With the trade deadline a day away, Justin Verlander considers himself in a win-win situation as he wouldn't mind staying with the Tigers and has control over which teams can acquire him.

Verlander pitched six scoreless innings Sunday against the Astros in what could be his last start for the Tigers.

Asked afterward if he considers himself in a win-win situation, he said "that's probably a good assessment."

Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has become the 31st member of the 3,000-hit club, thanks to a double in the fourth inning of Sunday's game against the Orioles.

The milestone hit came on a 3-0 count against left-handed pitcher Wade Miley. Beltre struck out swinging in his first at-bat.

After Beltre's double, his three children ran out to right-center field to reveal a banner commemorating his 3,000 hits on the wall in front of the Rangers bullpen. Beltre's teammates also joined him on the field to recognize his achievement.

Beltre, in his 20th big league season, is the first player to reach the 3,000-hit milestone while a member of the Rangers and the first player born in the Dominican Republic to accomplish the feat.

Setting the AL record for consecutive saves converted requires a remarkable display of consistency.

Patience also played a part for Zach Britton, because the Orioles closer went more than 14 weeks this season between tying the mark and breaking it.

Britton converted his 55th straight save opportunity Sunday, blanking the Astros in the ninth inning to seal Baltimore's 9-7 victory.

It might be premature to call the trade for Jose Quintana a complete success already. But if Sunday is any indication, the Cubs have found a top-of-the-rotation pitcher.

Quintana was outstanding in striking out 12 Orioles over seven innings while surrendering only three hits without issuing a walk. It propelled the Cubs to an 8-0 win and a series sweep.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Yasiel Puig was wrong to take several steps toward the mound after he was nearly hit by a pitch Saturday night against the Marlins, who said they didn't appreciate the outfielder's reaction.

Madison Bumgarner was back on the mound after three long months away. The Giants left-hander was making his first start since April 19 at Kansas City. The next day, he wiped out while riding a dirt bike on a day off in Denver, spraining the AC joint in his left shoulder and suffering bruised ribs.

He pitched seven innings Saturday night and left with the score tied at 3 after allowing four hits, including home runs to Matt Szczur and Jabari Blash, while striking out five and walking two.

The Padres won the game 5-3 on Hector Sanchez's two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.

Cody Bellinger legged out a leadoff triple in the seventh inning on Saturday against the Marlins to become the first Dodgers rookie to hit for the cycle.

Bellinger hit a single in the first inning, a two-run home run in the third and an RBI double in the fourth before tripling to deep right-center in the seventh. The triple barely cleared the glove of right fielder Giancarlo Stanton, who tried to making a running, backhanded catch.

Mookie Betts had eight RBIs on Sunday in the Boston Red Sox's 15-1 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays, tying a major league record for RBIs in a game by a leadoff hitter, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

Only five players have recorded eight RBIs in a game from the leadoff spot since 1920, when RBIs became an official statistic.

The New York Yankees' much-talked-about prospect, Clint Frazier, made his major league debut a good one, hitting his first career home run Saturday night's 7-6 loss to the Houston Astros.

Frazier's seventh-inning solo shot off of reliever Tony Sipp came after he doubled for his first major league hit in a five-run sixth inning.

The 22-year-old, right-handed hitter started in right field in place of Aaron Judge and batted ninth.