Raul Ibanez homered, doubled and drove in four runs in his first two at-bats to help the Mariners jump out early in support of Felix Hernandez, who worked 7 1/3 innings for his seventh win in a 7-4 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday.

Jered Weaver did not have his best stuff Tuesday night vs. the Cubs, but the right-hander did exactly what aces are expected to do as he battled through it and gave his team a chance to win.

Milwaukee rallied for three runs to tie it in the eighth inning, and Yuniesky Betancourt came through with a two-out RBI double in the 10th, giving the Brewers an unlikely 4-3 walk-off win to snap their two-game skid on Tuesday at Miller Park.

Many baseball people will tell you that it takes 60 games to find out what kind of team you have on your hands. Despite falling to the Brewers on Tuesday, failure seems fluky for the A’s. In fact, anything short of success seems like a surprise.

With Samuel Deduno scattering just four hits over six-plus innings and Ryan Doumit remaining hot at the plate, the Twins slipped past the Royals, 3-0, for their eighth win in the past 10 games.

The Yankees, searching for some offensive traction since a hot start to the season, could really use a few more homers. Or even a lot more homers. Conveniently, Mark Teixeira can provide just that.

Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki hit his 13th homer of the season — a two-run jack in the eighth — to hand the Rockies a 5-4 victory over the Reds on Tuesday at Great American Ball Park. One inning earlier, the Reds had gone ahead on an Edgmer Escalona balk.

Buoyed by a dominant seven-inning start from Chris Tillman, the high-flying Orioles capitalized on a pair of Astros miscues to seal a 4-1 series-opening win Tuesday night and give Baltimore its first victory in four tries in Houston.

Andrelton Simmons’ walk-off double in the 10th inning gave the Braves their fourth straight victory, 5-4, Tuesday night at Turner Field.

Phillies right fielder John Mayberry Jr. hit a game-tying home run in the 10th inning before delivering a game-winning grand slam in the 11th to beat the Marlins, 7-3, on Tuesday night.

By the time the Tigers chased Matt Moore, he not only had a five-run deficit, he’d made the second-shortest outing of his career. It was still the third inning. By the time Anibal Sanchez finished his seven innings of one-run ball, the gap had grown, and the Tigers ended up with a 10-1 win on Tuesday.

The Red Sox scored in each of the first seven innings in a 17-5 rout of the Texas Rangers. Boston hit four homers and eight of the nine starters drove in at least a run against Justin Grimm and the Rangers bullpen.

Baseball wants a clean sport. Baseball wants an even playing field. Baseball will test. Baseball will punish. Every player who wears the uniform should understand this by now. So should the millions of kids who dream of wearing one.

Melky Cabrera received a cold welcome from the fans at AT&T Park in his long-awaited return to San Francisco on Tuesday. It marked Cabrera’s first public appearance in San Francisco since last year’s 50-game suspension following a positive test for a banned substance. Even though the crowd’s reaction came as anticipated, Cabrera said before the game the trip was something he had been looking forward to.

Shortly after sending a pitch from closer Mariano Rivera to right field for a flyout to seal Cleveland’s 4-3 loss to the Yankees on Tuesday, Mike Aviles continued an argument with home-plate umpire Tony Randazzo. With Indians manager Terry Francona and third-base coach Brad Mills standing in the middle, Randazzo ejected Aviles.

Steve Lombardozzi hit a sacrifice fly to left field with the bases loaded to plate the winning run in the ninth inning of the Nationals’ 3-2 walk-off victory over the Mets on Tuesday.

Outfielder David Murphy enjoyed a unique distinction on Tuesday night. He was the only Rangers pitcher to pitch a complete inning and not allow a run to the Red Sox at Fenway Park.