Blue Jays open up against Tigers in battle of division leaders  —  The Sports Network  —  DETROIT - The surging Toronto Blue Jays will try to curb Anibal Sanchez's recent run of success when they open up a three-game set with the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.

Cano, Cruz take leads, Bautista closes in on Trout  —  Angels star still has most AL All-Star votes but Blue Jays slugger is right on his heels  —  A lot can happen in a week.  Six days is all it took for a number of the hottest American League All-Star voting races to change hands …

Down early, Royals outlast Cardinals on Hosmer's hit  —  ST. LOUIS — Eric Hosmer hit a tiebreaking single off closer Trevor Rosenthal in the ninth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 Tuesday night for their second straight road victory in the four-game, two-city series.

Cruz homers in return to Texas as Orioles rout Rangers  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Nelson Cruz hit a towering three-run homer in his return to Texas and the Baltimore Orioles won their third straight game, 8-3 over the Rangers on Tuesday night.  —  Cruz hit the first pitch thrown by Shawn Tolleson …

Buck hits two-run homer in seventh, lifts Mariners past Braves  —  ATLANTA — John Buck had three hits, including a two-run homer in the seventh inning that gave Seattle the lead, and the Mariners rallied to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-5 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win.

Henderson Alvarez blanks Rays for 3rd shutout of season  —  MIAMI — Henderson Alvarez needed only 88 pitches to toss an eight-hitter for his third shutout this year, and the Miami Marlins beat Tampa Bay 1-0 Tuesday, sending the reeling Rays home after a winless eight-game trip.

Game Recap: Cubs 2, Mets 1  —  Result: The Mets bullpen spoiled a strong outing by Zack Wheeler, as the Cubs scored two runs in the final two innings to win, 2-1.  —  Need to Know: Zack Wheeler built on his strong start last time out to hold the Cubs scoreless over 6 2/3 innings.

Zimmermann and Zimmerman lead Nationals past Phillies  —  WASHINGTON — Jordan Zimmermann rebounded from a mini-slump to throw eight scoreless innings, Ryan Zimmerman hit a pair of doubles and handled two chances with aplomb in his left field debut, and the Washington Nationals beat …

Twins OK with Santana's steep learning curve  —  MILWAUKEE — Danny Santana's throw to the plate was probably ill-advised, well late to catch speedy Brewers shortstop Jean Segura on Monday when the Brewers scored their first run.  It also tailed well up the third-base line …

Rockies To Promote Eddie Butler  —  The Rockies will promote one of their two top pitching prospects, righty Eddie Butler, reports MLB.com's Thomas Harding (via Twitter).  Butler will take the ball against the Dodgers on Friday.  —  Butler is a 23-year-old who was taken 46th overall in the 2012 draft out of Radford.

Cubs want Bryant to stay at Double-A for now  —  CHICAGO — Last year's first-round Draft pick, Kris Bryant, has done everything the Cubs have asked him to do at Double-A Tennessee, but general manager Jed Hoyer said they want the third baseman to stay at that level for now.

Keith Law Mock Draft 3.0  —  Major changes in second half of the first round this time around  —  Source:  —  The top of the draft hasn't changed much since my last first-round projection, but the back half has, mostly because teams drafting there are still trying to get a handle on who might …

Astros Extend Jon Singleton  —  TUESDAY: Passan has the year-to-year breakdown of Singleton's contract (Twitter link).  He will earn $1.5MM this season and $2MM per year from 2015-18.  He notes that each of the second options have a $250K buyout as well.  —  MONDAY, 6:19pm …

Suddenly hot NY Mets take four of five from Phillies as rookie Matt den Dekker's glove, arm spark win  —  While den Dekker went just 1-for-5, he made his presence known Monday with his glove, stealing two runs from the Phillies, robbing Ryan Howard of a home run and throwing a runner out at the plate.