Major League Baseball

Pablo Sandoval delivered a two-run homer with one out in the 10th inning Tuesday to lift the Giants to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals.

White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, who has run the club since 1981 and the NBA's Chicago Bulls since 1985, will be honored with the 2013 SBJ/SBD Lifetime Achievement Award during a ceremony at the Sports Business Awards in New York on Wednesday night.

Daniel Descalso capped his three-hit game with an eighth-inning grand slam as the Cardinals pounded the Padres, 10-2, Tuesday night in San Diego.

Mike Trout has already accomplished a lot in his brief Major League career, but on Tuesday he added something to his list of achievements -- the cycle. Trout went 4-for-5 with five RBIs, and at 21 became the youngest to hit for the cycle since Mel Ott did so as a 20-year-old in 1929.

Mike Trout hit for the sixth cycle in Angels history, backing Jerome Williams' eight shutout innings in a 12-0 rout of the Mariners on Tuesday.

Third baseman Trevor Plouffe left Tuesday's game against the Braves in the 10th inning after being kicked in the head by second baseman Dan Uggla while trying to break up a double play.

The Royals strung together 13 singles to drive a late comeback and end a four-game losing streak as they defeated the Astros, 7-3, on Tuesday night. Mike Moustakas broke out of an 0-for-18 slump with the game-tying RBI single.

Wilin Rosario's 10th-inning single gave the Rockies a 5-4 victory over the D-backs at Coors Field on Tuesday night in front of 27,096 fans.

Evan Gattis added to the wonder of his rookie season with a pinch-hit, two-out homer that gave the Braves life, and Freddie Freeman's single in the 10th gave Atlanta a 5-4 win over the Twins on Tuesday night at Turner Field.

Carlos Gomez's two-run double in the fifth inning pushed the Brewers to a 5-2 win over the Dodgers and gave former teammate Zack Greinke his first career loss at Miller Park.

Yoenis Cespedes went deep, which was enough for a dealing Dan Straily, who tossed seven shutout innings as the A's topped the Rangers, 1-0, on Tuesday night in Arlington.

White Sox starter Jose Quintana has always dreamed of throwing a no-hitter, and on Tuesday night, he nearly accomplished that feat in a 3-1 win over the Red Sox.

Rafael Betancourt has been pitching and succeeding through right groin tightness since late April. But after two pitches to the D-backs' Paul Goldschmidt in the top of the 10th inning Tuesday night, he knew the pain had caught up to him.

Travis Snider hit a two-out, pinch-hit grand slam in the sixth inning to give the Pirates a 5-4 victory over the Cubs at PNC Park Tuesday.

Tampa Bay used some early offense and a solid effort by closer Fernando Rodney to back Alex Cobb and achieve a 4-3 win over Toronto on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre in front of 15,802.

White Sox ace Chris Sale was scratched from his scheduled start in Wednesday's series finale against the Red Sox as a precautionary measure due to mild tendinitis in his left posterior shoulder.

The immediate impact of Tuesday's 5-1 Tigers win on the standings was incremental, moving Detroit within a game and a half of Cleveland in the division. The fearsome part is looking ahead at what Miguel Cabrera could mean in the race over the coming weeks if he keeps hitting like he has.

The Orioles snapped a season-high six-game losing streak in dramatic fashion on Tuesday night, with Nate McLouth drilling a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to drop the Yankees, 3-2.

A's shortstop Jed Lowrie, acting as designated hitter on Tuesday night in Texas, took a pitch off his right foot in the fifth inning and was out of the game by the seventh.

In an article this week in the SportsBusiness Journal, Jerry Reinsdorf speculatively mentioned that he recommended that his sons keep the Bulls but sell their interest in the White Sox. On Tuesday, the White Sox made clear that the issue is yet not settled and is far, far from needing to be.