On Tuesday, Rangers ace Yu Darvish will pitch under the bright lights of the Big Apple for the first time in his Major League career, making his first start at Yankee Stadium against Hiroki Kuroda and the Bronx Bombers.

Astros outfield prospect George Springer, the 2011 first-round Draft pick who had a terrific first half at Double-A Corpus Christi, was promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sunday along with right-handed pitcher Jake Buchanan.

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says he’d prefer to take on his customary role and close the All-Star Game on July 16 at Citi Field rather than start the Midsummer Classic.

Raul Ibanez provided the theatrics for the Mariners, and Kendrys Morales came through with the heroics, hitting a three-run moonshot in the 10th inning to give the Mariners a 6-3 win over Oakland at Safeco Field on Sunday.

Starling Marte’s RBI single capped a three-run rally in the ninth, and Travis Snider hit a go-ahead single in the 10th as the Pirates capped a sweep of the Angels with a stirring 10-9 win on Sunday in Anaheim.

Boosted with first-inning home runs by Shin-Soo Choo and Brandon Phillips, Mat Latos tied a career high with 13 strikeouts in a 4-2 Reds win over the D-backs on Sunday.

Adrian Gonzalez and Hanley Ramirez homered for the second consecutive game, this time back-to-back in the ninth inning, to power the Dodgers past the Padres, 3-1, on Sunday for a split of the four-game series.

Nathan Eovaldi struck out seven in six innings, and Justin Ruggiano opened the game with the first of his two home runs as the Marlins topped the Giants, 7-2, on Sunday to take three of four in the series at AT&T Park.

A bouncing beach ball fell onto the Kauffman Stadium field from the stands on Sunday and seemed to be part of a disputed call at home plate during Billy Butler’s at-bat but, in actuality, it had nothing to do with it at all.

A different Chris Archer showed up for work at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. And led by the efforts of the rookie right-hander, the Rays claimed a 3-1 win over the Yankees to split their four-game series.

Matt Harvey, coming off a 13-strikeout performance in Atlanta, fanned six and allowed only two hits during the Mets’ 8-0 victory Sunday before manager Terry Collins decided not to send his phenom back out following a 20-minute rain delay in the top of the seventh. David Wright homered and collected four of the Mets’ nine extra-base hits.

Like the championship teams that Casey, Houk, Billy and Torre managed in the Bronx, the Yankees had depth, a level that allows them to put on a come-as-you-were extravaganza that no franchise — not even the Giants, Cardinals, Red Sox, Dodgers, Orioles or Reds — can match.

Ryan Sweeney drove in six runs on a pair of doubles and three-run homer and Jeff Samardzija struck out five in seven innings to get the victory in the Cubs’ 14-6 rout of the Astros in the rubber game at Wrigley Field on Sunday.

Brian McCann hit a first-inning grand slam, and Jordan Schafer and Chris Johnson added homers in the Braves’ 7-4 win in the series finale on Sunday. Schafer went 4-for-5 with two runs.

With less than two weeks to go in voting, Mets third baseman David Wright is in position for the first time this year to take top honors at the hot corner in the National League, having passed the Giants’ Pablo Sandoval in the latest voting update.

Right fielder Jayson Werth left Sunday’s game against the Rockies in the fourth inning after pulling his left groin. He doesn’t expect to go on the disabled list and hopes to return to the lineup on Tuesday.

One day after his worst outing in a Nationals uniform, right-hander Dan Haren was headed to the disabled list with a sore right shoulder.