Mark Mathias’ career is just beginning, but he may never have as good of a game as he did Wednesday. The Indians’ No. 21 prospect homered and tripled as part of a 4-for-5 performance, while his career-high six RBIs proved to be the difference in Class A Short Season Mahoning Valley’s 11-5 victory over Auburn

Bryce Harper left Wednesday’s 4-3 win over the Cardinals because of tightness in his left glute and was replaced by Matt den Dekker.

With the Orioles down 11-0 in Tuesday night’s game, manager Buck Showalter began removing some of the starters prior to the ninth inning and Chris Davis was one of the guys he had in mind. If it’s OK with you, Davis said, I’d like to finish this thing.

With a pair of solo homers and a go-ahead RBI double, Ryan Zimmerman helped the Nationals salvage a win during their three-game visit to Busch Stadium. Washington’s 4-3 victory halted the Cardinals’ winning streak at four games.

From his observation point roughly 75 feet away, Jimmy Rollins saw nothing of concern with Clayton Kershaw in the ninth inning Wednesday as the pitch count rose along with pulse rates at Dodger Stadium. The Giants were threatening, but the big lefty was still dealing.

Carlos Gonzalez had never faced D-backs rookie reliever Keith Hessler before. He had some paperwork that said Hessler threw an upper-90s fastball with a slider, but the resources were still limited.

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The Orioles snapped a six-game losing streak in style Wednesday night. They hit a few home runs, robbed one at the wall and watched their star center fielder cut down another run at the plate. Adam Jones’ assist from center field leads off Wednesday’s highlights, which also include a robbery by Steve Pearce, a pair of Chris Davis homers, an inside-the-park round-tripper in New York and a pair of prodigious blasts in Missouri.

The other hero of the game for the Dodgers was Chase Utley. His game-winning home run became a footnote Wednesday night, but without it, Clayton Kershaw would have had a 15-strikeout, hang-with-’em no-decision.

Although no team is eligible to clinch a playoff berth quite yet, the postseason picture is starting to take shape. With several intra-division series throughout September, there will be no shortage of meaningful games as the season winds down and the field is narrowed to 10.

Mariners slugger Nelson Cruz was removed from Wednesday night’s 8-3 Seattle win over the Astros with a strained quad muscle in his right leg after getting thrown out at the plate in the top of the seventh inning.

Rookie Cheslor Cuthbert homered and had four RBIs, Kendrys Morales and Lorenzo Cain each homered and had three RBIs, and right-hander Yordano Ventura matched a career-high with 11 strikeouts as the Royals pummeled the Tigers in a 12-1 win on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Evan Longoria cut loose with a mammoth homer on Wednesday night, giving him 200 for his career.

American League batting leader Miguel Cabrera was ejected from Wednesday night’s Tigers-Royals game after arguing a called third strike in the fourth inning.

From his vantage point at second base, Kelly Johnson went through the same sequence of emotions as nearly everyone else in Citi Field: disbelief that Ruben Tejada’s hit skipped past Domonic Brown, concern for Brown as he flipped over the outfield wall and onto the concrete below, then a blaze of excitement as he watched Tejada race around the bases for the Mets’ first inside-the-park home run in a half-decade.

Matt Harvey experienced mild dehydration symptoms during and after Wednesday’s 9-4 win over the Phillies, but the team does not consider them serious enough to affect him going forward. On a broader note, it is becoming clearer and clearer that the Mets will do everything within their power to protect Harvey’s health down the stretch.

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