A rain cancellation prevented Josh Hamilton from stepping onto the field for the Triple-A Round Rock Express on Saturday, but it didn’t stop him from making some big news.

Alex Gordon drilled a two-run homer and Edinson Volquez went six strong innings for the Royals in a 3-2 win over the Cardinals on Saturday in a rain-shortened game that ended after 5 1/2 innings. St. Louis starter John Lackey went five innings in the loss.

FOX’s primetime games on Saturday took on an entirely new look as the network incorporated Statcast™ into its broadcast for the first time.

The Astros escaped a jam in most impressive fashion in their matinee contest Saturday against the Tigers, turning a 5-4-3 triple play to end the fifth inning.

There was a nice duel between starting pitchers and a tight game played Saturday that the Reds ultimately lost by a 2-1 score to the Indians. And Reds manager Bryan Price was not in the dugout for any of it. Price missed all of Saturday’s game vs. the Indians because he was ejected during the exchange of lineup cards at home plate just before first pitch.

Shin-Soo Choo had his first four-RBI game of the season Saturday afternoon and only his second in the past four years. He did it all in one inning with a run-scoring single and a three-run home run. Those were two of the big hits in a 10-run inning that helped carry the Rangers to a 15-4 victory over the Yankees.

The Mets have once again put third baseman David Wright’s rehab on hiatus after he was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal column.

Nick Ahmed’s one-out single to left scored Tuffy Gosewisch to give the D-backs a 5-4 walk-off win over the Cubs in 13 innings Friday night at Chase Field.

Rookie Joc Pederson hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and Zack Greinke spun a gem on Friday night as the Dodgers edged the Padres, 2-1, despite another solid start from Andrew Cashner.

The Dodgers scored for the first time in 36 innings and snapped their three-game losing streak on Friday night against the Padres, with Andre Ethier’s RBI double ending the drought and Joc Pederson’s homer ensuring the victory.

D-backs manager Chip Hale isn’t surprised that Nick Ahmed has started to heat up offensively after a slow start to the season. And he certainly isn’t shocked that slugger Paul Goldschmidt continues to come through in key situations.

San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt observed the 20th anniversary season of Coors Field by clobbering a sixth-inning home run into the upper deck off Colorado Rockies right-hander Kyle Kendrick. It was the 34th homer to reach that level.

Padres No. 1 prospect Hunter Renfroe is starting to hit his stride. He notched four hits for the first time Friday night, which was his third straight multi-hit game.

Chicago starter Jeff Samardzija didn’t allow a hit after the second inning as he struck out nine in eight innings of work before reliever David Robertson finished with the save.

Evan Longoria’s three-run homer led the Rays to a 5-2 win over the A’s on Friday night at Tropicana Field.

The Angels, who have struggled to score runs as much as the team they faced on Friday night, put a 12-5 thumping on the Red Sox in the opener of a three-game series at Fenway Park.