May 16

Chris Davis homers twice in extra innings to help the Orioles outlast the Tigers, 13 – 11. His blast in the 12th inning sets up a three-run outburst, but Detroit replies with three runs of its own to keep the game going. In the 13th, Davis tees off against Francisco Rodriguez with a runner on third base, and those two runs prove to be the margin of victory. The Orioles squander an early 7 – 1 lead and need a homer by Mark Trumbo with two outs in the 9th to stay alive. For Detroit, J.D. Martinez homers twice, including a grand slam, and they have the winning run on third base in both the 11th and 12th innings, but both times, Tyler Collins, mired in an 0-for-30 slump, makes the final out without cashing in the runner. Richard Bleier earns his first career win in the slugfest.

Manager Joe Maddon earns his 1000th career win as the Cubs defeat Cincinnati, 9 – 5, thanks to homers by Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo, Addison Russell and Ian Happ. The win brings the Cubs back to .500 on the season.

Penn State turns two triple plays in a loss to Michigan State University. They become only the second NCAA Division I team to turn two triple killings in a game, following Gonzaga University in 2006.

It is advertised as a match-up of marquee pitchers Yu Darvish and Justin Verlander, but tonight’s contest between the Rangers and Tigers is a high-scoring one, ending 10 – 4 in Texas’s favor. The Rangers score 7 runs in the 3rd, capped by a three-run blast by C Geovany Soto that chases Verlander from the game for his shortest outing in nearly three years. For his part, Darvish allows a pair of long balls to Jhonny Peralta and Don Kelly but pitches 8 innings to improve to 7-1 on the year.

The Blue Jays pound four homers to beat the Yankees, 8 – 1, at home. The long balls by Edwin Encarnacion, J.P. Arencibia, Jose Bautista and Kelly Johnson account for 7 of the runs as Kyle Drabek is the winner against Hiroki Kuroda.

Is there anything the old man cannot do? 49-year-old Jamie Moyer picks up his second win of the year for Colorado by throwing 6 1/3 innings, during which he allows a single run, and helps his own cause with a two-run single in the 4th. The hit is fielded by Arizona 1B Paul Goldschmidt, but Moyer outraces him to the bag, eluding a lunging attempt at a tag, while the speedy Dexter Fowler takes advantage of Goldschmidt’s distraction to score all the way from second base. The runs make Moyer the oldest player to collect a major league RBI, passing Julio Franco. The final score is 6 – 1 in favor of Colorado.

Drayton McLane sells the Astros for approximately $685 million to a group led by Jim Crane, who failed in his attempts to buy this team in 2008, the Cubs in 2009, and the Rangers with Mark Cuban in 2010. During McLane’s tenure with Houston, which started in 1992, the club appeared in the postseason six times, including a losing trip to the World Series in 2005.

The Indians pound the Royals, 19 – 1, collecting 20 hits and 8 walks. Reliever Vin Mazzaro bears the brunt of the damage: he gives up 10 runs in the 4th inning, and a team-record 14 runs overall as he takes one for the team. He is then sent down to AAA Omaha immediately after the game, his ERA having ballooned to 22.74. He is only the fourth pitcher since World War II to give up 14 runs in a game. Michael Brantley and Matt LaPortadrive in 4 runs each, while Travis Hafner and Orlando Cabrera chip in with 3 RBIs apiece. Kyle Davies is the loser, retiring only one batter on a nightmarish evening for Kansas City’s pitchers.