Looking ahead: Next season's schedule revealed  —  Traditional Opening Day games to be played on Monday, April 6  —  Major League Baseball on Monday revealed the 2015 regular-season schedule, which will begin with the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball opener on April 5 and then, by the following day …

Blue Jays to host AL East rival Rays in 2015 home opener  —  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will host the Tampa Bay Rays in their 2015 home opener on Monday, April 13.  —  The game is both the first of a four-game series against their AL East Division rivals, and a 10-game homestand.

Locke keeps Pirates in wild-card hunt with win over Phillies  —  PHILADELPHIA — Starling Marte hit a two-run homer and fell a triple short of the cycle to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 on Monday night.  —  Jeff Locke (7-4) struck out nine over seven strong innings …

Game recap: Mets 3 - Rockies 2  —  Recap: The Mets rallied for a walk-off win, 3-2, over the Rockies on Monday at Citi Field.  —  Need to Know: The Mets nearly wasted a strong outing from starter Jon Niese, who scattered eight hits, walked just one and only allowed one earned run in 6 2/3 innings.

Stanton ties career mark in homers, Marlins top Brewers  —  MILWAUKEE — Giancarlo Stanton hit his NL-leading 37th home run of the season, tying the Marlins record for career homers, and Miami beat the reeling Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Monday night.  —  Stanton, who also leads the league with 105 RBIs …

Nationals Beat Braves 2-1 Behind Fister  —  WASHINGTON — Doug Fister pitched seven shutout innings, leading the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series between the top teams in the NL East.

Anibal takes step forward with throwing session  —  8/8/14: Anibal Sanchez exits the game early with an apparent injury in the bottom of the 5th inning  —  DETROIT — While the Tigers readied for pregame batting practice Sunday in their quest to make the postseason, Anibal Sanchez retook …

MLB's 2015 Season Slated to Start April 5  —  NEW YORK — Major League Baseball's 2015 season is scheduled to start with a Sunday night game on April 5 and the other 28 teams will be slated to open the following day.  —  The regular season is to end Oct. 4, which means the World Series …

Sides close on collision rule clarity  —  Major League Baseball and the Players Association are nearing an agreement designed to “clarify” confusion over the new home-plate collision rules, sources told ESPN on Monday, with an announcement possible as soon as late Monday afternoon.

Terry Collins eases Zack Wheeler out early, Mets hold on … CINCINNATI - Zack Wheeler showed no signs of fatigue even as he entered the homestretch of his first full season in the big leagues.  And Jeurys Familia looked fresh after a four-day breather to break up his unusually busy summer.

FULD IS FULL OF DEEP THOUGHTS IN THE OUTFIELD … Sam Fuld is not your typical outfielder, maybe.  There's an active brain at work out there.  Often it wonders what the numbers say about this beautiful game.  —  Fuld's history sounds like the backstory for a baseball analyst.