The Dodgers’ historic road winning streak reached another milestone Monday. With a 3-2 win against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, the Dodgers extended their stretch of wins away from Los Angeles to 15, tying the 1939 Red Sox, ’51 White Sox, ’53 Yankees and ’57 Redlegs (Reds) for the third-longest road win streak in Major League history.

Five days removed from shutting down the Orioles and making his first start at home, Brett Oberholtzer was again brilliant against an American League East powerhouse, this time setting down the Red Sox over seven spectacular innings as the Astros posted a 2-0 win Monday night at Minute Maid Park.

For the third consecutive year, the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) World Series is being hosted by the Twins, with baseball and softball tournament games scheduled to be played through Aug. 14 on various fields throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Alexei Ramirez, Jeff Keppinger, Alex Rios and Gordon Beckham finished with multi-hit efforts, topped by four hits from the White Sox shortstop and leadoff man, backing Jose Quintana’s solid start in an 8-1 victory over the Yankees on Monday night at U.S. Cellular Field.

When the Braves went through the first two weeks of this season in near-perfect fashion, they were fueled by the consistent power provided by Justin Upton. Four months later, they are once again cruising with the benefit of Upton’s latest hot stretch. Upton hit a go-ahead eighth-inning home run that provided the Braves all they needed to notch their 11th consecutive victory with Monday night’s 3-2 win over the Nationals at Nationals Park.

Tampa Bay center fielder Desmond Jennings has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a fracture of his left middle finger. The Rays have recalled Jason Bourgeois from Triple-A Durham to take Jennings’ place.

Alex Avila hit a three-run shot to cap off a 4-2 comeback win over the Indians on Monday night. Anibal Sanchez struck out 11 as Detroit won its ninth straight game.

Major League Baseball’s investigation into the link between the now-shuttered Biogenesis anti-aging clinic and performance-enhancing substances provided to more than a dozen players culminated in Monday’s announcement that 13 players have been suspended.

In a conference call Monday, Major League Baseball Players Association executive vice president Michael Weiner suggested that suspended third baseman Alex Rodriguez will almost certainly be allowed to finish this season while the appeals process plays out.

Howie Kendrick’s hyperextended left knee was “really sore” late Monday night, but the Angels’ second baseman was able to put some weight on it while getting around on crutches and remained hopeful of avoiding a trip to the disabled list.

Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown went 3-for-5 with one home run and two RBIs Monday in a rehab assignment with Class A Lakewood.

Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun remained silent Monday in the wake of 13 additional suspensions levied by Major League Baseball, the result of the league’s long investigation into the Florida wellness clinic known as Biogenesis. The new bans were levied exactly two weeks after MLB suspended Braun for the Brewers’ remaining 65 regular-season games.

A full range of reactions flowed on Monday in the aftermath of Major League Baseball’s suspensions of 13 players as a result of the league’s Biogenesis investigation.

William Bryan is 71.9 percent of the way to the BTS mountain’s apex. He’s already made 41 straight successful selections, so 16 more correct picks sans a miss would yield him the game’s $5.6 million grand prize.

Mark McGwire played 280 games in St. Louis, but it wasn’t until Monday that he entered the visiting dugout. McGwire returned to Busch Stadium as the Dodgers’ hitting coach for the first time since retiring as a Cardinal and serving three seasons as their hitting coach.

The Angels opened the season hopeful of having Ryan Madson as their closer in the early part of 2013. On Monday, with his recovery from Tommy John surgery continually stalled, they released the 32-year-old right-hander.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland’s lineup card was missing his everyday shortstop, the just-suspended Jhonny Peralta, just as it will for at least another 49 games. For the first time in nearly a week, however, it had Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera’s return to third coincided with Jose Iglesias’ first game at shortstop.