Matt Joyce had hit against Jake Arrieta before Tuesday night. Joyce had hit Arrieta well, in fact, with seven hits in 14 at-bats. That was years ago, when Joyce played for the Rays and Arrieta was a struggling starter for the Orioles.

The realities of a 162-game season have a way of creeping in. And the Orioles and Yankees are feeling it big-time at the outset of May.

On Monday, Royals manager Ned Yost said he was keeping third baseman Mike Moustakas out of the lineup simply to “give him a day.”

Marlins first baseman Justin Bour dislocated his left pinkie sliding into second base in the eighth inning of a 7-4 victory over the D-backs on Tuesday at Marlins Park.

Francisco Lindor’s audience at Progressive Field is growing accustomed to seeing the shortstop smiling wide out on the field. There it was again on Tuesday night, when he pulled off another stunning defensive play in the second inning against the Tigers.

Injuries have decimated the Reds’ rotation already in 2016 and the latest one to Jon Moscot forced the Reds to cut short John Lamb’s rehab assignment and activate him from the disabled list. He provided a decent six-inning start Tuesday for a no-decision while Cincinnati still came up short in a 3-1 loss.

Curt Casali is showing signs of becoming an everyday catcher. In Tuesday night’s 10-5 loss to the Dodgers, Casali displayed toughness, power and a strong throwing arm.

Luis Severino seemed to have shown enough improvement on Tuesday to keep his spot in the rotation, but the end result was still one that has become far too familiar for the Yankees — another game, another loss.

On Tuesday in the top of the eighth inning, the Giants scored two runs against Cincinnati reliever Caleb Cotham to snap a 1-1 tie. That made it 21 consecutive team games with at least one run allowed by the Reds bullpen to set a single-season record.

Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton exited Tuesday’s game vs. the Giants before the fifth inning because of a jammed left thumb, the club revealed. Hamilton was replaced by Tyler Holt after going 0-for-2.

Mark Trumbo, coming off an impressive April in which he batted .337/.385/.573 with six homers and 19 RBIs, shows no signs of slowing down. The Orioles’ right fielder was back at it again on Tuesday, blasting a pair of homers and driving in three runs in a 4-1 win over the Yankees.

The ballpark may have been different, the deficit smaller, the team on the other side not quite so formidable, but on the one-month anniversary of Matt Harvey’s Opening Night start against the Royals, it was difficult not to notice that little has changed. Harvey is still struggling to retire batters in the middle innings, struggling to win games, struggling to rediscover his dominant form of old.

Replay allowed the Indians to take a run off the board from the Tigers in the top of the first inning Tuesday night. Justin Verlander could only wish replaying his matchups in the bottom half could be as productive.

Almost exactly four years ago, as the early-season success of Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals captured national attention, Bill Shaikin wrote in the Los Angeles Times about the Nationals’ plan to shut down their young ace.

Alex Rodriguez has a date with an MRI tube on Wednesday morning, and that promises to determine if the Yankees’ designated hitter can avoid a stint on the disabled list after injuring his right hamstring in Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the Orioles.

Despite being in first place the entire first month of the season, the Orioles knew continued success would hinge on their largely-underperforming rotation turning the corner.

Francisco Lindor led a rejuvenated Indians offense on Tuesday night, collecting three hits and launching a three-run home run off Detroit’s Justin Verlander to help Cleveland claim a 7-3 victory at Progressive Field.