Lucroy's RBI single in 11th send Athletics past Angels 6-5  —  Jonathan Lucroy hit an RBI single off the center-field wall in the 11th inning and the  —  Oakland Athletics capped their comeback Sunday with a 6-5 win over the  —  Los Angeles Angels.  —  The A's rallied for two runs …

Cubs' Joe Maddon defends options in 5-0 loss to Cardinals  —  Cubs' Jose Quintana on his recent outings: ‘I feel better in my last starts.’ (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Left-hander Jose Quintana wanted to work out of his sixth-inning mess Sunday night …

Free agent-to-be Bryce Harper playing way out of $400 million deal  —  The Blue Jays beat the Nationals 8-6 on Sunday with back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the eighth inning from Teoscar Hernandez and Yangervis Solarte off Ryan Madson, who hadn't allowed a home run all season and just two in 2017 and 2018 combined:

Brandon Nimmo's HR caps Mets' rally over Diamondbacks  —  Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo on team's ninth-inning rally Matt Ehalt, Staff Writer, @MattEhalt  —  PHOENIX — Hours before he delivered one of the biggest hits of the season, Brandon Nimmo thought about the famous winning streak quote from Major League II.

Astros win 11th straight, beating Royals to finish trip 10-0  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros won their 11th straight game, finishing off a 10-0 trip by rallying past the Kansas City Royals 7-4 on Sunday.  —  The World Series champion Astros swept their swing through Texas …

Next Slide  —  CHICAGO — Lefty Blaine Hardy has arguably been the Detroit Tigers' second-best starting pitcher this season. behind only Matthew Boyd.  Give credit to the Tigers for contemplating the idea of keeping Hardy in the rotation until the All-Star break, on July 16, as part of a six-man starting rotation.

Pedro Strop says 2018 Cubs bullpen is the best he has been a part of  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Pedro Strop paused before smiling when asked if this was the best bullpen he has been a part of during his six seasons with the Cubs.  —  “Numbers-wise, yeah,” Strop said.  “It's got to be the best so far.”

Next Slide  —  Chase Anderson could only shake his head afterward and wonder what might have been after just having watched the Milwaukee Brewers' offense nearly pull off a miraculous ninth-inning comeback at Miller Park on a steamy Sunday afternoon.  —  Had things broken just a little differently …

Brewers RHP Adrian Houser vomits twice on mound, finishes frame  —  Milwaukee Brewers reliever Adrian Houser made it through the top of the eighth inning of a 10-9 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday despite vomiting twice during the inning.  —  The right-hander, who was called …

Rockies fold in ninth, give up lead to Texas  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Father's Day was the crowning touch on rookie catcher Jose Trevino's wild week.  —  Trevino blooped a two-run single to left-center field, capping a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning that sent the Texas Rangers …

MLB: Carlos Carrasco is put on Indians' DL  —  Right-hander Carlos Carrasco was put on the 10-day disabled list Sunday by the Cleveland Indians because of a bruised right elbow.  —  Carrasco was struck by Joe Mauer's line drive in the second inning of Cleveland's 9-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.

Prospects who can deliver as soon as they get the call  —  While a lot of the focus of discussions this time of year is on which prospects contending teams should trade for which stars, quite often simply using their own top-performing prospect is a superior choice for a ballclub in win-now mode.

Cardinals' Reyes' family inspires him to keep fighting  —  Cardinals right-hander Alex Reyes saw the value of a father's sacrifice throughout his childhood while his father worked double shifts as a security guard at the Elizabeth, N.J., board of education.  —  Tomas Reyes Sr. …

Rays journal: Adeiny Hechavarria returns and plays short, but now what?  —  NEW YORK — The Adeiny Hechavarria situation is going to be interesting for the Rays.  —  The veteran seemed destined to be traded or even released as he completed his recovery from a hamstring strain rather …