Twenty-four hours after Carlos Perez hit a walk-off homer in his Major League debut, Johnny Giavotella laced a walk-off double off Mariners reliever Carson Smith on Wednesday night, sending the Angels to a 4-3 victory that gave them two of three in the series.

It wasn’t enough for Mike Trout to hit a titanic blast against the Mariners on Wednesday night. The Angels center fielder also had to turn in another highlight-reel catch.

Jon Lester allowed one earned run over seven innings, and Anthony Rizzo led the offense with three RBIs as the Cubs ended the Cardinals’ eight-game winning streak with a 6-5 victory on Wednesday in St. Louis. Kris Bryant had two hits and an RBI, while Cards righty Lance Lynn took the loss after a six-inning effort.

With their top three starters working in this series, it was a significant mile-marker for the White Sox. Yet until the eighth inning on Wednesday, Brad Ausmus and the Tigers must have wondered why all the fuss about the Sox’s offseason remodeling project.

Wily Peralta hit 96 mph in the first inning and was still there in the eighth as the big right-hander, a 17-game winner last season, benefitted from the Brewers’ five-run first inning on the way to a 6-3 win at Miller Park on Wednesday.

Jason Kipnis helped fuel a three-run second and right-hander Carlos Carrasco threw seven innings and as the Indians knocked out Royals starter Danny Duffy early en route to a 10-3 victory on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

While it has indeed been a poor start with the bat for Didi Gregorius, offense isn’t Gregorius’ only job. With all due respect to Derek Jeter, shortstop defense had become a considerable problem for the Yankees in recent years. Gregorius is an upgrade in terms of defense at shortstop, and he showed it by ranging 24.67 feet (mostly away from first base) as tracked by Statcast™ in making a spectacular play to rob Toronto’s Kevin Pillar of a hit on Tuesday.

Joc Pederson has had one spectacularly unusual start to the month of May. His only hits have been home runs, seven in fact, becoming the first Dodger to have seven consecutive home run hits since Hee-Seop Choi in 2005.

Russell Martin homered and Chris Colabello had a four-hit game in the Blue Jays’ 5-1 victory over the Yankees on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre. Veteran left-hander Mark Buehrle tossed five strong innings to earn his first victory against the Yankees since April 10, 2004.

Evan Longoria belted two homers over the Green Monster on Wednesday night to lead the Rays to a 5-3 victory over the Red Sox in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Jon Lester was brought to the Chicago Cubs for exactly the kind of game that was played Wednesday night at Busch Stadium.

Twins prospect Eddie Rosario, starting two days after being called up from Triple-A Rochester, homered on the first pitch he saw from A’s left-hander Scott Kazmir on Wednesday to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead. He became the first Twins player to homer on his first big league pitch and just the 29th player in Major League history to accomplish the feat.

Six straight two-out hits off Tigers reliever Joba Chamberlain in the eighth inning turned a three-run deficit into a 7-6 White Sox win Wednesday night at U.S Cellular Field.

Reds first baseman Joey Votto was ejected from Wednesday’s 3-0 victory over the Pirates and could be facing further discipline after bumping home-plate umpire Chris Conroy.

The Orioles continue their weeklong stay in New York, shifting to the Bronx for a four-game series against the American League East-rival Yankees on Thursday night. The game will air on MLB Network, which will feature Statcast™ technology during the broadcast.

The Rangers secured their first three-game sweep of the season by cooling down the Astros, 11-1, on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park. The first-place Astros had won 10 in a row before losing three straight to Texas.

Commissioner Rob Manfred outlined his vision for the future of baseball in three meetings on Wednesday at Minute Maid Park. He took some questions, too, and made some small talk. All in all, a productive day.