The Brewers will welcome St. Louis to town for a three-game series beginning on Monday, the second of Milwaukee's three straight three-game sets against NL Central opponents.

After being a part of the All-Star Game festivities in Kansas City, Wade Miley is looking forward to focusing on just pitching against the Reds at Great American Ball Park on Monday.

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

By virtue of this year's 8-15 start, the Angels are facing a battle every day for the remainder of the season to make the playoffs — just as it was on Sunday at Yankee Stadium.

Amid an important stretch of games leading up to the July 31 trade deadline, the Phillies hope to carry momentum from their first series win in nearly a month into a big road series against the Dodgers.

Melky Cabrera was not with the Giants on Sunday, as he flew to Florida for the birth of his child. He plans to rejoin the club on Tuesday in Atlanta.

Cole Hamels has found the mantel of staff ace on the Phillies suits him to a tee. The next two weeks, however, will determine whether Hamels stays in Philadelphia.

The Padres took advantage of five errors en route to a 7-2 victory over the Dodgers on Sunday to claim the three-game series in Los Angeles.

Compared to his last game against the Astros, Matt Cain labored, but he was just good enough to get the win on Sunday afternoon, thanks in large part to Buster Posey's two RBI singles.

Chad Billingsley was scratched from his scheduled start for the Dodgers on Sunday with right elbow pain and said after the game that MRI results showed “flexor muscle and inflammation strain or whatever you want to call it.”

Adrian Beltre had a busy day on Sunday at Safeco Field as Matt Harrison tossed a five-hitter for a 4-0 victory over the Mariners.

After a few days of being asked if he'd heard, officially, when Carl Crawford would join the Red Sox, manager Bobby Valentine finally got the go-ahead Sunday afternoon. Boston's $142 million left fielder will join the team Monday at Fenway Park.

The Phillies won their first road series in over a month — and their first series of any kind in nearly a month — with a 5-1 victory over the Rockies in Sunday's series finale at Coors Field.

Kevin Youkilis, the former Red Sox third baseman who was traded to the White Sox, returns to Fenway Park for the first time on Monday, when the two clubs begin a four-game series. Chicago will call on Dylan Axelrod, while Boston counters with Aaron Cook.

Ben Sheets threw six scoreless innings in his first start in almost two years, and Michael Bourn's RBI double ignited a six-run outburst in the fifth as the Braves beat the Mets, 6-1, on Sunday at Turner Field, completing a sweep and notching their seventh straight victory.

Will Middlebrooks paced the Red Sox with three hits, Mike Aviles and Daniel Nava each homered and Josh Beckett picked up his first win since May 20 as Boston beat Tampa Bay, 7-3, and won the first series of the second half before a crowd of 26,131 at Tropicana Field on Sunday afternoon.

Monday's pitching matchup in the first game of a three-game series between the Rockies and Pirates at Coors Field features two battle-scarred veterans who are testaments to the virtue of persistence and pressing on through adversity.