For 7 1/3 innings Sunday afternoon at Citi Field, Mets rookie left-hander Steven Matz chased history. Instead, he settled for the best start of his young career in the midst of a fierce National League Wild Card race. A dominant Matz held the Padres hitless until the eighth inning in a 5-1 Mets victory, giving New York consecutive wins for the first time since July 6-7.

Astros first baseman Marwin Gonzalez left Sunday’s game after taking a pitch off his left knee.

Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton will likely miss the rest of the season with a left groin injury based on MRI results, manager Don Mattingly said after Sunday’s 5-4 victory over the White Sox.

The Blue Jays are known for hitting home runs. Just ask the Astros’ pitching staff.

Before he lost the use of his limbs, before he ever came to Little Fenway, before he helped turn this tiny mountain town into Wiffle ball Heaven, Travis Roy was a hockey player. So it’s fitting he evokes a sticks-and-skates metaphor as he addresses a crowd from the Little Fenway pitcher’s mound.

Russell Martin proved once again on Sunday afternoon why he is known as one of the best defensive catchers in all of baseball.

There’s only one Mariano Rivera, the Yankees closer who saved a record 652 regular-season games and 42 more in the postseason over the course of 19 seasons. But Dellin Betances has a chance to reach that level.

A’s right-hander Sonny Gray, on the disabled list with a strained right forearm, has yet to resume throwing, and it’s unclear if he’ll pitch again this season.

Mariano Rivera made his legacy pitching in clutch moments. Thanks in large part to those moments, the Yankees honored Rivera’s 19-year career Sunday by enshrining him with a plaque in Monument Park.

Twins third baseman Miguel Sano will undergo a precautionary MRI on Monday on his sore right elbow that has been bothering him for the last week.

Todd Frazier offered up a resigned smile when the word “rebuild” was mentioned in connection with the immediate White Sox future, pointing out that if the team goes younger, the 30-year-old third baseman probably won’t be part of the plan.

Former Rays player Ty Wigginton once returned to the bench after striking out against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera and told his teammates: “He’s tipping his pitches.”

RIP, Rally Mantis.

Back in late June, a six-day trip to Tokyo for the USA Softball Women’s National Team culminated with a game against the Japanese Women’s National Team that brought 31,000 spectators to the Tokyo Dome. What the team and the organization didn’t realize at the time was that the game would serve as a preview. A little over two months later, on Aug. 3, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to bring back baseball and softball for the 2020 Olympics to be held in Tokyo.

Michael Brantley did all he could to return to the field for the Indians this season. When the left fielder’s season-long battle with right shoulder issues hit another snag this month, it became increasingly unlikely that he would be able to impact the club this year.

The Nationals released right-handed pitcher Jonathan Papelbon and recalled righty Reynaldo Lopez from Triple-A Syracuse. Lopez, the Nats’ No. 3 prospect, started Saturday’s game against the Braves.

Whoops.