Each night we’ll provide you with the nine top story lines from the day’s action, beginning with the stars of the day, and look ahead to the next day’s matchups.Alex Rodriguez pa sed Willie Mays for fourth place on baseball’sall-time home run list Thursday night.Rodriguez at Yankee Stadium. Battingin the thirdinning, the Yankees slugger blasteda pitch from the Orioles’Chris Tillman over the wall in left-center field. The historic home runcame one day after Mays’ 84th birthday.MORE: Fantasy rankings, sleepers for Friday |With his 4-for-4, , Dodgers catcher YasmaniGrandaltripled his seasonRBI total and doubled his home runtotal in a 14-4 winoverthe Brewers.Grandal reached base in all six of his plate appearances, capped by three-run homers in the eighth and ninth innings. He becamejust the eighth player to reach base at least six times and drive in eight or moreruns.Some of the highlights from Thursday’s games:Impact playersC Tuffy Gosewisch Cecil Cooper Jersey , Diamondbacks:For the second gamein a row,Gosewisch went3for4. Unlike Wednesday,all ofGosewisch’s hits were doubles. He finished with four RBIs.1B Eric Hosmer, Royals:Hosmer hita three-run homer, singled,drewa walk and scored a runagainst the Indians. Heis batting .315/.394/.550 with five homers and 23 RBIs this season.2B Neil Walker, Pirates:Batting second, Walker was 2 for 3 with an RBI, two runs scored, two walksand a stolen base in a 7-2 win over the Reds.SS Kike Hernandez, Dodgers:Hernandez was 2 for 5 with a single, a double andtwo runs scored.3B Mike Moustakas, Royals:Moose was 3 for 4 with Eric Sogard Jersey two runs and a walk. The 26-year-old is batting .327/.392/.460.OF Jason Heyward, Cardinals:Heyward was 3 for 4 with an RBI, a stolen base and three runs scored. He scorednine of the team’s 27 runs in its four-game series against the Cubs.DH Victor Martinez, Tigers:Martinez recorded his second straight multi-hit game against the White Sox. He finished 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI.SP Dan Haren, Marlins:Haren was impre sive on the mound and at the plate against the Giants. The 34-year-old allowed two runs in seven inningsfor his fourth win of the season.He also went 2 for 3 at the dish with a two-run double and two runs scored.Key injuriesRockies relief pitcher Adam Ottavino underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow and will be sidelined until the middle of next season.The Orioles placed infielderEverth Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list with a bruised left foot. The move comes the , so the O’s should be just fine.Surprise performersGood: Tigers starterKyle Lobstein allowed one run (unearned) on five hits over7 2/3 innings, throwing exactly 100 pitches.Lobstein struck out three and walked two in a 4-1 win over the White Sox.Bad: Orioles first basemanChris Davis struck out in all four of his at-bats against the Yankeesfor histhird “golden sombrero”of the year. He has struck out 44 times in 104 plate appearances this season.Web gemFor a moment it appeared that A-Rod was going to tie Mays in the first inning, but Orioles outfielder Delmon Young made aleaping grab to rob Rodriguez above the right-field fence.Facts of Glenn Robinson Jersey the dayReigning AL CyYoung award winnerCorey Kluber remainswinle s after allowing five runs on seven hits in a 7-4lo s to the Royals. Kluber owns a5.04 ERA and1.39 WHIP. TheIndians havelost all sevenof his starts, tied for most consecutive lo ses in starts by a reigning Cy Young winner to begin a season, Evan Longoria’s major league-leading streak of 198 consecutive gamesstarted ended. He was after experiencing flu-like symptoms.Brewers starterMike Fiersstruck out the side onnine pitches in the fourth inning,a so-called “immaculate inning.” , it was the first such inning in MLB this season, and only the fourth in Brewers history.The announced attendance at the Rangers-Rays game was 8,701, theat Tropicana Field since 2007.Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen had his 70th career three-hit game, than Barry Bonds had with the Bucs. McCutchen reached that mark in 103 fewer games.ReactionsTwins manager PaulMolitoron his team owning an AL-best 12-5 home record,:”It’s early, but it’s a nice trend. We’ve tried to make that a point. When you try to change the fortunes of how things have been going, it starts with playing better in your home park.””We all know (Milwaukee’s Miller Park) is a hitter’s ballpark, but I’ve never hit well here,” Grandal said,. “I just hit two home runs, and really don’t know how. I never drive balls here.”Off the fieldA month into the season, the Red Sox have posted the second Alex Claudio Jersey -worst ERA in baseball (4.86), and that costpitching coach Ohio State quarterbackCardale Jones took to Twitter to convincethe Indians to let him throw out a .Thegame between the Cubs and Cardinalsthat was postponed April 7 will be made up as part of day-night July 7 at Wrigley Field.ScoresAmerican LeagueNational LeagueA look aheadFriday’s top three games (all times Eastern):Mets (18-10) at Phillies (10-19), 7:05 p.m.: Matt Harvey (5-0, 2.41 ERA) will lookto become baseball’s first six-game winner this year.He will have a great shot to do so against a Phillies team that has lost seven of their last nine games and are 8 1/2 games behind the Mets in the NL East. Cole Hamels (1-3, 4.14 ERA) will look to turn things around after a slow start; if last year is any indication, he will be just fine. Hamels started 1-2 with a 4.30 ERA over his first six starts in 2014, but finished the season with a 2.46 ERA.Royals (18-10) at Tigers (18-11), 7:08 p.m.: Yordano Ventura (2-2, 4.94 ERA) will make his first start since serving a seven-game suspension for his role in a benches-clearing brawl against the White Sox on April 23. The Royals will face Tigers ace David Price (3-1, 2.93 ERA), who threw a five-hitter against the Royals last Saturday night in Kansas City. The teams are separated by just a half-gamein the AL Central.Athletics (12-17) at Mariners (11-17), 10:10 p.m.:Mariners right-hander Taijuan Walker (1-3, 8.74 ERA) will be making just the fourth home start of his career; he’ll betaking on As ace Sonny Gray (4-0, 1.67 Robin Yount Jersey ERA).Gray is 4-1 with a 2.21 ERA in eight career starts against Seattle. Mariners outfielder Nelson Cruz will look to add to his MLB-leading 14 homers but may have trouble doing so; he is 1 for 9 lifetime against Gray, and11 of his long balls have been on the road.
