Pair Jay Mohr's comedic talent with his true love of Dodgers baseball, and you've got a broadcaster who is both knowledgeable and hilarious.

The Oakland Athletics have acquired veteran shortstop Stephen Drew from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Minor League infielder Sean Jamieson, the club announced on Monday.

With more pressing matters to deal with than Melky Cabrera's 50-game suspension, the Giants pressed on in fine style in seizing the opener of a three-game series with the Dodgers.

The Nationals had one of their biggest games of the year. In a showdown with big implications on the division race, they faced the Braves on Monday night at Nationals Park, winning, 5-4, after Chad Tracy's RBI infield single in the 13th inning. The Nationals are 76-46, six games ahead of the Braves in the NL East.

Michael Saunders launched a pair of two-run home runs Monday to power the Mariners to their sixth straight win, a 5-3 victory over the Indians.

Madison Bumgarner displayed every bit of his uncanny poise in the opener of a three-game NL West showdown on Monday, striking out 10 in eight innings as the Giants edged the Dodgers, 2-1.

Each day, MLB.com selects one player from each game whose performance stands out.

The Twins snapped their five-game losing streak behind a solid effort from left-hander Brian Duensing in a 7-2 win over the A's on Monday at the Oakland Coliseum.

Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez returns to the mound Tuesday night against the Indians for the first time since authoring the 23rd perfect game in Major League history.

Although both Ivan Nova and Francisco Liriano have shown flashes of their potential this season, neither has found extended streaks of consistency. The two will square off as the Yankees and White Sox resume a three-game set at U.S. Cellular Field on Tuesday night.

Two years ago, Stephen Strasburg was a rookie, Bryce Harper was in high school, Gio Gonzalez was a member of the Oakland A's, and Jordan Zimmermann was rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. But the seeds of a dominant bullpen had already been sown at Nationals Park.

Left-hander Brett Anderson makes his first start since coming off the DL on Tuesday night. He'll face off against Cole De Vries of the Minnesota Twins.

Jason Marquis looks to follow up the two-hit shutout he posted against A.J. Burnett and the Pirates on Aug. 11 when San Diego continues its home set with Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

After the masterful pitching on display during Monday's series opener, both the Giants and Dodgers will be hoping for much of the same from their respective starters in Tuesday's matchup.

Chris Rusin will head to the mound for his big league debut when the Cubs take on Marco Estrada and the Brewers on Tuesday at Miller Park.

Stephen Strasburg takes the mound Tuesday in the second of a key three-game series against National League East-foe Atlanta, doing, as Braves third baseman Chipper Jones says, “things that nobody else does.”

After claiming a wild 9-6 victory over the Yankees on Monday that took well over 3 1/2 hours to complete, the White Sox certainly weren't going to argue about style points. This victory ended the club's three-game losing streak and moved it two games ahead of the idle Tigers in the Central.