Chris Carter and Jonathan Villar homered, Chase Anderson delivered another effective start and the Brewers continued a winning streak at Citizens Bank Park that began long before that trio’s tenure. It reached eight games over three seasons with Thursday’s 4-1 win over the Phillies in the opener of a four-game series.

The Pirates endured a painful night at Marlins Park on Thursday that had little to do with the end result of a 4-3, 12-inning loss, their third straight defeat. Catcher Francisco Cervelli, shortstop Jordy Mercer and infielder David Freese were all forced out of the game after being hit by pitches. But what sent Andrew McCutchen to the clubhouse?

Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts extended his career-best hitting streak to 26 games Thursday night’s 12-7 loss with a bases-loaded, two-run single in the sixth inning off Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez at Camden Yards.

Marlins left fielder Christian Yelich ripped a walk-off double to deep center field off Pirates reliever A.J. Schugel in the bottom of the 12th inning, as Miami bounced back from a late Pittsburgh rally and won, 4-3, on Thursday night, its third straight win to capture a four-game series victory.

Carlos Carrasco strolled into the Indians’ clubhouse at 4:28 p.m. ET on Thursday afternoon, hours before the Tribe completed a late-inning comeback to post a 5-4 victory over the Royals. The pitcher was greeted by a few teammates as he made his way to his locker, but reliever Brian Shaw welcomed Carrasco with a friendly jab.

After successfully picking the Rockies’ D.J. LeMahieu on Wednesday, Beat the Streak participant “willmccormack14” remained atop the active leaderboard with 44 games. However, his chase for 57 straight picks and the $5.6 million grand prize ended Thursday, when LeMahieu’s teammate, Charlie Blackmon, went 0-for-3 with a walk against the Reds.

The Yankees looked every bit as sluggish at the plate Thursday night as they did the previous three games, when they managed to plate just three runs.

After going homerless in their three-game sweep at the hands of the A’s, the Twins homered in a hurry against the Rays on Thursday night, and it came in an unconventional way.

Francisco Lindor slid headfirst across home plate, then jumped to his feet and threw his helmet into the air. On a sacrifice fly by Mike Napoli, the Indians shortstop scored the winning run to send the Tribe to a 5-4 walk-off victory over the Royals on Thursday night at Progressive Field.

The Phillies intentionally loaded the bases in the eighth inning of a one-run game — and it worked, thanks to a quirky play to end the frame.

The first four selections in this first-round projection match those from MLBPipeline.com’s Prospect Watch.

JoJo Romero isn’t pondering the exciting certitude of becoming a pro prospect. At least not yet.

When Astros outfielder George Springer was a kid, he was intimidated by the thought of public speaking, mainly because he felt like the only person in the world who stuttered. As an adult, he learned that he was not alone with his struggles, and now, he wants today’s kids to also not feel that sense of isolation.

The 1999 Draft was held 17 years ago Thursday. Josh Hamilton went first to the Rays, Josh Beckett went second to the Marlins, and 399 other players were selected before the Cardinals finally took a chance on Albert Pujols, with the 18th pick of the 13th round.

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After the Orioles went without a homer in the first three games of the series while the Red Sox belted 12, Baltimore ended the power slump with a season-high seven homers to earn a 12-7 victory in Thursday night’s series finale at Camden Yards.

There was handmade cavatelli and Roman-style pork paninis, a tuna tostada with chile-rubbed albacore and a lobster burrito. And chef David Burns was making a sandwich he called “The Rizzo Bomb” that featured Laurie Rizzo’s meatballs and marinara.