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.

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 …

Gyorko launches homer in rehab work, could return to Cardinals soon  —  CINCINNATI  • Accompanied by a book gifted him from manager Mike Matheny, infielder Jedd Gyorko jetted down to Florida for the weekend to get some needed at-bats and see how his leg had recovered from a hamstring strain.

Wilmer Flores' walk-off home run backs stellar outing from Noah Syndergaard as Mets take series finale over Brewers, 3-2  —  Noah Syndergaard was literally untouchable, but it was Wilmer Flores who saved the day.  —  The first baseman blasted a walk-off home run with two outs in the ninth inning …

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 …

With Derek Jeter, Giancarlo Stanton says there's no bad blood on his part  —  DETROIT - Bad blood with Derek Jeter?  —  Giancarlo Stanton doesn't see it that way.  —  If there's any personal, lingering bitterness related to Jeter's role in Stanton's trade from the Miami Marlins, well, it's not felt by the Yankees' slugger.

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.

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 …

As Cincinnati Reds struggle, top prospect Nick Senzel remains with Triple-A Louisville  —  Here are the stats: Since Eugenio Suarez has been out, Reds third basemen were 1 for 25 with three errors entering Sunday.  —  Meanwhile, the team's No. 1 prospect, Nick Senzel, a third baseman by trade …

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.

Peralta induces double play, leads Col. Springs to 7-4 win over Round Rock  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Freddy Peralta got Carlos Garay to hit into a double play in the fourth inning, leading the Colorado Springs Sky Sox to a 7-4 win over the Round Rock Express in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday.

Rays keep sliding at home as Phillies roll to 10-4 win  —  Aaron Altherr hit a three-run homer, Scott Kingery had a three-run double and the Philadelphia Phillies won their sixth in a row, topping the Tampa Bay Rays 10-4 Sunday.  —  Kingery's two-out drive off the center field wall capped …

Gleyber Torres continues to rake at Triple A, but Yankees may want to give prospect more time in minors  —  DETROIT — Gleyber Torres' Triple-A numbers continue to jump off the page, begging the question: is it possible that he could be promoted to the Yankees this week?  —  “Possible, yes.  Likely?

Balmy 50-degree weather awaits White Sox in Oakland  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The forecast in Oakland, Calif., for Monday night is temperatures in the 50s with potential for a stray shower.  —  That's downright tropical compared to what the White Sox were leaving behind Sunday as they were set …

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.

Rodriguez, Fox and Lowe lead Charlotte in win  —  LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — David Rodriguez had four hits, while Lucius Fox and Nathaniel Lowe recorded three apiece as the Charlotte Stone Crabs beat the Lakeland Flying Tigers 9-6 on Sunday.  —  Rodriguez singled four times, driving in a run and also scoring one.

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 …