The Orioles beat Justin Verlander and the Tigers 5-2 on Tuesday night, handing Verlander his first loss in 13 starts against the club.

"First couple of innings, everybody knows he throws 92, 93 and he gets his strikes, and works on his pitches," Adam Jones said.

"Fifth, sixth rolls around, you ain't touching him. We were able to get to him early. We were able to make him mad early and got him angry. That's what's cool. It's cool to see that."

Verlander felt like his command wasn't as sharp, and there were a lot of borderline pitches that the Orioles were able to lay off.

"The one that really hurt me, fastball-wise, was the one to Jones," he said. "You know first pitch, he was up there jumping, trying to ambush me first-pitch fastball, and I gave it to him. But it wasn't well-located, it was up and almost middle, outer half, right where he wanted it."

Giancarlo Stanton hit two home runs against the Diamondbacks on Monday, the 99th and 100th blasts of his career.

Stanton struggled mightily in April, batting .227, but since returning from a hamstring injury he has hit .392 with four homers and 10 RBIs.

"He's going up there right now with a ton of confidence," Mike Redmond said. "It's nice to see him like that. Every time he goes up there, you feel like there's a chance he's going to do something big."

Max Scherzer struck out 10 batters against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night, improving to 10-0 in the process.

Scherzer became the first pitcher to begin a season 10-0 -- with all decisions coming in starts -- since Clemens went 11-0 for Toronto in 1997, according to STATS.

Scherzer is the first to have at least six strikeouts in his first 14 starts in a season since Martinez did it in 2001 with Boston, STATS said.

"He's at the top of his game pretty much," Jim Leyland said.

The Padres defeated the Diamondbacks on Saturday, lifting them to .500 for the first time since April 10, 2011.

San Diego's last day above .500 was the finale of the 2010 season, when they finished 90-72.

The Padres, who began the season 5-15, have strung together a 29-19 record since April 24th, tied for the second-best mark in the National League in that time.

The Dodgers took it personally when the D-Backs' Ian Kennedy hit Yasiel Puig in the face with a pitch. Then they really got mad when Kennedy hit starter Zach Greinke with another high pitch.

Punches replaced pitches as a heated brawl involving players and coaches ensued, resulting in six ejections before the Dodgers rallied to beat the D-Backs 5-3 on Tuesday night, according to an ESPN.com report.

Gerrit Cole had nothing to be worried about as he took a shutout into the seventh inning and hit a two-run single in his first at-bat Tuesday night, leading the Pirates to an 8-2 win over the Giants, according to an ESPN.com report.

Andy Pettitte earned his 250th career win on Saturday afternoon, allowing just three hits over 7 1/3 innings against the Mariners.

Pettitte, who will turn 41 on June 15, is just the 47th pitcher to accomplish the feat in Major League history.

"I'll remember this one, that's for sure," Pettitte said.

Pettitte is the 5th pitcher to win his 250th career game in a Yankee uniform and the first since Mike Mussina in 2007.

Yasiel Puig hit a solo home run against the Braves on Friday night, the fourth home run of his brief major league career.

In just five games (19 at-bats), Puig had four home runs and 10 RBI. He is a line of .421/.450/.1.105.

Puig also has a solo, two-run, three-run and grand slam home run to his credit. Frank Howard was the last member of the Dodgers to accomplish that feat (spanning 1958 to 1960) in his first four home runs.

Yasiel Puig had a nice second game for the Dodgers on Tuesday night.

Puig homered twice and drove in five runs as the Dodgers beat the Padres.

The 22-year-old's first career home run came off Clayton Richard in the fifth inning. It was a three-run blast.

Puig got both balls back as keepsakes.

"I'm glad I hit two home runs," he said. "I'm more happy because the team won."

Puig became the first Dodgers player with more than one homer in his first two career games and the first to have five RBIs in that span since Spider Jorgensen drove in six runs on April 17, 1947.

David Murphy pitched a scoreless inning in relief for the Rangers on Tuesday night against the Red Sox.

Boston defeated Texas 17-5 at Fenway Park.

Murphy is the first Rangers position player to pitch in Boston since Jose Canseco did so on May 29, 1993.

It was the first pitching appearance of Murphy's career.