Mae Louise Allen Mays, the wife of Giants legend Willie Mays, died in her sleep Friday morning in the couple’s Atherton, Calif., home after a 16-year bout with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 74.

Injury-plagued Brett Anderson, who has been limited to 41 starts for the A’s since 2009 due to four stints on the disabled list, was forced to leave Friday night’s game against Tampa Bay after the first inning because of a sprained right ankle.

Matt Wieters hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th to lead Baltimore to a 10-6 victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday night as the Orioles were able to overcome a shaky outing by starter Miguel Gonzalez, who allowed two of his three home runs in the first inning.

There was some controversy surrounding the Orioles’ win over the Rays on Thursday. It appeared Adam Jones did not retouch second base on the way back to first after getting a hit in the 10th.

When the D-backs signed Cody Ross as a free agent during the offseason, one of the reasons they cited was his ability to deliver in the clutch. On Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, Ross did just that as his RBI single started a four-run 12th-inning rally as the D-backs avoided a sweep and beat the Yankees, 6-2.

Didi Gregorius tried to keep his emotions in check as he rounded the bases after homering in his first at-bat with the D-backs. He did a good job of it until he got between second and third. That’s when a giant smile took over his face.

Inches made the Cardinals a 4-3 winner over the Phillies on Thursday night. Carlos Beltran’s line-drive home run in the eighth inning off reliever Mike Adams to break a 3-3 tie barely made it over the left-field railing.

B.J. Upton led off the game with a homer, Justin Upton hit his Major League-leading ninth home run and Evan Gattis added to his legend with an eighth-inning pinch-hit homer that proved to be the decisive blow in Thursday night’s 6-4 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.

The Yankees will be without Derek Jeter until at least the All-Star break, as the team announced on Thursday that a CT scan revealed a small fracture in the shortstop’s surgically repaired left ankle.

Lots of strange things happen in a baseball season, and many of them can’t be foreseen. Derek Jeter having a significant setback, though? The Yankees should have seen that coming, and it seems they just didn’t.

Matched against Marlins phenom Jose Fernandez, Reds left-hander Tony Cingrani prevailed in his first big league start, leading Cincinnati to its fourth straight win, 11-1, on Thursday at Great American Ball Park.

The Red Sox had said all along that they would only keep Jackie Bradley Jr. on the roster if he was playing almost every day. Thursday marked the third straight day Bradley was not in the starting lineup, and after the game, Bradley was informed he was being optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket.

Fifteen games into the season, the Red Sox are looking like a well-oiled engine that is getting it done in all facets of the game. All of it was on display in Thursday night’s 6-3 win over the Indians that completed a three-game sweep and pushed the team’s winning streak to six games.

Thursday’s 11-1 loss to the Reds featured a matchup of two of the game’s best young pitching prospects. Miami’s Jose Fernandez, 20, and Cincinnati’s Tony Cingrani, 23, are rated No. 7 and No. 66, respectively, among MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects.

Dayan Viciedo left Thursday’s contest against the Blue Jays in the eighth inning with a left oblique strain.

R.A. Dickey reclaimed his Cy Young Award form from a year ago in the National League, retiring the first 11 batters he faced in a 3-1 win against the White Sox, but exited after six innings with neck and back tightness.

R.A. Dickey cruised through six innings, but was removed from Thursday’s game against the White Sox for precautionary reasons with neck and back tightness in the seventh.