Manager Dusty Baker announced after the Nationals’ 9-7 win over the Braves on Tuesday that Stephen Strasburg will be activated to start in the series finale on Wednesday.

The Blue Jays have set their rotation for a pivotal upcoming series vs. the Red Sox, and the club will go with its big three of Marco Estrada, J.A. Happ and Aaron Sanchez. Toronto is tied with Boston for first place in the American League East after losing, 7-6, to the Yankees on Tuesday.

Down to their last strike, the Cardinals powered their way to an improbable ninth-inning comeback against Pirates closer Tony Watson, crushing three home runs and escaping with a dramatic 9-7 win.

A flurry of hard contact off Shelby Miller drove the Dodgers to a 5-2 win over the D-backs on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, with Corey Seager, Justin Turner, Josh Reddick and Andrew Toles all registering multiple hits. Los Angeles has won four straight.

Jonathan Villar hit a leadoff home run and Domingo Santana added a two-run single in the five-run first and Ryan Braun drove in four runs — including three on his 26th home run in the sixth — to lead the Brewers to a 12-5 victory on Tuesday night over the Cubs, who will file this away as a rare clunker.

The A’s staged a late comeback Tuesday night, posting three runs in the eighth inning to jump ahead of the Angels for a 3-2 victory at the Coliseum, evening this three-game series ahead of Wednesday’s finale.

Matt Carpenter’s game-tying blast was the 15th pinch-hit homer the Cardinals have hit this year, breaking a tie with the 2001 Giants and 2001 D-backs for the most by a team in one season.

The Nationals scored three runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Braves, 9-7, at Nationals Park on Tuesday night. With the victory, the magic number for Washington to win the National League East is down to 16.

The cards were seemingly stacked against the Astros on Tuesday night. Last year’s American League Cy Young Award winner, Dallas Keuchel, was scratched from his scheduled start, forcing Houston to use a patchwork pitching staff opposite Tribe ace Corey Kluber. The Astros made it work in a 4-3 win, in which Brad Peacock turned in an admirable effort — although abbreviated — while Marwin Gonzalez and Alex Bregman did the heavy lifting on offense.

If over the course of the next few decades Dansby Swanson opts to embellish the memory of his first career home run, he will need to do so in terms of speed, instead of distance.

The Orioles hit three home runs, including Manny Machado’s grand slam, to overpower the Rays in Tuesday’s 11-2 series win.

With an opposite-field blast beyond PNC Park’s Clemente wall, Yadier Molina not only delivered an early lift in Tuesday’s matchup between Wild Card contenders but also wrote the Cardinals into the National League record books.

The adrenaline surged through Brett Gardner’s system in the seconds immediately following his crash into the left-field wall, stamping an exclamation point on what felt like it could be remembered as one of the Yankees’ biggest victories of the season.

Miguel Gonzalez’s first start since Aug. 11 not only helped his current White Sox team, but it also lent a helping hand to his previous Orioles squad. The right-hander hurled 6 1/3 innings of six-hit ball in his return from the disabled list due to a right groin strain, shutting down the Tigers in a 2-0 victory at a muggy U.S. Cellular Field on Tuesday night.

With two runs in the final two frames — capped off by September callup Kelby Tomlinson’s RBI single — the Giants came from behind to top the Rockies, 3-2, at Coors Field on Tuesday night.

Good guy Mike.

Good to see you again, Muni.