For the fourth time on this homestand, Oakland pulled together a late-inning comeback, and it resulted in the team's fifth straight win, 5-4, in 12 innings, and a four-game series sweep of New York in Oakland, a first for the A's.

Even after a successful road trip that saw the Mariners go 5-2 and win their first series since June 15-17, there is room for improvement as the team returns home to face the Yankees on Monday.

Will Venable's seventh-inning, go-ahead RBI single scored Everth Cabrera to give the Padres a 3-2 win and series victory in front of 25,198 at Petco Park on Sunday.

Mike Trout tripled and scored in the first inning on Sunday night to set an Angels franchise record and American League record by scoring in 14 straight games.

J.P. Arencibia has been on fire at the plate recently, and helped the Blue Jays to a sweep in Boston over the weekend. But Arencibia and the Toronto offense have a whole new challenge when they face a dynamic A's staff on Tuesday.

The Mets will call up highly regarded pitching prospect Matt Harvey to start Thursday's game against the D-backs in Arizona.

On the back of a seven-run sixth inning, highlighted by a three-run homer by Chris Young, the D-backs polished off a sweep of the Astros on Sunday, 8-2, at Chase Field.

J.J. Hardy hit a two-run homer in the first and singled in a run in the seventh, while left-hander Zach Britton went six shutout innings and the O's outlasted a late rally.

When the Reds and Astros play the first game of a three-game series on Monday at Minute Maid Park, starting pitchers Mat Latos and Wandy Rodriguez will be trying to bounce back from disappointing performances.

When Clayton Richard and Ryan Vogelsong face each other Monday in the opener of a three-game series between the Padres and Giants at AT&T Park, steadiness and persistence will be on ample display.

Matt Treanor's pinch-hit two-run single with two outs and the bases loaded in the 12th inning keyed a five-run rally that gave the Dodgers an 8-3 win over the Mets, a sweep of their three-game series and the first career victory for reliever Josh Wall in his Major League debut.

The last man introduced before the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies began in earnest Sunday was, appropriately, Mr. Berra. People dressed in every color, not only Reds red and Cubs blue, stood for him, a widely beloved figure. Yogi's not moving well these days. His next appearance here probably requires the qualifier “tentatively scheduled.”

Jonathan Sanchez, who was acquired in a trade with the Royals for Jeremy Guthrie on Friday, will make his first start for the Rockies in Monday's series opener against Ian Kennedy anf the D-backs at Chase Field.

Left-hander Erik Bedard looks to lead the red-hot Pirates to their sixth consecutive victory when Jeff Samardzija and the NL Central-rival Cubs visit PNC Park to open a three-game series on Monday.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera became the second Venezuelan-born player to join the 300-homer club on Sunday with a tape-measure drive into the camera well below the center-field fountain at Comerica Park in a game against the White Sox.

The Nationals jumped to a big lead on Sunday, powered by Ryan Zimmerman's pair of blasts, and Washington held on for a lead over Atlanta, which pushed the Nats' NL East lead back to 3 1/2 games.

The Cardinals are searching for more consistent success on offense. The Dodgers are searching for better results from Chad Billingsley. Both teams are coming off sweeps when they face off in the first game of a four-game series at Busch Stadium on Monday. Joe Kelly starts for St. Louis.