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Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 16

CSN's Andrew Baggarly has more on Pagan's status:

MLB Lineups indicates Angel Pagan is out of the Giants' lineup:

Bruce Bochy commented on Pagan's status via Andrew Baggarly of Comcast SportsNet Bay Area:

Washington Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond exited Tuesday night's 6-4 win over the Atlanta Braves after the fifth inning with what's currently being described as back tightness.

David Wright's lost 2014 season has finally been put to an end. The New York Mets officially declared their All-Star third baseman out for the season Tuesday after a season-long battle with shoulder problems:

Wright, 31, was held out of Tuesday's 2-0 win over the Colorado Rockies and was sent to undergo further testing after feeling an increase in pain.

Detroit Lions All-Pro wide receiver Calvin Johnson exploded for 164 yards and two touchdowns on Monday Night Football as the Lions routed the New York Giants, 35-14, in their first game of the 2014 season.

Johnson was in the house for the Detroit Tigers' Tuesday night showdown with the Kansas City Royals, and nine-time MLB All-Star Miguel Cabrera honored him in an appropriate way—by throwing him a lob of a "touchdown pass" into the stands.

Major League Baseball executive vice president Joe Torre reportedly issued a memorandum on Tuesday to provide clarity to the home-plate collision rules that have been implemented for the 2014 season.

ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reported on Torre's message to the umpires, which concerns Rule 7:13. This is what Torre reportedly had to say:

Ryan Zimmerman is nearing recovery from his hamstring injury just in time for the Washington Nationals' foray into October baseball. 

The Washington Post's Adam Kilgore provided an encouraging update on the 29-year-old third baseman's rehab:

As Comcast SportsNet's Mark Zuckerman added, he was looking good during batting practice, as well:

In the midst of a horrid 2014 season, the Boston Red Sox might have bigger issues to worry about. Dustin Pedroia, the team's star second baseman, is dealing with a hand injury that might force him to miss the remainder of the MLB season.    

Sean McAdam of Comcast Sports Net passed the news along from Red Sox manager John Farrell:

When you give a baby a baseball, you never know what's going to happen.

In the second inning against the Houston Astros on Monday, the Seattle Mariners' Logan Morrison hit a ground-rule double. One lucky fan was able to snag the ball when it bounced into the stands. Once he had the ball, he gave it to the baby he was holding.

That's when the baby decided to see how the baseball tasted.

Who knows what was on that baseball?

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo had one highlight in an otherwise unimpressive outing against the Miami Marlins on Monday, breaking the all-time franchise record for strikeouts with his lone K of the night, per MLB Milestones.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw had a comfortable 8-1 lead heading into the sixth inning of Monday night's game against the San Diego Padres, but this sequence of plays made things a little closer than the NL Cy Young front-runner would have liked.

After a flyout to center field, the Dodgers committed three errors in one play to allow both Yangervis Solarte and Rymer Liriano to score, trimming the lead to just 8-3 for Los Angeles.