Astros starter Collin McHugh pitched a complete-game gem and his club’s offense lit up D-backs starter Edwin Escobar in his first Major League start, striking for eight runs (seven earned) on 10 hits against the left-hander in an 8-3 win over Arizona on Monday afternoon at Chase Field.

On Monday, after finishing his rehab assignment, Luis Severino was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, where he will attempt to shrug off an underwhelming opening to his 2016 campaign.

The Astros have had the reputation for the past few years as an offense that relies on the home run, and that’s largely true. They showed Monday afternoon, though, that they can do some damage without hitting the ball out of the park.

Bothered by a sore left ankle that stemmed from crashing into a wall on Sunday, Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips was forced to exit Monday’s 11-8 win over the Rockies in the seventh inning.

Cubs starter Jason Hammel had to leave Monday’s 2-0 win against the Dodgers due to right hamstring cramping. The club announced that he’s being evaluated.

Kyle Seager and Dae-Ho Lee combined to drive in five runs with home runs and Nathan Karns won his fifth straight decision as the Mariners snapped a three-game losing streak by topping the Padres, 9-3, in a Monday afternoon Memorial Day game at Safeco Field.

In his second start since coming off the disabled list, Andrew Cashner appeared to have found the form the Padres were hoping for all season.

Major League Baseball honored fallen servicemen and servicewomen at ballparks around the country on Memorial Day.

The Angels made four roster moves on Monday, highlighted by reinstating right-handed closer Huston Street from the 15-day disabled list.

The toughest part of Jordan Zimmermann’s path back to the Tigers rotation came Monday, and it didn’t involve a single pitch. It did, however, involve a lot of grounders.

A Brewers sweep of the Cardinals this week would have vaulted them into third place, but Carlos Martinez & Co. shut down that possibility with authority.

Red Sox Minor Leaguer Sam Travis will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee, the club announced Monday.

The Twins placed outfielder Danny Santana on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain on Monday and in a corresponding roster move will recall highly regarded young outfielder Byron Buxton from Triple-A Rochester in time for Tuesday night’s game at Oakland.

Human beings were not meant to try to hit that.

Xander Bogaerts extended his career-long hitting streak to 23 games with an RBI double to left in the third inning of the Red Sox’s series opener against the Orioles on Monday afternoon at Camden Yards.

Just consider this one of those cases where you have to hit rock bottom before you can start moving back toward the top. It might take a little while for the White Sox to get over their weekend in Kansas City, after the Royals pulled off a series of escapes worthy of a Dean Gunnarson television special. But it will happen.

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