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Major League Baseball has wiped out more than 60 million votes for the 2015 All-Star Game amid fears of improper voting techniques.  

Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports the number of accepted votes is still greater than 300 million.

The Baltimore Orioles set a single-game franchise record by hitting eight home runs in Tuesday's 19-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, per Sportsnet Stats.

It didn't take long for the onslaught to start, with Orioles third baseman Manny Machado leading off the bottom of the first inning with a solo shot to deep left field.

There are two things that get Texas Rangers star Prince Fielder a big ovation from his teammates and fans: his power and spectacular bloopers.

The latter just happened to earn him his latest big cheer.

In the bottom of the first inning of Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland lined a base hit to left field. Fielder, with two outs, was off at the crack of the bat. 

Boston Red Sox utility player Brock Holt hit for the cycle in Tuesday's 9-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald noted how long it had been since a Boston player accomplished the feat:

After news broke Tuesday that the FBI is investigating the St. Louis Cardinals organization for possibly hacking into a Houston Astros database of player information, the Internet had some a lot of fun at the Cardinals' expense.

While the American League All-Star voting is mired in Royal controversy, the National League continues to prepare for this year's Midsummer Classic, slated for July 14 at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park, in a standard fashion.  

Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper continues to dwarf all vote-getters in the latest NL ballot returns, which MLB announced tuesday. Harper's 6,059,827 votes are 1.6 million more than any other player.

The San Diego Padres wasted little time replacing Bud Black after firing him Monday, naming Pat Murphy as the interim manager for the remainder of the season, according to a release posted on the team's Twitter account.   

The FBI is reportedly investigating whether officials within the St. Louis Cardinals organization hacked into a Houston Astros database of player information.

Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis doesn’t care much for that pesky shift. On Monday night at Camden Yards in a 4-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, he did something about it.

The deluge of top prospects arriving in MLB continued Monday night after news broke the Chicago Cubs would call up catcher Kyle Schwarber. Jesse Rogers of ESPN Chicago reported Schwarber will only be up for six days as the Cubs navigate interleague play.