Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez recorded the fifth three-homer game of his career in Saturday night’s 8-5 win over the Twins in Minnesota, reaching the milestone in dramatic fashion with a game-tying drive in the ninth inning off Twins closer Glen Perkins.

Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez recorded the fifth three-homer game of his career in Saturday night’s 8-5 win over the Twins in Minnesota, reaching the milestone in dramatic fashion with a game-tying drive in the ninth inning off Twins closer Glen Perkins.

Alcides Escobar blooped a single to short right with two out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Royals a 2-1 walk-off win over the Astros on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Alcides Escobar blooped a single to short right with two out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Royals a 2-1 walk-off win over the Astros on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium.

The White Sox continued their strong play, defeating the Indians by more than six runs in a third consecutive game with a 10-3 victory at Progressive Field on Saturday night.

Today’s National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony is dominated by three of the greatest pitchers of their era, plus a versatile position player who ended his 20-year career with the Astros with 3,060 hits. Coverage will begin on MLB Network and MLB.com at 11 a.m. ET, and the quartet will be inducted during a ceremony that will begin at 1:30 p.m.

If this was Cole Hamels’ last start with the Phillies, it was a beauty. A prime target for teams looking for starting pitching prior to Friday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline, the left-hander threw a no-hitter in the Phillies’ 5-0 victory over the Cubs on Saturday.

With an eighth-inning sacrifice fly off Braves reliever Luis Avilan, rookie Stephen Piscotty interrupted a pitchers’ duel between former teammates and lifted the Cardinals to a 1-0 win over Atlanta. The victory, which came in front of a Saturday night sellout at Busch Stadium, gave the Cardinals their sixth five-game winning streak of the season.

Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera turned and ran hard toward the ivy-covered wall in center field in the ninth inning Saturday at Wrigley Field. Cole Hamels needed just one more out for the first no-hitter of his career.

Cole Hamels had 41,683 fans on their feet Saturday evening at Wrigley Field, where he threw the 13th no-hitter in Phillies history in a 5-0 victory over the Cubs. He walked two batters and struck out 13 in a thoroughly dominant performance that comes just six days before Friday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline.

Each having traveled a different path, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio have spent the last few days in Cooperstown just drinking up the experience. But there is a common thread.

Larger-than-life Hall of Fame baseball players often have larger-than-life personalities, which only adds to the fun and excitement of the annual Parade of Legends that highlights Hall of Fame Weekend.

The logic seemed simple enough to Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz. For eight innings, he had worn his sunglasses, and for eight innings, Cole Hamels had not given up a hit. But as the sun hid behind the third-base stands and the shade fell over home plate, Ruiz took off his glasses before beginning the ninth.

His full name is Colbert Michael Hamels, and, honestly, the Colbert Report, of late, had not been especially flattering.

Joe Panik and Matt Duffy collaborated on a tiebreaking sixth-inning rally that lifted the Giants to a 2-1 Interleague triumph Saturday over the Oakland A’s at AT&T Park.

From picking up the first no-hitter at Wrigley Field in nearly a half-century to having now tossed both a solo and combined no-hitter, Cole Hamels made plenty of history in what could be one of his final starts in a Phillies uniform.

Had John Smoltz not received a call from Tommy John nearly 15 years ago, he might not have gained the distinction that awaits him on Sunday afternoon, when he will officially become the first player inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame after undergoing Tommy John surgery.