In his first game back since undergoing Tommy John surgery, Nathan Eovaldi pitches 6 hitless innings for the Rays against the Athletics. Manager Kevin Cash decides to remove Eovaldi in order not to overstress him and Wilmer Font gives up a single to Jed Lowrie in the 7th for the A’s lone hit. Tampa Bay wins, 6 – 0.

The Dodgers snap a 42-inning scoreless road streak in beating the Cardinals, 5 -1. They are held hitless for five innings by Michael Wacha to beat an unenviable club record dating back to 1908, until a run-scoring single by Howie Kendrick in the 6th puts the team on the board a three-run homer by Yasmani Grandal gives them the lead. It is Wacha’s first loss after opening the year with seven straight wins.

The Mets become the first team to have three players appear in a game whose last name begins with a lower case ‘d’, when Travis d’arnaud, Jacob deGrom, and Matt den Dekker all play in the Mets’ 6-5 walk-off loss to Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. After having to use an upside-down capital ‘P’ on d’arnaud’s jersey last season due to lack of lower case letters, New York equipment manager Kevin Kierst asked Majestic, MLB’s uniform supplier, to make ‘small’ uniform letters available, knowing there would be even more of a need this season.

The host Houston Astros win the annual Civil Rights Game, 2 – 1, over the Orioles, for their seventh straight win. Brett Oberholtzer is a winner over Miguel Gonzalez. At the Beacon Awards luncheon which precedes the game, Major League Baseball honors a number of Civil Rights pioneers, including poet Maya Angelou, who passed away earlier in the week.

The Mets complete a four-game sweep of the Yankees with a 3 – 1 win behind the pitching of Dillon Gee, who strikes out a career-high 12 batters in 7 1/3 innings. It is the first time the Mets have ever swept a Subway Series against the Bronx Bombers, as those are the only four games the two teams will play against each other this year.

Russell Martin hits a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Pirates a 1 – 0 win over the Tigers at home. The Tigers strand 11 baserunners, while the Bucs have now won 16 of their last 20 games.

Normally one of the weakest-hitting team in the majors, the Mariners explode for 21 runs in beating Texas, 21 – 8. Justin Smoak hits a pair of three-run homers, Dustin Ackley also hits a three-run shot, Jesus Monterohomers, and Kyle Seager adds 4 hits and 2 RBI in the outburst. The 21 runs are the most scored by a team this season.

Jason Hammel gives up four solo homers, then accuses the Blue Jays of stealing signs as they complete a three-game sweep of the Orioles, 4 – 1. Brandon Morrow is the winner.

Bartolo Colon pitches his first shutout since 2006 in blanking the Athletics, 5 – 0. The 38-year-old Yankees pitcher has made a remarkable comeback after being out of the majors all of last year.