It was, as Xander Bogaerts put it, a “weird play.” It is one in which he hopes to never be involved again, unless he is the one making the tag next time.

Rubby De La Rosa struck out a career-high 10 and allowed two hits in a dominating performance Thursday night as the D-backs beat the Cardinals, 3-0, to split the four-game series at Chase Field.

It was a raw, blustery 48 degrees for the first pitch Thursday at Camden Yards. But that didn’t keep the hitters of the Baltimore Orioles from breaking out on their return to their home park.

Nick Markakis entered Thursday’s season-series finale against the Red Sox at Fenway Park with just one hit in the first three games of the four-game, home-and-home series, hitting .273 for the season. But he went 4-for-5 Thursday night — a season high in hits and one shy of his career high — with three RBIs, raising his batting average 32 points to .305.

There was a moment earlier this week when, as Aledmys Diaz stepped into the batter’s box, Adam Wainwright turned to his teammates and asked them to set the odds that Diaz would get a hit. Fifty percent, one responded.

One of the most high-profile rivalries in sports begins its next chapter tonight. When the Red Sox and Yankees open a three-game series at Fenway Park at 7:10 p.m. ET, it will be the teams’ first meeting of the season.

By virtue of finishing with a 63-99 record in 2015, the Philadelphia Phillies have the No. 1 pick in this year’s Draft. In a perfect world, there would be a slam-dunk decision in terms of who to take in that top spot. Not so much.

The Nationals and Phillies found themselves in a pitchers’ duel on Thursday afternoon, but thanks to some clutch ninth-inning hitting, the Phillies completed their three-game sweep, winning 3-0 at Nationals Park.

The Nationals made minor changes to the lineup ahead of Thursday’s finale against the Phillies, sitting third baseman Anthony Rendon and outfielder Michael Taylor for Stephen Drew and Matt den Dekker.

We’re almost out of April, the month of small samples and sometimes-dreary conditions. With Sunday comes the month of May, and maybe that’s a good thing for a Twins reliever named Trevor.

Phillies starter Aaron Nola was on a mission to find himself on Thursday against the Nationals. And what he found at Nationals Park was the right combination of a split-finger fastball with a devastating curve.

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It might be just a spot start this time, but Tigers fans will get a glimpse of their top prospect Michael Fulmer on the mound on Friday. The right-hander, ranked No. 50 on MLBPipeline.com’s Top 100 Prospects list, will be making his Major League debut filling in for Shane Greene, who is out temporarily with a broken blister.

Shortstop Francisco Lindor chose to spend part of his evening at Citizens Bank Park. The place was nearly deserted by the time the 22-year-old rising star arrived. Except at one of the indoor batting cages where members from three of Philadelphia’s Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities (RBI) program were going through some drills.

Phillies right-hander Dalier Hinojosa suffered a bruise on the palm of his pitching hand when he was struck by a line drive off the bat of Washington center fielder Matt den Dekker in the eighth inning of Philadelphia’s 3-0 win at Nationals Park on Thursday.

Johnny Vander Meer’s record is safe. Jake Arrieta did not throw another no-hitter and his scoreless-innings streak at home ended, but the right-hander did get the win in the Cubs’ 7-2 victory over the Brewers on Thursday at Wrigley Field.

Jake Arrieta’s record scoreless streak at home ended in the fifth inning Thursday.