It seems hard to believe, but the Reds on Thursday night won their first road game in nearly a month in a 6-4 victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz knows the home-plate collision rule. Every catcher in baseball does. But the rule cost Ruiz and the Phillies dearly Thursday night in a 6-4 loss to the Reds at Citizens Bank Park.

Mets third baseman Daniel Murphy lasted two innings at his new position before pulling up with an injury.

The Twins scored four runs in the ninth inning Thursday to earn an 8-4 victory over the Red Sox and a four-game series split at Fenway Park.

As Torii Hunter stretched on the field before Thursday’s game against the Red Sox, the 39-year-old outfielder joked with manager Paul Molitor that he was too young to be a DH. “After [the doubleheader Wednesday], I said, ‘Let’s take it easy on your legs and hit a couple over the wall,'” Molitor said after Thursday’s 8-4 win.

Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen received medical clearance to play Thursday after being unavailable to pitch Wednesday night in Denver because of high blood pressure believed to be triggered by altitude, he said.

Mark Trumbo was acquired to help bolster a Mariners lineup that hasn’t lived up to expectations so far this season. But Seattle’s newest slugger believes he’s joining a group that can still make serious noise in the American League West.

The Mariners recalled catcher Jesus Sucre from Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday and designated outfielder Justin Ruggiano for assignment. The move was necessary after Seattle traded backup catcher Welington Castillo to the D-backs on Wednesday as part of a six-player swap.

Red Sox rookie catcher Blake Swihart hit his first Major League home run in the third inning of Thursday’s game against the Twins at Fenway Park.

A’s catcher Josh Phegley’s two-run triple highlighted a three-run second inning that set the tone on Thursday afternoon as Oakland completed a three-game sweep with a 7-5 win over the Tigers at Comerica Park.

The Giants made their third trip to the White House since 2011 on Thursday, as President Barack Obama welcomed club president and CEO Larry Baer, manager Bruce Bochy, the players and coaching staff to congratulate them on their 2014 World Series

Adam Jones launched a long home run to left field off reliever Chad Qualls with two outs in the eighth inning to help the Orioles snap a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Astros on Thursday afternoon at Minute Maid Park.

The news that Tal’s Hill will be removed from Minute Maid Park following the 2015 season elicited diverse reactions from Astros outfielders after their 3-2 loss to the O’s on Thursday.

There will be new Urban Youth Academies announced in the future, but perhaps never again with such style. President Barack Obama announced the newest facility planned by Major League Baseball on Thursday as part of his prepared remarks to welcome the World Series champion San Francisco Giants to the White House.

Major League Baseball and the Philadelphia Phillies opened the latest Urban Youth Academy on Thursday, expanding the league’s revolutionary project to all sectors of the country.

With the 2015 Draft set to take place Monday through Wednesday (on MLB Network and MLB.com), we take a closer look at the top 20 prospects in this year’s class.

Depending on how you define what an All-Star should be, second base in the American League is a place where there are no wrong answers, yet the two best candidates have a total of one All-Star appearance between them. Take a bow, Jason Kipnis. You, too, Brian Dozier.