Depleted by injuries, the Padres are turning to to veteran right hander Kip Wells against the Astros on Tuesday. Wells hasn't pitched in the Majors since 2009 with the Reds. The Astros counter with Jordan Lyles, who pitched well, but was done in by poor run support in his last outing.

St. Louis rallied from a five-run deficit in the eighth and ninth innings, and Rafael Furcal drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th as the Cardinals escaped the series opener with an 8-7 win to extend the club's winning streak to four games.

Right-hander Luke Hochevar went nine scoreless frames and the Royals helped him with a five-run third in Monday's 8-0 victory over the Rays in the teams' first meeting of the season.

Rockies second baseman Marco Scutaro left Monday night's game against the Nationals in the sixth inning after being hit in the helmet by a 95 mph fastball from Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg at Coors Field.

A day after accidentally staggering off a base and being tagged out to kill a rally, Marco Scutaro was staggered by a Stephen Strasburg fastball to the head Monday night to begin a game-turning rally in a 4-2 victory over the Nationals before a Coors Field crowd of 40,177 that sat through record heat.

Top prospect Anthony Rizzo will be making his debut with the Cubs in Tuesday's game vs. the Mets. He'll face off against Dillon Gee, while the Cubs send Randy Wells to the hill.

It seems ironic that with the Tigers back in Arlington, catcher Alex Avila's painful left knee has both the team and the All-Star catcher concerned. Test results, however, showed he has the same bout of patellar tendinitis he dealt with last season.

Francisco Liriano shut down the White Sox for seven innings as the Twins pulled out a 4-1 win in the series opener at Target Field on Monday night.

With two solid innings of rehab at Triple-A Toledo on Thursday, the Tigers decided Drew Smyly was healthy enough to return to face the Rangers on Tuesday. Yu Darvish takes the mound for Texas, looking for his 10th win of the season.

White Sox right-hander Gavin Floyd has struggled against the Twins in the past, but he hopes turn that around Tuesday when takes the mound opposite Liam Hendriks, who continues to search for his first big league win.

Gio Gonzalez could become the second Nationals lefty to win 10 games in a season when he faces the Rockies on Tuesday at Coors Field. Opposing him is Christain Friedrich, who has struggled at home this season.

Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano has roared back from a season-opening slump to get back to his usual levels of offense, and it took him only seven weeks to do it.

Catcher Rod Barajas left Monday's series opener against the Phillies with a bone bruise in his left knee. X-rays were negative, and he is day to day.

With about two weeks until the All-Star break, both the Reds and Brewers want to finish the first half of the season strong. On the heels of a loss in the series opener, Milwaukee will look to bounce back in the middle game against its division rivals on Tuesday at Great American Ball Park.

Behind an eight-strikeout start by Joe Blanton, the Phillies beat the Pirates on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park, 8-3.

The Yankees slugged three home runs, including back-to-back blasts by Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher, winning their third straight game with a 7-1 drubbing of the Indians on Monday.

The Pirates have never won a series at Citizens Bank Park since the stadium opened in 2004. Philadelphia's Vance Worley is hoping he can take advantage of that and snap his two-game losing streak as he opposes Pittsburgh lefty Erik Bedard.