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Austin Riley, another top Atlanta Braves prospect, homered on his second at-bat in the big leagues, launching a high fastball from St. Louis Michael Wacha deep into left-field seats at SunTrust Park Wednesday night.

Bruce Willis, wearing a No. 19 Phillies jersey, threw out the first pitch before Philadelphia played Milwaukee on Wednesday night, one-hopping the throw to ace Aaron Nola.

New Blue Jays pitcher Edwin Jackson appeared in a game for his 14th major league team Wednesday, breaking a record that he had shared with Octavio Dotel.

Austin Riley, recently rated as baseball's No. 87 overall prospect by ESPN's Keith Law, will play left field and bat sixth in his debut for the Braves on Wednesday night.

The Rangers placed shortstop Elvis Andrus on the injured list with a strained right hamstring and recalled outfielder Willie Calhoun from Triple-A Nashville amid a flurry of roster moves Wednesday.

Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Bryce Harper was in the starting lineup Wednesday a day after he banged his left knee into the wall on a sliding catch.

Adrian Beltre, who retired in November after 21 seasons, wasn't sure what to expect when the Rangers opened this season without him. But he said Wednesday, "So far it's been good."

Cubs veteran Ben Zobrist remains on a personal leave of absence from the team, and court documents filed in Chicago indicate he is getting divorced.

Twins third baseman Miguel Sano is set to make his 2019 debut, while the team put breakout catcher Mitch Garver on the injured list following Tuesday's collision with Shohei Ohtani.

Baseball is stepping up its tracking ability with a new Hawk-Eye system. How far into the future will the switch take the game?

"This is the baseball we were expecting to play." A month of dominating proves that this team's window to win another title is still wide open.

Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer and tagged out the Angels' Shohei Ohtani trying to score the tying run in the eighth inning of Minnesota's 4-3 victory, but the Twins catcher suffered a left high ankle sprain on the latter play.

The Red Sox still managed to lose, despite a record number of strikeouts. Plus, Vladdy Jr. finally hit his first two HRs.

Chris Sale struck out a career-high 17 batters in seven innings against the Rockies on Tuesday, but he was relieved to start the eighth and Boston went on to lose 5-4 in 11 innings.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went deep for the first time in his young career Tuesday night, homering in the same ballpark where his father won the 2007 Home Run Derby.

Twins catcher Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer and tagged out the Angels' Shohei Ohtani trying to score the tying run in the eighth inning of Minnesota's 4-3 victory, but he suffered a left high ankle sprain on the latter play.

Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus exited Tuesday's game early with tightness in his right hamstring, and GM Jon Daniels said left-hander Cole Ragans will require a second Tommy John surgery.

Chris Sale struck out a career-high 17 batters in seven innings against the Rockies on Tuesday, following up his 14-strikeout effort against Baltimore in his last outing.

Mariners starter Felix Hernandez is expected to miss four to six weeks after being diagnosed with a grade 1 lat strain in his right side.

Miguel Andujar will mull a decision to return to rehabbing an injured right shoulder or have surgery that will likely end his season over the next 24 hours.