Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is so good that he takes the mound at Coors Field, laughs at the nightmarish moments that haunt others when they face the challenge of baseball at 5,280 feet, and wins.

An enthusiastic AT&T Park fan — wearing a Pirates jersey — prevented Gregory Polanco’s catch of a Buster Posey foul with two outs in the eighth inning of the Pirates’ 4-3 win over the Giants on Monday, but Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle requested a replay review that resulted in fan interference being called..

The Fresno Grizzles put on a hit parade Monday night. No. 17 prospect Nolan Fontana hit a grand slam and Alex Presley went 6-for-7 with 5 RBIs.

Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen should have accumulated a huge total of RBIs Monday at AT&T Park. But center fielder Angel Pagan and right fielder Hunter Pence of the Giants denied McCutchen his big night by taking turns robbing him of extra-base hits that would have scored multiple runs in the third and fifth innings of Monday’s game at AT&T Park.

Jacob deGrom threw a two-hitter over eight innings and Daniel Murphy went 4-for-5 with a homer as the Mets defeated the Padres, 7-0, on Monday night. Andrew Cashner set a career high for strikeouts with 12 but also got knocked out in the fifth inning.

Clayton Kershaw fanned seven in as many innings and logged his first career three-hit game as the Dodgers belted four homers in an 11-4 win over the Rockies on Monday night at Coors Field. Nolan Arenado his his 13th home run in the loss.

The Astros rallied for four runs in the seventh inning, including bases-loaded hits by George Springer and Evan Gattis, to beat the Orioles, 5-2, in the series opener Monday night at Minute Maid Park.

Freddie Freeman went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs and Alex Wood pitched eight innings of one-run ball, leading the Braves to an 8-1 win over the D-backs in Monday night’s series opener at Chase Field.

Michael Pineda shut down his former Mariners teammates Monday, and Mark Teixeira belted a grand slam as the Yankees drubbed Felix Hernandez in a 7-2 win in the series opener at Safeco Field.

D-backs catcher Tuffy Gosewisch suffered a full tear of the ACL in his left knee and will undergo season-ending surgery.

The Dodgers paraded out the heavy hitters — four of them belting homers — and even got a career-high three hits from Clayton Kershaw along with seven solid innings in an 11-4 blowout of the Rockies on Monday night at Coors Field.

They lined up standing shoulder to shoulder in unity along the foul lines and behind the pitcher’s mound. Uniform-clad Houston police officers rallied by the dozens to show support for the son of one of their fallen brothers.

Jason Hammel established a career-high 11 strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings, while Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant each collected RBI doubles on Monday night in the Cubs’ 5-1 win over Miami at Marlins Park. Starlin Castro provided insurance in the eighth inning with a two-out solo home run off Bryan Morris.

Astros shortstop Marwin Gonzalez ranged to his left to snag Baltimore leadoff hitter Manny Machado’s sharp grounder, spun and two-hopped a throw to first baseman Chris Carter to record the third out of the fifth on Monday night during Houston’s 5-2 win.

Mike Fiers delivered six scoreless innings for a Brewers team that needed every one of them, and Francisco Rodriguez endured a harrowing ninth inning for a 1-0 win over the Cardinals on Monday night at Busch Stadium.

Jason Hammel doesn’t often get talked about as one of the better starters in baseball, but he’s shown in his time in Chicago that he’s underrated, thanks to a very good slider.

Dillon Tate needed a place to play baseball, an opportunity to pitch. Thanks to Major League Baseball’s Urban Youth Academy in Compton, Calif., he found that — and a lot more, as he is projected to be a top-10 pick in next week’s Draft.