First baseman Ryan Howard was out of the starting lineup with a sore groin for the second straight game Saturday night against the Cardinals, but manager Charlie Manuel expects him to be ready to play in Sunday night’s nationally-televised series finale.

Jason Hammel recovered from a shaky start and Nolan Reimold homered and hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the eighth to lead the Orioles to a 7-5 victory over the Dodgers in the first game of a split doubleheader on Saturday at Oriole Park.

“Sweet Caroline” returned to Fenway Park on Saturday afternoon. Everything felt back to normal again. This time, the 72-year-old Neil Diamond sang his song live.

Victims were remembered and heroes were celebrated at Fenway Park on Saturday as Boston continued its healing process with an emotional pregame ceremony.

Dayan Viciedo became the fifth White Sox player to be placed on the disabled list since the start of the 2013 season when the left fielder was added Saturday morning with a strained left oblique.

After beating the Blue Jays on Friday, Andy Pettitte felt good Saturday and the back spasms that forced him to miss a start appear to be a thing of the past.

Angel Pagan ripped a tiebreaking double with one out in the ninth inning Friday night to lift the Giants to a 3-2 triumph over the San Diego Padres.

The Angels looked like a team who had just enjoyed a rare two-day break when they erupted late for an 8-1 victory over the Tigers on Friday night, with Albert Pujols, Mike Trout and Peter Bourjos combining for seven RBIs from the top three spots in the lineup.

Major League Baseball’s teams and fans expressed relief in ballparks across the country Friday night, when it was learned the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings had been captured.

A Brewers club five days removed from the longest scoring drought in franchise history has suddenly won five games in a row, including Friday’s 5-4 triumph over the Cubs at Miller Park.

On Friday against the Cubs, Brewers shortstop Jean Segura singled, stole second base, retreated to first in a bizarre rundown, then was caught trying to steal second base again to end the inning.

Troy Tulowitzki homered for the fifth time and the National League West-leading Rockies won their seventh straight, 3-1, over the D-backs. But the joy was tempered when Jhoulys Chacin grasped his back and side on consecutive seventh-inning fastballs and was removed.

J.D. Martinez clubbed a two-run homer in the second inning and Rick Ankiel followed with a solo shot to help the Astros post a 3-2 victory over the Indians, as Lucas Harrell picked up his first win on Friday night at Minute Maid Park.

Rockies right-hander Jhoulys Chacin was 6 1/3 innings into a scoreless performance on Friday night when he grasped his left side and lower back in pain and left the game against the D-backs with left oblique stiffness.

Six Texas runs in the fifth were far more than starter Yu Darvish needed to earn a 7-0 victory, his third in four starts this season. He pitched seven scoreless innings, allowed only three hits and struck out 10.

Astros left fielder J.D. Martinez had to be helped off the field by trainers in the fourth inning on Friday after his right knee appeared to buckle during an at-bat against Indians starter Brett Myers.

Tampa Bay tied a season high with eight runs and played solid defense behind right-hander Alex Cobb, who delivered 7 1/3 strong innings as the Rays beat the A’s, 8-3. Tampa Bay had dropped five of its last six and eight of 10 before the victory.