Some early nagging injuries have provided the opportunity for Mike Matheny to get his bench involved, and it was those part-time players that keyed Saturday's 5-1 win over the Cubs in front of 46,792 at Busch Stadium.

The Rangers have won both games started by Yu Darvish. But two of his fellow rookie teammates will likely remember Saturday afternoon much longer than Darvish will after the Rangers' 6-2 victory over the Twins at Target Field.

With a 3-5 record and hoping to win their first series of the young season, the Angels will call upon Jerome Williams to make his season debut when he squares off with the Yankees' Ivan Nova in Sunday night's series finale at 8:05 ET on ESPN.

As expected, the Red Sox officially announced they will place All-Star center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury on the 15-day disabled list prior to Saturday's game against the Rays.

Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner is battling flu-like symptoms, according to manager Joe Girardi, but he could be available off the bench in Saturday's contest against the Angels.

Dodgers bullpen coach Ken Howell will sit out the final two games of the current homestand and the team's upcoming road trip to Milwaukee and Houston due to a diabetes-related condition.

Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said that Justin Morneau will see time at first base before Interleague Play starts in mid-May, but wouldn't give a specific date for Morneau's return to the infield.

Kendrys Morales impressed a lot of people with how quickly he seemed to regain his timing at the plate during Spring Training. Now, heading into the second act of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium, the Angels designated hitter seems to have hit a wall.

Less than an hour before first pitch on Saturday, the Cardinals took third baseman David Freese out of the lineup because of irritation to one of his fingers on his right hand.

Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland was out of the lineup on Saturday with an abscessed tooth. He may need oral surgery, but right now, the plan is to treat it with antibiotics.

The third time wasn't quite a charm for Giants starter Matt Cain, who tossed the third one-hit shutout of his career Friday vs. the Pirates.

Esmil Rogers worked out of a jam in the fourth and Todd Helton's RBI double with two out in the eighth inning gave the Rockies a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the D-backs on Friday night.

The third time facing Felix Hernandez surely proved the charm for the A's, who squeaked out a 4-0 victory over the Mariners in Seattle on Friday.

After Kenley Jansen couldn't secure a win against the Padres in the top of the ninth, the San Diego bullpen issued four straight walks in the bottom half of the inning to give the Dodgers a 9-8 win in Friday's opener at Dodger Stadium.

Long-time Red Sox fan Bill Hogan will throw out the first pitch Saturday, marking his and Fenway's 100th birthday.

No one is making any grand comparisons between the 1981 Dodgers and the 2012 club just yet, but a 7-1 record has Los Angeles off to its best start since the '81 world champions opened 9-1. On Saturday, Ted Lilly will try to keep the Dodgers rolling against the Padres' Joe Wieland, who will be making his big league debut.

A's lefty Tommy Milone pitched eight shutout innings in his first start for Oakland, while Hector Noesi did not make it out of the fourth inning in his Mariners debut.