Alex Avila: ‘Definitely owe’ Deven Marrero after costing him homer  —  LOS ANGELES — About the only thing that went wrong for Arizona in another win over the Dodgers was a baserunning blunder that took away a home run.  —  Diamondbacks third baseman Deven Marrero appeared to hit a three-run homer …

Ohtani on mound for Angels again vs. Royals  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It is Sunday, so it must be Shohei Ohtani time in the Los Angeles Angels rotation.  —  Ohtani, the two-way Japanese star, will make his third major league start and all of them are on Sundays.

Dodgers put Logan Forsythe on disabled list  —  Justin Turner played 1,000 innings at third base for the Dodgers last season.  He has not played a single inning this season, and now his replacement has joined him on the disabled list.  —  Logan Forsythe, who had been playing through weakness …

Mets host family of Jackie Robinson on MLB's annual Jackie Robinson Day  —  Sharon Robinson reflects on Jackie Robinson Day  —  NEW YORK — The Mets and Brewers honored Jackie Robinson on Sunday as part of MLB's annual Jackie Robinson Day celebrations.  All players wore No. 42 …

Detroit Tigers-N.Y. Yankees doubleheader now June 4, MLB draft Day 1  —  As expected, the split doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon was postponed, continuing an early-season trend which has wreaked havoc around the major leagues - and especially in Detroit.

Cincinnati Reds Manager Bryan Price preaches patience amid frustration  —  Scott Springer with Tucker Barnhart The Enquirer/Scott Springer  —  With Tri-State weather seemingly like Seattle in terms of precipitation, the Reds are also in a gloomy predicament Bryan Price has seen before.

Homer happy Mariners hit 4 long balls in win over A's  —  SEATTLE (AP) - Jean Segura hit a three-run homer, Mitch Haniger, Kyle Seager and Daniel Vogelbach all added solo shots, and Seattle battered Oakland pitching for 17 hits in the Mariners' 10-8 win over the Athletics on Saturday night.

With the rain cleared and tarp pulled, Cardinals go for sweep  —  UPDATE, 2:10 p.m.: The Cincinnati Reds have announced a start time of 2:45 p.m. St. Louis time.  The rain has cleared from the area, and though overcast conditions remain the grounds crew has started prepping the field for play.

Guzman caps rally in Rangers' 6-5 win over Houston  —  HOUSTON (AP) - Ronald Guzman's first career homer tied the game in the eighth inning, and he put the Rangers ahead with an infield single in the 10th as Texas rallied from five runs down to beat the Houston Astros 6-5 on Saturday.

Column: Cubs' weather-related decisions a complicated affair  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Years from now they'll be talking about that winter day back in the spring of '18 when the Cubs came roaring back from an eight-run deficit, scoring nine runs on three hits in the eighth inning with a hawk wind …

Renfroe's 2-run homer lifts Padres to 5-4 win over Giants  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hunter Renfroe hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh, an inning after his outfield assist prevented a run from scoring, and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Saturday night.

Giancarlo Stanton says there's no ‘bad blood’ with Derek Jeter  —  DETROIT — It doesn't sound like Derek Jeter will even need to send a gift basket in order to mend fences with Giancarlo Stanton.  —  Despite their contentious dealings before Stanton was traded from Miami to New York …

Justin Verlander is the last of a dying breed on the mound  —  Think about the most memorable pitching duels from your lifetime of watching baseball.  Conjure your favorite.  What was it about that game that made it so indelible?  —  Chances are, that special memory did not involve …

Marco Estrada sees a silver lining to the two games in Cleveland being washed out  —  CLEVELAND - As Blue Jays pitcher Marco Estrada sat in the visiting clubhouse at Progressive Field watching Danny Barnes play a golf game on a nearby machine, pitching coach Pete Walker walked past.