Each night we’ll provide you with the nine top story lines from the day’s action, beginning with the stars of the day, and look ahead to the next day’s matchups.

Offense was plentiful Monday acro s baseball. Thirteenteams scored at least five runs, and there were a number of strong individual performances. Red Sox center fielder Mookie Betts continued to dazzle on offense, and he was fantasticondefense.Mariners outfielder Nelson Cruz bashed his third and fourth home runs of the seasonand now has a three-game home run streak.

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Also, Dodgers outfielderYasiel Puig homered and Tigers first basemanMiguel Cabrera continued his fine start with another multi-hit game.

A look at more offensive leaders:

Impact players

C Sandy Leon, Red Sox: Leon went 3 for 4 New York Jets Pet Gear with a run and an RBI in Boston’s 9-4 victory over Washington.

1B Eric Hosmer, Royals: Hosmer and the Royals’ offense remained hot. Hosmerwent 2for4 with two runs and two RBIs in a12-3 smashing of the Twins.

2B Brandon Phillips, Reds: Phillips was 4 for 5 (all singles) and scored two runs in Cincinnati’s 7-6, 10-inning lo s to the Cubs.

SS Marcus Semien, Athletics: Semienhas been a revelation early, and he continued his fine playMonday. He went 2 for 4 with a solo home run in Oakland’s 8-1 victory in Houston.

3B Chris Coghlan, Cubs:Coghlan went 3 for 4 with a solo home run and two runs scored in the Cubs’ victory.

OF Mookie Betts, Red Sox: Betts went 2 for 4 with two runs, a home run, four RBIs and two stolen bases, and he robbed Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper of a home run in center field (see the web gems).

DH Kendrys Morales, Royals:Morales continued his hot start by going 2 for 4 with a solo home run and two runs scored. He’s batting .414 over KC’s first seven games.

SP Jake Sam Darnold Jerseys Odorizzi, Rays: Odorizzi improved to 2-0 with an impre sive outing against the Blue Jays. He allowed one run over eight innings and struck out three. Tampa Bay won 2-1, spoiling Toronto’s home opener.

Key injuries

Royals outfielder Alex Rios was expected to getX-rays on his left hand after he was hit by a pitch from J.R. Graham.

X-Rays on Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner’s left wrist werenegative. Gardner left the game six innings after he was hit by a Wei-Yin Chen pitch.

Red Sox left fielder Hanley Ramirez is expected to play Tuesday after leaving Monday’s game with a foot injury. CT scans were negative.

Rangers left fielder Ryan Rua will be sidelined indefinitely with a fracture and a severe sprain of his right ankle, .

Orioles reliever Wesley Wright will mi s the next four to sixweeks with inflammation in his left shoulder.

Web gems

Watch Betts rob Harper of a home run at Fenway Park:

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The Phillies’ Ben Revere stole a hit from Mets outfielderCurtis Granderson with this diving catch:

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Surprise performers

Good:Cubs outfielder Jorge Soler hit his first two home runs of the season. He finished the night 3 for 5 with four RBIs and scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th. Solerwas just 4 for 18 with two RBIs coming into the game.

Bad: Nationals starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermanngave up nine hits andeight runs (seven earned) and recorded no strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings against the Red Sox.

Facts of the day

Stephen Drew, batting for Gardner, delivered a grand slam in the in the seventh inning and gave the Yankees a 6-4 lead.It was the first pinch-hit grand slamby a Ty Johnson Jerseys Yankees player since Jorge Posada in 2001.

Alcides Escobar went 2 for 6 to extend his MLB-leading hit streak to 16 games.

Cubs pitcher Jon Lester attempted his first pick-off throwto first base in 66 games Monday, and hisfirstsince 2013. .

The Royals set a franchise record by hitting a home run in their seventh consecutive game to begin the season.They also are the majors’last remaining undefeated team.

Reactions

Id love to see another team in Canada, MLB commi sioner Rob Manfred said during an interview with Sportsnet on Monday.

When you talk about internationalizing the game, I think its important not only to do what I think of as the visits you go to Australia and you play two games, were not going to have a team in Australia, he said. The other part of international activity is sustained international activity and to me the two most realistic targets are another team in Canada, and a team in Mexico, just because of geography and the Quincy Enunwa Jerseys nature of our schedule.

If MLB were to consider expansion, Montreal is believed to be the leading candidate, .

Off the field

The Indians signed relief pitcher Ryan Webb to a minor league contract and a signed him to Triple-A Columbus. He’s expected to move into Cleveland’s bullpen soon. The Indians signed Webb the same day the Dodgers released him. LA acquired him in a trade with the Orioles last week.

Scores

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A look ahead

Tuesday’s top games (all times Eastern):

Nationals (2-5) at Red Sox (3-4), 6:10 p.m.: The Nationals continue to struggle as injuries have taken a toll on the preseason World Series favorites. Stephen Strasburg will try toimprove upon his rough first start.Justin Masterson will be his mound opponent.

Tigers (6-1) at Pirates (3-4), 7:05 p.m.: Shane Greene will lookto duplicate his superb debut and help his team avenge its first lo s. On the other side, A.J. Burnett will lookto bring the Pirates back to .500.

Rays (4-3) at Blue Jays (4-3), 7:07 p.m.: The AL East leaders squareoff for sole po se sion of first place.

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