Mets' Cespedes hits 463-foot homer vs. Cardinals  —  New York Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes hit his longest home run of the season in a 6-5 win against the St. Louis Cardinals.  —  Cespedes smacked the long ball on Tuesday at Busch Stadium.  He stepped into the box in the top of the fifth inning …

Baseball notes: Cubs' Bryant doesn't play after suffereing head injury  —  Cubs' Bryant sidelined because of head injury  —  Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant did not play Tuesday, against Cleveland, two days after being hit in the head by a pitch.  —  Cubs manager Joe Maddon …

Braves promoting top outfield prospect Acuna from Triple-A  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — Top outfield prospect Ronald Acuna is set to join the Atlanta Braves.  —  The Braves planned to promote the 20-year-old from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday to join them in Cincinnati.

Granderson's HR lifts Blue Jays past Red Sox on somber night  —  TORONTO (AP) — Curtis Granderson hit a walk-off homer in the 10th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 4-3 win over Boston on Tuesday night and hand the Red Sox their season-worst third straight defeat.

Jarlin Garcia pitching like an ace for struggling Marlins  —  Even if he wasn't the anomaly in the Marlins' franchise-tying worst start, Jarlin Garcia's early efforts as a starting pitcher would stand out as something special.  —  The Dominican left-hander's 0.53 ERA in three career starts is among the best in baseball.

Gary Sanchez is heating up after belting two home runs for streaking NY Yankees  —  Gary Sanchez was anything but silent.  Not even the dugout antics by Aaron Judge could change that.  —  The reaction on the bench was subdued after Sanchez launched a fastball into the Monument Park netting …

Trout, Simmons lead Angels over Astros  —  HOUSTON - Somewhere between six innings of being perfect and two innings of being blistered was Shohei Ohtani's latest start.  —  The rookie's performance Tuesday against the reigning World Series champions also fit neatly between so and so …

Story's power, Freeland's arm help Rockies beat Padres 8-0  —  DENVER (AP) — Kyle Freeland's left heel throbbed after being hit by a liner.  —  The pain actually helped him bear down and make some of his best pitches.  —  “I was thinking more about my heel than my mechanics,” Freeland said.

Cardinals prep Flaherty for start, have starters to utilize from Memphis  —  With two things they'll undoubtedly wish they had more of at some point in time later this season, the Cardinals approached this weekend's starting pitcher decision with an abundance of options and off days.

Alex Avila, Robbie Ray take steps forward in Diamondbacks' road win over Phillies  —  PHILADELPHIA - The Diamondbacks are tied for their best start in franchise history, but perhaps what's most striking about it isn't how well everyone is playing.  It's that they've been able to win despite how few players are actually at their best.

Rob Manfred: Mound visits way down, inning breaks much shorter  —  TORONTO — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said he is encouraged by pace-of-play changes that have limited mound visits and reduced the time between innings at major league games this season.

Notes: Lorenzo Cain still adjusting to ‘definitely different’ role of batting leadoff  —  KANSAS CITY - Lorenzo Cain admitted Tuesday it's “definitely different” to bat in the leadoff spot with the Milwaukee Brewers.  —  “I'm not a big leadoff guy but that's what makes our team better …

Carpio scores winning run in eighth, St. Lucie beats Charlotte 6-5 in walk-off finish  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Luis Carpio scored the winning run on a wild pitch with one out in the eighth inning, as the St. Lucie Mets defeated the Charlotte Stone Crabs 6-5 in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday.