Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz continues to pound the baseball in his final Major League season, joining legends as he does it. The slugger roped career homer No. 534 on Sunday night to tie Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx for 18th on the all-time list.

The surging Royals, who have thrived on the big stage in recent years, stunned the Red Sox with an eight-run sixth inning that fueled a 10-4 victory on Sunday night at Fenway Park.

What can’t Yasiel do?

It is not supposed to be this easy. Royals rookie left-hander Matt Strahm burst onto the scene last month and has been nothing short of phenomenal.

Welcome to the best time of the year. When the pressure and tension are cranked up. When seven months of hard work could be lost in an instant. These next five weeks are going to have the look and feel of postseason baseball, starting with five critical series between contenders that begin on Monday.

For all the attention given to Gary Sanchez for what he’s done at the plate, don’t ignore what he’s done behind it. The Yankees rookie has shown some of baseball’s most impressive arm strength for a catcher, and he’s only been up for a few weeks.

With the AL East race simply too close to call right now and playoff positions on the line, each ensuing series for these teams will become their new most important series of the season. That starts tonight in Baltimore, when the Blue Jays come into town with a three-game cushion on the Orioles.

The Bucs have gone 15-10 in August, including 5-2 over the past week, and are on a Major League-high four-game winning streak heading into Monday’s action. The Pirates are just a half-game behind the Cardinals in the chase for the last National League Wild Card spot as they begin a big series against the Cubs tonight in Chicago.

Ben Zobrist took responsibility, but it was Javier Baez who misread a play, and the miscue cost the Cubs’ in a 1-0 loss to the Dodgers on Sunday. Manager Joe Maddon doesn’t anticipate the same thing to happen in October.

A grounder from Adrian Gonzalez, a foot race won by Corey Seager and a run scored by Andrew Toles was the difference in a 1-0 victory for the Dodgers over the Cubs on Sunday at Dodger Stadium.

Major League Baseball’s lone Canadian team brought out the brooms on Baseball Canada Day at Rogers Centre, as the Toronto Blue Jays swept away the Twins with an 8-5 victory on Sunday, handing the Twins their season-high 10th consecutive loss.

Mad hatter.

Yankees No. 2 prospect Gleyber Torres and No. 7 prospect Justus Sheffield were among the top prospect performers in the Minors on Sunday.

After an up-and-down month in the big leagues pitching out of the White Sox bullpen, Carson Fulmer has gotten back on track as a starter with Triple-A Charlotte.

Madison Bumgarner allowed just three runs in seven innings in a 13-4 win against the Braves on Sunday, but the Giants’ ace had third baseman Eduardo Nunez to at least partially thank for the performance.

After going a combined 0-for-8 on Friday and Saturday, Arizona’s A.J. Pollock went 3-for-5 with three singles, two stolen bases, and scored a pair of runs in a win over the Reds.

Welcome to DraftKings fantasy baseball, the Official Daily Fantasy Game of Major League Baseball. The players listed in this piece are in position to provide difference-making stats for DraftKings participants on Monday.