Next Slide  —  What happened: The Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians, 6-3, on Monday night at Comerica Park.  The win snapped an 11-game losing streak against the Indians, dating back to last season.  Mike Fiers turned in his best performance of the season, allowing one run on three hits over six innings.

Cards' DeJong benefits from extensive playing time at shortstop  —  MINNEAPOLIS  • To explain how he's shaped his preparation to play as often as possible at the infield's most demanding position, Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong began by describing what it's like in the dugout and how restless he is at rest.

Reyes rocks in rehab start: 5 innings, 12 K's, 100-mph fastballs  —  • Some things never change.  —  Alex Reyes made his return to Dozer Park and the Peoria Chiefs on Monday, four years, a major-league stint and a Tommy John surgery later, and still flashed that triple-digit fastball he showed here in 2014.

Color war: Zobrist defies MLB again with black spikes  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Ben Zobrist was joined by Chicago Cubs teammates Kyle Schwarber and Steve Cishek in wearing black spikes on Monday despite a warning from Major League Baseball that he was in violation of the sport's uniform regulations.

Padres call up Reyes, whose 14 homers lead all of baseball  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Outfielder Franmil Reyes, whose 14 home runs for Triple-A El Paso lead professional baseball, has been brought by the San Diego Padres to make his major league debut.  —  The 22-year-old was due to bat sixth …

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Washington Nationals … Almost every time Torey Lovullo has been asked about Paul Goldschmidt's struggles at the plate this season, the Diamondbacks manager makes it a point to remind everyone that the team has long been spoiled by the first baseman's greatness.

Braves haven't been fazed by unexpected early success  —  CHICAGO — If the Chicago Cubs are paying attention, the breakthrough season the young Atlanta Braves are enjoying must be looking very familiar.  —  The Braves made the best of a one-day pit stop in Chicago on Monday …

Angels reliever Keynan Middleton has damaged UCL in right elbow  —  An MRI performed on Los Angeles Angels reliever Keynan Middleton revealed damage to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the team announced Monday.  —  Middleton is seeking a second opinion, the team said.

Dodgers' Andrew Friedman: ‘If we had to assign blame at this point, it should be me who is taking that’  —  The conversation could have been entirely different.  The schedule presented the Dodgers with a golden opportunity last weekend, four home games against the team with the worst record in the National League.

Jason Castro Out Four To Six Weeks Following Knee Surgery  —  Twins catcher Jason Castro, already on the disabled list due to a tear in his right meniscus, will undergo surgery and miss another four to six weeks of action, manager Paul Molitor tells reporters (Twitter links via Brandon Warne of ZoneCoverage.com).

Glove love: Why MLB players are so superstitious and meticulous about them  —  Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has officially retired his first glove.  It'll be framed and on display in his home in the near future.  —  Beltre used the same Rawlings glove for the first 11 years of his career …

Baseball notebook: Seattle's Cano, Texas' Beltre being evaluated  —  Seattle's Cano, Texas' Beltre to be evaluated  —  The Seattle Mariners said Monday that they'll have a better idea on the projected length of Robinson Cano's recovery time after the second baseman is examined by a hand specialist Tuesday in Philadelphia.

A Bryce Harper-Yankees marriage seems to be a longshot, but it could come down to Stanton  —  On June 9, 2015, Bryce Harper was leading off the seventh inning of a 1-1 game, his first in the Bronx, when he took his Mickey Mantle obsession to such an extreme that he convinced a person working …

Series preview: Cardinals at Minnesota  —  Scouting report  —  After Minnesota's two-game sweep in St. Louis last week in which the Twins outscored the Cardinals 13-1, the interleague career series is even at 12-12.  Minnesota has continued winning after it left St. Louis …

Photos: Cardinals draft pick Christian Kirk … Christian Kirk, a former standout at Scottsdale Saguaro and Texas A&M who was drafted in the second round by the Cardinals, was arrested almost two months before the draft as he was leaving the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Magnitude 3.5 earthquake shakes San Francisco Bay Area, centered near Oakland  —  An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 3.8 rattled the San Francisco Bay Area Monday night.  The quake was later downgraded to a 3.5.  —  The rolling quake was centered about 2 miles east of Oakland …

Brewers 7, Diamondbacks 2: Five late runs against Arizona's top-ranked bullpen do the job  —  PHOENIX - The Milwaukee Brewers knew they had their work cut out for them on this daunting three-city trip, and thus far have been up to the task.  —  The Brewers made it four victories …

Gonzalez hits walk-off homer, Lake County beats South Bend 3-2  —  EASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — Oscar Gonzalez hit a walk-off solo homer with two outs in the seventh inning, as the Lake County Captains beat the South Bend Cubs 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader on Monday.