Major League Baseball’s hottest rivalry kept its boiling point Sunday night, when Gregory Polanco’s bases-loaded single with two outs in the 10th capped a three-run rally and gave the Pirates a 6-5 win over the Cardinals.

Continuing a popular tradition, Commissioner Rob Manfred will interact with fans from around the globe during a live chat, exclusively on MLB.com from the T-Mobile All-Star FanFest at the Duke Energy Convention Center this afternoon.

Just as in years past, there was no lack of entertainment value during the 2015 edition of the MLB All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game, the closing act of All-Star Sunday.

Left-hander Andrew Heaney threw seven shutout innings as the Angels beat the Mariners, 10-3, on Sunday to earn a split of the four-game series at Safeco Field.

The Yankees rode a three-run rally in the sixth inning to an 8-6 victory over the Red Sox in Sunday afternoon’s rubber match of a three-game series at Fenway Park.

On Sunday, former Reds outfielder Glenn Braggs spoke at an event at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and surprised the audience with a personal account of how the same hospital he visited to inspire kids while playing for the Reds later became vital in preserving the life of his youngest child.

Kyle Schwarber’s name was a hot topic Sunday. Not just here at Great American Ball Park, where more than 100 friends and family members from his nearby hometown watched him win MVP honors at baseball’s premier prospects showcase. But also a few hundred miles away at Wrigley Field, where the Cubs entered the All-Star break with a bit of a catching conundrum.

The Twins will head to the All-Star break with the second-best record in the American League, as they finished an impressive homestand with a 7-1 win over the Tigers on Sunday afternoon at Target Field.

Get used to seeing many of these names and players in a Major League ballpark — some sooner than later. Several prospects represented themselves and their organizations well in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game as the U.S. Team rolled to a 10-1 victory over the World Team before an announced crowd of 43,661 fans at Great American Ball Park.

Brewers right fielder Ryan Braun is going to the All-Star Game as an injury replacement, his sixth Midsummer Classic.

His fastball sat consistently in the 97-98 mph range. His breaking stuff was impressive. He challenged hitters, too, throwing strikes, showing confidence in his stuff. All in all, it was everything the Houston Astros could have hoped for.

Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer dominated in a 3-2 victory over the Orioles on Sunday afternoon. Yes, Adam Jones hit two solo homers, but the Orioles were clearly overmatched.

Sometimes when speaking of mundane days that suddenly turned into extraordinary ones, people may remember a horrible morning moment that made them think, “Maybe I’ll just wait until tomorrow.” That wasn’t the case for Kirk Nieuwenhuis on Sunday, who turned an unremarkable morning into a career afternoon by belting three home runs in the Mets’ 5-3 win over the D-backs, swinging his way into Mets history in the process.

Of course, Michael Conforto has heard the calls for his promotion. He’s heard rumors that his face graces the side of at least one bus in Brooklyn, where he once played. He understands his burgeoning fame in a different New York City borough starved for power, for average, for any sort of hitting. Conforto believes he can provide that.

David Murphy robbed the second batter of the game, All-Star catcher Stephen Vogt, of a home run on an 0-1 pitch from Corey Kluber.

This year’s All-Star selections were revealed last week, but as Tuesday’s game draws nearer, the rosters have been in a state of flux.

Angels starter Hector Santiago has been named to the All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile, by virtue of A’s pitcher Sonny Gray starting on Sunday and thus being unavailable to pitch in Tuesday’s Midsummer Classic.