Pitcher Mat Latos, who was acquired to shore up the starting rotation, but has started only twice in the last month, is back in the Dodgers’ bullpen, manager Don Mattingly confirmed Sunday.

The Blue Jays are “cautiously optimistic” that Troy Tulowitzki will be able to return from a crack in his left shoulder blade in approximately two to three weeks.

Immediately after the Royals’ stirring 14-6 triumph over the Orioles on Saturday, third baseman Mike Moustakas was spotted sitting down and watching video.

For 7 2/3 innings of the Giants’ 8-0 win over the Padres on Saturday night, Madison Bumgarner was flawless, until Melvin Upton Jr. laced a fastball back up the box to break up the left-hander’s perfect game. Bumgarner retired the last four batters he faced to finish off his 10th career complete game (fourth this season) and fifth career shutout.

David Ortiz made history on Saturday night by slugging his 500th career home run — and Statcast was there to track it.

Nelson Cruz has insisted all year that numbers are just numbers, especially when it comes to home runs.

The A’s took advantage of two homers in a five-run fifth inning off Rangers starter Yovani Gallardo on Saturday night, posting a 5-3 victory that evened their three-game series at one apiece and prevented Texas from improving its postseason chances.

David Ortiz hit two home runs on Saturday night, making him the 27th player in the history of Major League Baseball with 500 career home runs.

Corey Seager’s time is soon, if not now. He’s supposed to only be filling in for injured shortstop Jimmy Rollins, but Seager is playing with a quality that results in wins, along with sticky questions about keeping the job even when Rollins heals from a lingering sprained right index finger.

By now, teammates and coaches aren’t even surprised by Byron Buxton’s defensive ability. At this point in the season, they just marvel at what the rookie can do.

Cliff Pennington homered and Ben Revere enjoyed a four-hit night as the Blue Jays took a commanding 4 1/2-game lead in the American League East with a 10-7 victory over the Yankees in Game 2 of a doubleheader that was delayed 33 minutes because of rain on Saturday night.

The White Sox scored seven runs in the fourth inning en route to 7-2 win over the Twins on Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Field. With the loss, the Twins dropped 1 1/2 games behind the Rangers for the American League’s second Wild Card spot.

Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has been diagnosed with a small crack in his left shoulder blade after a collision with Kevin Pillar during Toronto’s 9-5 Game 1 victory in a doubleheader against the Yankees on Saturday afternoon.

The streaking Mets rallied once again Saturday, pulling past the Braves in a two-run ninth inning that gave New York its sixth straight win, 6-4, and pushed the Mets’ lead in the National League East to 9 1/2 games over the fading Nationals. Second baseman Kelly Johnson knocked in the go-ahead run with a single to right, and hot-hitting center fielder Yoenis Cespedes — who blasted another home run in the eighth — added on a ninth-inning insurance run with a fielder’s choice grounder.

Stung by a Skip Schumaker home run, the National League Central-leading Cardinals watched their division lead further fritter away as the Reds followed their victory in a suspended game with a 5-1 win later Saturday afternoon in front of a sellout crowd at Great American Ball Park.

His 500th home run was a reminder of his greatness. Milestones like this one simply remind us how lucky we were to have watched David Ortiz play baseball.

Thirteen minutes after the Reds and Cardinals resumed their suspended game from Friday night, Cincinnati outfielder Adam Duvall tagged Jonathan Broxton for a two-run blast that helped lift the Reds to a 4-2 victory at Great American Ball Park on Saturday.