The Reds placed Ryan Ludwick on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday following right shoulder surgery and promoted Derrick Robinson from Triple-A Louisville.

Several like-minded parties converged on Orlando last month for the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) Institute, a three-day seminar designed to advance the cause of youth baseball in economically underprivileged areas.

The Rangers were heartbroken after Yu Darvish was unable to complete his perfect game. But they were thrilled at the idea of seeing how the next six months unfold.

Yu Darvish was one out away from pitching a perfect game when Marwin Gonzalez shot a clean two-out single up the middle, shocking the Minute Maid Park crowd that was on its feet in anticipation of history, in the Astros’ 7-0 loss to the Rangers on Tuesday.

Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish was one batter away from becoming the 24th pitcher in Major League history to throw a perfect game, but his bid for history came to an end when Marwin Gonzalez hit a ground ball straight up the middle for a single in Texas’ 7-0 win over the Astros on Tuesday at Minute Maid Park.

Troy Tulowitzki’s seventh-inning sacrifice fly touched off a big, small-ball inning of three runs that keyed new Rockies manager Walt Weiss’s first victory — an 8-4 victory over the Brewers on Tuesday at Miller Park.

Rangers catcher A.J. Pierzynski has caught a no-hitter and a perfect game, so he understood exactly what Yu Darvish was trying to accomplish on Tuesday night.

Michael Morse was brought to Seattle to provide some missing power to the Mariners offense, and the big outfielder delivered Tuesday with two home runs and four RBIs in a 7-1 victory over the A’s.

Picking up Clayton Kershaw’s Opening Day excellence as if it were the rosin bag, Madison Bumgarner muted Los Angeles by allowing two hits in eight innings Tuesday as the Giants secured their first victory of the season with a 3-0 decision.

A tough-luck, 8-4 loss for reliever Michael Gonzalez and the Brewers at Miller Park on Tuesday against the Rockies rendered moot Ryan Braun’s first 2013 home run.

Behind a trio of home runs, key relief from Edward Mujica and an uplifting start by lefty Jaime Garcia, the Cardinals snagged their first win of the 2013 season on Tuesday night in Arizona.

J.P. Arencibia has known all along that catching R.A. Dickey was going to be a challenge, but on Opening Night, he got a glimpse of just how difficult it can be.

Mark Buehrle had the itch, but all he could do was watch from his seat in the dugout.

In front of a sold-out and raucous Rogers Centre crowd, Cleveland claimed a season-opening 4-1 victory over Toronto on Tuesday night.

Playing with a fractured right toe, Carlos Beltran hardly had the opportunity to ease in defensively on Monday. Arizona’s offense kept Beltran active in right field, leading to a curious analysis of how much that injured toe inhibited the Cardinals veteran.

The A’s have opted to bring back right-hander Bartolo Colon as soon as they can, electing to start the veteran Saturday against the Astros in Houston.

D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said Gerardo Parra, who went 4-for-5 from the leadoff spot on Opening Day, will likely stay at the top of the order until Willie Bloomquist or Adam Eaton returns from injury.