johnson began the season with a .276 career average. But the Braves knew plenty about the guy they were getting. Boy did they ever.