The Phillies have no plans to rush to trade Cole Hamels and Jonathan Papelbon. Why hurry now? The Phillies already have waited this long to trade their remaining veterans because they said they have not liked the deals previously proposed to them.

Balloting is underway for the 86th All-Star Game on July 14 at Great
American Ball Park in Cincinnati, with Wednesday’s launch of the 2015 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot. It begins your annual privilege to decide starters for the American and National League rosters, but there is one big difference now: It’s online-only.

Tigers catcher James McCann will certainly remember his first Major League home run for the rest of his life, as he raced around the bases for a two-run, inside-the-park homer on Wednesday afternoon against the Twins at Target Field.

Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera hit a pair of home runs Wednesday afternoon at Target Field that people are going to remember for a while.

Chris Davis highlighted a six-run first with a three-run homer and Manny Machado finished a triple shy of the cycle as the Orioles grabbed an 8-2 victory over the White Sox at an empty Camden Yards on Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday was a day like no other in baseball history. Civil unrest in Baltimore in the wake of the passing of Freddie Gray, an African-American man who died while in police custody resulted in an unprecedented move to allow police resources to be deployed where they were needed most, and fans weren’t allowed to attend the game at Camden Yards between the Orioles and White Sox.

Evan Gattis, Chris Carter and George Springer each homered and Jose Altuve had four hits on Tuesday night as the Astros picked up their ninth win in their last 10 games, a 14-3 triumph over the Padres at Petco Park.

In a rematch of last week’s ace showdown, Buster Posey homered and drove in both runs as the Giants and Madison Bumgarner edged the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw, 2-1, Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.

Facing another array of right-handed batters, Madison Bumgarner used his left arm to thumb his nose at the percentages and the Los Angeles Dodgers as he led the Giants to a 2-1 victory.

The Giants prevailed in a showdown of dominant southpaws in large part because Madison Bumgarner had Buster Posey on his side and Clayton Kershaw did not.

The D-backs hit a pair of home runs and rapped out 15 hits as they beat the Rockies, 12-4, on Tuesday night at Chase Field to snap a four-game losing streak.

The three sluggers the Astros have been counting on to provide their power — Evan Gattis, Chris Carter and George Springer — homered in the same game for the first time this season and Jose Altuve had four hits in Tuesday night’s rout of the Padres in San Diego.

It wasn’t exactly Clayton Kershaw against the world Tuesday night, but it was Kershaw against the World Series champions, the combination of Madison Bumgarner and Buster Posey proving just enough more than the Dodgers could handle.

It was less than an hour after the game on Tuesday night when Rockies center fielder Carlos Gonzalez strode to his locker to talk to the media. He was still shaken. At that point, he had no idea that Archie Bradley was in good spirits around the corridor in the D-backs clubhouse.

D-backs right-hander Archie Bradley remembers throwing a curveball to Carlos Gonzalez, but he doesn’t recall the line drive that came off Gonzalez’s bat at 115 mph and struck him in the right cheek.

It takes more than one mighty swing to erase the last couple of years for the Washington Nationals’ Dan Uggla. But a swing like Tuesday night’s? It’s a start. It’s a real nice start.

Responding to manager Mike Matheny’s shakeup of the batting order, the Cardinals spoiled Severino Gonzalez’s Major League debut by knocking the Phillies righty around for seven quick runs in an 11-5 win at Busch Stadium on Tuesday night.