Red Sox prospect Connelly Early will receive his second big league start Tuesday against the Athletics at Fenway Park.

It doesn't always happen, but it happens often enough that I'm taking the extra step this year of pointing out which of the two-start pitchers is scheduled for Tuesday and Sunday in the upcoming scoring period,

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed rookie starting pitcher Roki Sasaki would at least one more start with Triple-A Oklahoma City, per The Athleti

Ozzie Albies drove in three runs with two hits, including a go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth, Sandy León homered and also drove in three runs in his first start in more than two years and the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 8-3.

It doesn't always happen, but it happens often enough that I'm taking the extra step this year of pointing out which of the two-start pitchers is scheduled for Tuesday and Sunday in the upcoming scoring period,

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto made unfortunate history in the Dodgers' loss to the San Francisco Giants on Friday.

Astros: Jason Alexander (4-1, 4.18 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 55 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros host the Texas Rangers to start a three-game series. Houston is 43-32 in home games and 81-69 overall.

Suarez will start Sunday's game in Toronto in what's expected to be a bullpen day for the Orioles, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.

The Red Sox are positioned to end their playoff drought, but before the postseason gets underway, they have some problems to solve.

This is the same way the season started for the Milwaukee Brewers. That three-game sweep at the New York Yankees more than five months ago was long before Milwaukee had the best record in the major leagues.