With the game tied in the eighth, Atlanta erupted with three solo homers, including Justin Upton’s eighth on the season, adding to Juan Francisco’s two from earlier in the game. The barrage of homers powered the Braves past Kansas City, 6-3, at Turner Field on Tuesday.

For their entire existence, the Red Sox have always hailed from Boston, but it would be hard to imagine an occasion in which they played more for their city than in Tuesday night’s 7-2 victory over the Indians.

A day after celebrating his 24th birthday, Adeiny Hechavarria provided the Marlins with a wakeup call, belting a three-run homer that triggered an 8-2 win over the Nationals on Tuesday night at Marlins Park.

The Pirates and Cardinals saw Game 2 of their three-game series postponed because of inclement weather Tuesday night at PNC Park.

This game is played every day from April through October, so we lean on it often, ask it to be something stable and steady in a world that is too often the opposite. The Red Sox are a good team, a likeable team. Boston’s team. And in these unsettling hours, as we all ask ourselves those unanswerable questions, they’ve got a lot of people pulling for them.

Todd Helton delivered his second game-turning hit in as many games, a two-run single with the bases loaded in the fifth inning, to power the Rockies past the Mets, 8-4, in the first game of a doubleheader played in bitter temperatures at Coors Field on Tuesday afternoon.

The Red Sox took the field on Tuesday night with black armbands on their left sleeves as they paid tribute to those who died and were injured during the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon.

There will be a day when facing the Red Sox brings back a flood of memories and emotions for Indians manager Terry Francona. Tuesday just was not that day.

On Tuesday, the Yankees held a moment of silence prior to their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks to honor those lost and affected by Monday’s bombings, and to pay tribute to the strength and resilience of the Boston community. The club also played Neil Diamond’s Fenway Park favorite “Sweet Caroline” over the public-address system between the third and fourth innings.

Jake Arrieta struck out seven, Matt Wieters hit a solo homer and eight Orioles either drove in a run or reached base in a 5-4 victory as they celebrated Jackie Robinson in Baltimore on Tuesday.

Brewers Opening Day starter Yovani Gallardo was arrested early Tuesday and cited with drunken driving, according to a report from Milwaukee’s ESPN Radio affiliate.

Kelley Jakle, the great-granddaughter of Branch Rickey, sang “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch Monday at Dodger Stadium, capping a night of celebration in honor of Jackie Robinson Day.

April is a strange month for baseball’s stats junkies. When it comes to players off to unusually torrid starts, the sample size is far too small to know whether the numbers mark the beginning of a breakout season or a statistical anomaly that will regress back to the mean by season’s end. Past Aprils have produced both ends of the spectrum.

At this point in his career, 42-year-old Jason Giambi, is 13 years removed from his AL MVP heyday, and might provide production at a replacement level. His value, therefore, rests largely in what he brings to Cleveland’s clubhouse.

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

The Padres set aside a locker for Chase Headley in the visiting clubhouse at Dodger Stadium on Monday, and the injured third baseman could join the club for the series against the Dodgers.

Eric Stults tossed six solid innings against his former club and belted his first career home run as the Padres won, 6-3, on Jackie Robinson Day at Dodger Stadium.