On this Memorial Day weekend, MLB.com salutes Elmer Gedeon and Harry O'Neill, two former big leaguers who were killed in action during World War II.

Dodgers lefty Chris Capuano is tied for second in the Majors with six wins, and his 2.25 ERA is eighth best in the NL. In his last outing on Monday in a 6-1 over the D-backs, Capuano tossed six innings of one-run ball, striking out five and walking one.

A.J. Ellis' walk-off three-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday night carried the Dodgers to another dramatic victory, this time 6-3 over the Astros, to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the year.

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

Led by John McDonald's three-run homer, the D-backs smashed out 15 hits and batted around in the third inning to rally from a three-run deficit to an 8-5 victory over the Brewers at Chase Field.

With his club falling steadily in the standings, Daniel Hudson will come of the DL on Sunday and make his long-awaited return to the rotation in the D-backs' series finale against the Brewers.

The first game of this Red Sox-Rays series featured a benches-clearing incident in a Tampa Bay win, and the second game on Saturday brought a Jarrod Saltalamacchia two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth in a 3-2 victory for Boston. With one big inning, the Sox went from having to avoid a three-game sweep Sunday to being in a position to take a particularly intense series.

Matt Garza will try to stop the Cubs' 11-game losing streak while the Pirates' Erik Bedard looks to complete the sweep on Sunday.

It's no coincidence the Angels, winners of five straight, have gotten hot at the same time as Albert Pujols, who has homered in three straight games. Those streaks will carry into Sunday's series finale at Safeco Field with C.J. Wilson squaring off with the Mariners' Hector Noesi.

The shredder, as Jarrod Saltalamacchia would call it after his thrilling two-run walk-off home run on Saturday night, had been gathering mothballs. But as Saltalamacchia finished off the most enjoyable home run trot of his career, it resurfaced in a big way as the Red Sox came back to beat the Rays, 3-2.

Sunday's rubber match between the Rockies and Reds features one pitcher who just matched a season-high performance for innings pitched and another who turned in a season-low.

Alberto Callaspo hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the sixth and Albert Pujols homered for the third straight day to lead the Angels to a 5-3 victory over the Mariners on Saturday at Safeco Field.

The Pirates earned a 3-2 walk-off victory on Saturday thanks to Cubs reliever Rafael Dolis plunking Matt Hague with the bases loaded.

Behind Kyle Kendrick's first career shutout and second complete game, the Phillies won their third straight against the Cardinals, 4-0, before a crowd of 44,476 at Busch Stadium on Saturday night.

Chris Heisey and Ryan Ludwick hit three-run blasts, and Brandon Phillips went 3-for-4 with two RBIs.

Chipper Jones, who is retiring after this season, says his baseball idols growing up were Hall of Famers Cal Ripken Jr. and Mickey Mantle. But now, Jones is the one baseball stars of tomorrow — and today — look up to.

The D-backs shored up their catching situation for the foreseeable future by locking up All-Star Miguel Montero through his first five years of free agency at $60 million on Saturday.