Nicholas D’Annibale, a 13-year-old Yankees fan from New Jersey, got a wonderful surprise Friday in the form of a meeting with his favorite baseball player Robinson Cano.

Every lineup, every day, as they are made public by the clubs.

Heading into the spring, college pitching seemed to be a big strength in this year’s Draft, and while any one of five hurlers could reasonably be taken in the top 10 picks, there have been more question marks surrounding the pitchers after Mark Appel and Jonathan Gray.

Braden Shipley had no business being a top prospect in next month’s First-Year Player Draft, left alone being a potential top-10 pick. After all, the 21-year-old right-hander didn’t pitch until his junior year of high school and he started his college career at Nevada as a shortstop. Yet here he is, one of the top college pitchers in the country.

D-backs outfielder Gerardo Parra went deep off Marlins pitcher Tom Koehler on the first pitch of Arizona’s 1-0 victory on Saturday. The last time a game was essentially decided by a first-pitch home run? You have to go all the way back to Sept. 2, 1963.

The Cardinals closed a 10-game homestand with a 4-2 win over the Brewers. Sunday’s victory, the team’s 13th in 17 games this month, secured a series win for St. Louis.

The Rays got homers from Luke Scott and Matt Joyce, and Matt Moore limited the Orioles to a run over seven innings in the 3-1 victory on Sunday.

Stymied for most of the day, the Phillies came alive vs. Aroldis Chapman, as Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis hit back-to-back homers for a 3-2, walk-off win over the Reds on Sunday at Citizens Bank Park.

The Rangers placed second baseman Ian Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list with a right intercostal strain on Sunday afternoon and recalled infielder Jurickson Profar — MLB.com’s No. 1 overall prospect — from Triple-A Round Rock. Profar will be in uniform for Sunday night’s game against the Tigers.

Jeff Locke added seven dominant innings to his growing trail in the Pirates’ series-clinching 1-0 victory over the Astros at PNC Park on Sunday afternoon.

Ricky Nolasco threw a gem on Sunday, and Marcell Ozuna did not let another stellar outing by a Marlins starter go to waste. The rookie’s two-out, two-run double in the sixth was the difference in the Marlins’ 2-1 win against the D-backs at Marlins Park.

Justin Masterson fanned 11 in seven scoreless frames, and the Tribe knocked six runs off Felix Hernandez in a 6-0 victory at Progressive Field.

Rays outfielder Matt Joyce hit his eighth home run of the season Sunday afternoon at Camden Yards, after an official review gave Tampa Bay a 3-1 lead over the Orioles.

Kris Medlen certainly had reason to be encouraged after limiting the Dodgers to two hits and one unearned run in seven innings of Saturday night’s 3-1 win at Turner Field. But the Braves right-hander was frustrated that he issued three walks.

Carlos Ruiz left Sunday’s finale vs. the Reds after the second inning with a strained right hamstring.

The Nationals haven’t hit their stride so far this season, but Sarah D. Morris says manager Davey Johnson is the right man to get Bryce Harper and Co. past their early season issues.

Astros owner Jim Crane and general manager Jeff Luhnow attended Saturday’s and Sunday’s games against the Pirates at PNC Park in a surprise trip that came about after both men scouted the University of North Carolina’s game against Virginia in Chapel Hill, N.C., earlier Saturday.