The Cardinals finished Interleague play with a thud on Sunday, watching as the A’s blasted a pair of early home runs and held on for a 7-4 victory that earned starter Andrew Triggs the first win of his big league career. For the Cardinals, the loss allowed the Pirates to creep to within a half-game of their hold on the National League’s second Wild Card spot.

Carlos Gomez made a loud entrance to Globe Life Park when he smacked an emotional three-run home run in the first at-bat of his Rangers debut on Thursday. Since, though, he’s been hitless and that continued with an 0-for-3 line in Sunday’s 2-1 win over the Indians. But Gomez was still able to make an impact in the win with two fine defensive plays in left field.

Dealing with left-handed pitching has been an Achilles’ heel for the Mariners all season, and the White Sox exploited that again Sunday as Carlos Rodon hurled six-plus innings of one-run ball in a 4-1 victory at U.S. Cellular Field.

The United States is bringing home its first Little League World Series championship in five years. Maine-Endwell, N.Y., defeated Seoul, South Korea, 2-1, in the 2016 Little League World Series title game on Sunday, finishing the tournament undefeated.

Nolan Arenado proved to be too much for the Nationals. He drove in three runs and was a double short of the cycle as he helped the Rockies defeat the Nats, 5-3, at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon.

The Angels completed their spoiler road trip with their second consecutive series win over an American League postseason contender. Tyler Skaggs silenced the Tigers for six scoreless innings Sunday, sending the Angels to a 5-0 win in the rubber match of a three-game weekend set at Comerica Park.

Don’t tell Nationals right-hander Lucas Giolito that he pitched one of his better games as a big leaguer in Sunday’s 5-3 loss to the Rockies. Even though Giolito threw five innings, the most he has pitched in the big leagues thus far, he was quick to point out his shortcomings.

Chris Archer reached one milestone while avoiding another on Sunday.

John Jaso and Gregory Polanco hit solo home runs in a go-ahead sixth inning Sunday, and Starling Marte added an insurance shot in the eighth as Ivan Nova and the charging Pirates finished a four-game sweep of the Brewers with a 3-1 win at Miller Park.

If the Indians and Rangers see each other again this season, it will be under the bright October lights with much more on the line. For now, Texas will have to settle for finishing off a successful season series with the Tribe with a 2-1 victory on Sunday at Globe Life Park.

In his debut with the Phillies, catcher A.J. Ellis broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run double, highlighting a four-run frame in a 5-1 victory over the Mets on Sunday at Citi Field.

Hair today, maybe gone tomorrow after a shower.

Matt Carpenter has now spent 23 days off the disabled list since returning from a strained oblique injury that sidelined him for most of July. While he hasn’t returned to his pre-injury form, Sunday’s 7-4 loss to the A’s offered the first glimpse that he might be getting close.

Tyler Skaggs threw six shutout innings at Comerica Park on Sunday, giving the Angels their second straight win and a 4-2 record on a six-game road trip against two contending teams.

Steven Matz threw a bullpen session before the Mets’ 5-1 loss to the Phillies on Sunday, and while manager Terry Collins said the left-hander looked “fine,” the Mets have decided to have him throw one more time before activating him from the disabled list..

Double plays, as they say, are a pitcher’s best friend. Luis Perdomo racked them up in record-setting fashion on Sunday, inducing six of them, in the Padres’ 3-1 win over Miami at Marlins Park.

In what turned out to be one of the most pivotal moments of the Yankees’ 5-0 loss to the Orioles on Sunday afternoon, the Yanks might’ve been better off had Starlin Castro thought less like a second baseman and more like a linebacker.