Zack Godley's pitching, 4 homers carry Arizona Diamondbacks past Washington Nationals  —  Recap: RHP Zack Godley turned in six scoreless innings and the Diamondbacks drilled four home runs, then withstood a late rally from the Washington Nationals to come away with a 6-4 victory on Monday night …

Cruz Hits 30th Homer, Mariners Beat Rockies 8-7  —  DENVER — Felix Hernandez pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Nelson Cruz homered in a fourth consecutive game to reach 30 for the season, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Colorado Rockies 8-7 on Monday night.

Beltre Has 3rd Career Cycle for Rangers  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre had his third career cycle Monday night, becoming the first major league player since the 1930s to accomplish that feat.  —  Beltre homered in the fifth inning for the Texas Rangers to complete the cycle, doing so against three different Houston pitchers.

Price Dominant in Toronto Debut, Jays Beat Twins 5-1  —  TORONTO — David Price struck out 11 over eight innings to win his Blue Jays debut, Josh Donaldson hit a tiebreaking home run and Toronto beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 in the opener of a four-game series between AL wild-card contenders.

Braves Keep Rallying, Garcia HR in 12th Beats Giants 9-8  —  ATLANTA — Adonis Garcia hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning off Ryan Vogelsong and the Atlanta Braves completed their final comeback of the game, beating the San Francisco Giants 9-8 Monday night.

Mets win, 12-1, alone in first as Cespedes leads rout in Miami  —  Yoenis Cespedes tied a franchise record with three doubles, and Michael Conforto hit his first major-league home run as the Mets pounded the Marlins, 12-1, Monday in Miami.  —  The Mets reclaimed sole possession of first place …

Columbia Fireflies is the name of new professional baseball team  —  Columbia officials announced the Columbia Fireflies as the new baseball team  —  The Fireflies are a Single-A affiliate of the New York Mets  —  Fireflies come to Columbia from Savannah where they were the Sand Gnats

Chris Davis, Caleb Joseph Homer as Orioles Beat A's 9-2  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Baltimore rookie Tyler Wilson is accustomed to bouncing between the big leagues and the minors by now.  —  He is determined to make a case to stay put — and Monday night's outing certainly didn't hurt.

Hessman Sets Minor League HR Record With No. 433  —  TOLEDO, Ohio — Call him the real-life Crash Davis.  —  Mike Hessman, an infielder for Triple-A Toledo in the Detroit Tigers' system, became the career home run leader for U.S.-based minor leagues Monday night, hitting his 433rd in the seventh inning of a game against Lehigh Valley.

Third base coach McEwing takes blame after Rays tip White Sox 5-4  —  The White Sox have lost 54 games in all sorts of ways this season.  —  Bad defense.  —  Poor baserunning.  —  Inept hitting.  —  Even the admitted failure to challenge an umpire's call.

First-Place Mets Have Baseball's Easiest Schedule From Here Out  —  Including seven against the Tulowitzki-less Rockies and 10 against the league-worst Phillies  —  MIAMI—About a month ago, the Mets reached a crossroad in their season.  Their record stood at 40-37, 2 1/2 games behind …