Kyle Seager, Leonys Martin and Seth Smith each homered and the Mariners’ offense knocked Angels starter Matt Shoemaker out of the game before he could even record an out in the fourth inning, leading Seattle to a 9-4 victory in Southern California on Sunday afternoon.

The Tigers will be without closer Francisco Rodriguez for at least the next few days. The team on Sunday placed him on the family medical emergency list to attend to an undisclosed family matter.

Ji-Man Choi went 10 days without stepping into the batter’s box in a Major League game, then was tasked with facing one of the game’s premier starting pitchers, Felix Hernandez, on Saturday.

Through seven games of their season series vs. the Reds, the Cubs offense has been relentless. Five of those contests have been blowouts in Chicago’s favor, and Sunday was the latest romp. Led by Anthony Rizzo’s two home runs, the Cubs recorded a 9-0 win over Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park.

Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner missed his second start with a bruised left big toe on Sunday, but manager Dave Roberts expressed optimism about a return to the lineup for Monday’s homestand opener.

Steven Souza Jr. hit two homers and the Rays had five total off Yankees starter Michael Pineda and reliever Nick Goody as Tampa Bay took the final game of a three-game series with an 8-1 victory on Sunday at Yankee Stadium.

Albert Pujols broke out of the longest slump of his career in a big way on Sunday, smashing a first-inning, two-run homer to tie Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson for 13th on the all-time list.

Steven Souza Jr. went deep twice on his 27th birthday, one in the first inning and another in the fifth, helping lead the Rays to an 8-1 victory over the Yankees. The homers were his fourth and fifth of the season, and Sunday was his second two-homer game of 2016 — and his career.

Jacob deGrom displayed no signs of rust and the Mets tarnished Aaron Blair’s Major League debut with Sunday afternoon’s 3-2 win over the Braves to complete a three-game series sweep at Turner Field.

Miguel Gonzalez will make his White Sox debut Monday night in Toronto, with the White Sox optioning right-handed pitcher Erik Johnson to Triple-A Charlotte following a 4-1 victory over the Rangers on Sunday.

Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom threw the Braves a curve in Sunday’s 3-2 win at Turner Field. In fact, he threw quite a few of them.

After striking out Anthony Gose to end the third inning on Sunday, Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer headed straight to the visitors’ clubhouse at Comerica Park. In that moment, Bauer was not concerned with his possible place in the rotation. He just wanted to check on Carlos Carrasco. Cleveland absorbed a gut-wrenching blow early in its 6-3 win over the Tigers when Carrasco exited with a left hamstring injury.

The Blue Jays made a last-minute change to their lineup prior to Sunday afternoon’s series finale against the Athletics, scratching starting catcher Russell Martin and inserting backup Josh Thole into the lineup.

And then he homered during the game.

Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels said he is hopeful that he will miss only one start with a strained left groin muscle. Hamels was scratched from Monday’s start against the Yankees for an issue that has come up in the past.

Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez exited Sunday’s 8-1 loss to the Rays at Yankee Stadium with stiffness in his left oblique. He underwent an MRI after the game, which came back negative. Rodriguez will travel with the team to Arlington for the series against the Rangers.

Indians manager Terry Francona was not sure why the umpires were calling him to the field in the eighth inning on Sunday. All Francona could decipher, while watching all four umps discussing something near the mound, was that there was a complaint about reliever Bryan Shaw.