Marlins Fire Manager Mike Redmond  —  10:49pm: Frisaro tweets that there are rumors within the industry that the Marlins could hire former star catcher Ivan Rodriguez.  Rodriguez, a hero for the Marlins' 2003 World Series team, retired as a player in 2012.  —  10:10pm: The Marlins' next manager …

Pirates Stop 4-Game Slide With 3-0 Win Over Cubs  —  CHICAGO — A.J. Burnett worked around five walks while pitching seven innings, and the Pittsburgh Pirates stopped a four-game losing streak by cooling off the Chicago Cubs with a 3-0 victory on Sunday.  —  Burnett allowed three hits …

Toronto Blue Jays gave Randy Wolf chance to prolong his career in minors and he's not thinking about major-league promotion  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. - All Randy Wolf wanted was 10 minutes of a team's time.  Just a quick tryout on a bullpen mound somewhere, anywhere.  I'll come to you, he said.

James Paxton Leads Mariners Over Red Sox 5-0  —  SEATTLE — James Paxton stretched his scoreless streak to a career-best 20 innings, and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-0 Sunday.  —  Paxton (2-2) allowed five hits in eight innings, struck out two and walked two, and Carson Smith pitched a perfect ninth.

Syndergaard Earns 1st Big League Win, Mets Beat Brewers  —  NEW YORK — Prized Mets pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard earned his first major league win, the success tempered when he beaned Carlos Gomez with a 96 mph fastball, and New York beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Sunday.

Coming in Cold 2: Lifting the Pinch-Hitter's Penalty  —  Mark Sweeney made a career of being a pinch-hitter.  (via Loreal Reid)  —  Last month, I indulged myself in some looks at the more notable pinch-hitters in baseball since the 1960s.  While I was concentrating on individual performances …

Montreal's Denis Coderre to confer with MLB commissioner  —  Mayor heading to New York for May 28 talk with Rob Manfred  —  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre says he's looking forward to meeting with the commissioner of Major League Baseball at the end of the month in his ongoing quest to see the sport return to the city.

Phillies Beat D-Backs 6-0 for 5-Game Winning Streak  —  PHILADELPHIA — Sean O'Sullivan won a big league game for the first time in more than four years, staying in after he was hit on the throat by a throw from his own catcher, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6- Sunday …

Wong, Lynn Star as Cardinals Beat Tigers to Avoid Sweep  —  ST. LOUIS — Kolten Wong hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning and Lance Lynn got his fifth career RBI to back his dominant pitching as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Sunday night to avoid a three-game sweep.

Wright Shines in Debut as Orioles Blank Angels 3-0  —  BALTIMORE — Mike Wright took a three-hitter into the eighth inning of his major league debut, and the Baltimore Orioles ended the Los Angeles Angels' five-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory Sunday.  —  Adam Jones scored on a wild pitch …

Bolsinger Stymies Rockies in Dodgers' 1-0 Win  —  LOS ANGELES — Mike Bolsinger pitched three-hit ball for six innings and Yasmani Grandal singled home the only run Sunday, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 1-0 victory that salvaged a split of their four-game series with the Colorado Rockies.