At first glance, Red Sox fans checking the scoreboard during Saturday’s game at Fenway might have thought they were either watching a video game, a football game or some combination of the two. But it was, in fact, an overwhelming showing of offense that outclassed Friday night’s 15-run outburst: Boston steamrolled the Mariners in a wild 22-10 victory and pounded out 26 hits.

Chris Iannetta picked a bad time to have his worst year, at least from an offensive standpoint. In two and a half months, he’ll be a free agent. And if the season ended right now, the veteran catcher would venture into the open market with a .610 OPS that is 161 points lower than his career mark heading into 2015.

Of all the hits that comprised Matt Kemp’s historic cycle on Friday, the best one might not have been the ninth-inning triple that clinched the first such feat in Padres history.

Angels shortstop Erick Aybar missed his third straight game while continuing to recover from a stiff lower back on Saturday, and he will probably miss a fourth in Sunday’s series finale at Kauffman Stadium. The 31-year-old switch-hitter hopes to return to the Angels’ lineup for Monday’s home opener against the White Sox, but that’s contingent on how much progress he can make over the next 48 hours.

Left-hander Drew Smyly will be reinstated from the 60-day disabled list to start for the Rays against the Rangers on Sunday.

For the second time in as many days, the Red Sox erupted at the plate in an inspired offensive showing, seemingly scoring runs at will in Saturday’s astonishing 22-10 rout of the Mariners at Fenway Park.

A’s ace Sonny Gray is on track to pitch Monday in Baltimore barring any further issues with back spasms that caused him to miss his Thursday start in Toronto.

This weekend, the Astros are staging a reunion to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of their pennant-winning 2005 season. Here are 10 memorable facts about that season.

The script has been flipped from a week ago. The Blue Jays are experiencing life on the other side of the coin, after dropping a back-to-back games to the Yankees while managing to muster only four combined runs against their American League East rival. After Toronto’s 4-1 loss on Saturday at Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays trail in the division race by 1 1/2 games, with New York looking for a sweep in the series finale on Sunday.

The bond of friendship between Robin Ventura and John Farrell dates back to their college days at Oklahoma St., although Ventura started playing with the Cowboys two years after Farrell departed.

Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Maikel Franco no longer has a wrap covering his bruised left wrist, but it will likely be at least a couple of more days before he returns to the lineup.

Taking the mound for the first time in six weeks, Steven Matz started for Class A Advanced St. Lucie, allowing one run on three hits in one inning of work. Matz threw 23 pitches in the first of at least three scheduled rehab starts.

After Gregory Polanco’s 2014 rookie splash quickly turned into a belly-flop, the Pirates sent him off for the winter with a pretty simple checklist: Rest up, and beef up.

Every lineup, every day, as they are made public by the clubs.

The Dodgers hosted the National PLAY Campaign on Saturday morning, with third baseman Justin Turner, members of the Dodgers training staff and Damian Rodriquez of the Taylor Hooton Foundation speaking to kids at Dodger Stadium about the importance of eating healthy and staying active.

Two weeks after the Tigers were sellers at the Trade Deadline, they added a two-time MVP to the lineup. Miguel Cabrera made his long-awaited return Friday, activated from 15-day disabled list after missing exactly six weeks with a strained left calf.

The Orioles recalled catcher Steve Clevenger from Triple-A Norfolk on Friday while designating outfielder David Lough for assignment.