Jose Abreu drove in four runs and set a major league rookie record for RBIs through the end of April and the White Sox beat the Rays 9-2 on Sunday, according to an ESPN.com report.
Abreu, who had a two-run home run in the sixth and a two-run single in the seventh, has 31 RBIs to lead the majors. Albert Pujols had the previous rookie RBI mark of 27 in 2001.
Bryce Harper started Sunday in the Nationals' 3-2 win, one day after he was replaced in the sixth inning for lack of hustle by manager Matt Williams.
Harper batted second and went 1 for 4 with a walk and stolen base against the Cardinals, according to an ESPN.com report.
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Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was benched for lack of effort in Saturday's loss to the Cardinals, according to an ESPN.com report.
Manager Matt Williams apparently was not happy with Harper's effort running to first base during a groundout in the sixth inning.
When asked about the incident after the game, Williams attributed Harper's "inability to run 90 feet" as the reason for the benching.
"Lack of hustle. That's why he came out of the game,'' Williams said. "He and I made an agreement, this team made an agreement, that when we play the game, that we hustle at all times.''
MLB's replay system was designed to mitigate the human element in umpiring decisions. Instead, the human element is surfacing in a different form, Red Sox manager John Farrell said Sunday night.
"It's hard to have any faith in the system,'' Farrell said after Boston's 3-2 loss to the Yankees.
Farrell became the first manager to be ejected for disputing a play that was reviewed on replay after umpires reversed their call on what would have been an inning-ending double play in the fourth inning. Once the call was reversed, the Yankees were credited with a run that would not have counted had the original call stood.
That run ultimately proved to be the margin of victory for the Yankees.
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter gained sole possession of eighth place on baseball's all-time hit list with two hits in the first four innings Sunday against the Blue Jays, giving him 3,320 career hits and moving him one ahead of Paul Molitor.
Colorado overcame a four-run deficit Saturday night to beat Arizona 9-4 and send the Diamondbacks to their worst start in franchise history, according to an ESPN.com report.
Kyle Gibson limited Cleveland to one run in his season debut after Brian Dozier led off the game with a home run, leading Minnesota to a 7-3 win over the Indians on Saturday and giving Twins manager Ron Gardenhire his 1,000th career victory, according to an ESPN.com report.
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