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New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda struck out 16 batters in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles, setting a franchise record for the most strikeouts without any walks in a single game, per ESPN Stats & Info.

A new week, another batch of waiver-wire additions just the way you like 'em: hot and fresh out of the oven.

Some players mentioned last week—including Rusney Castillo, Trevor Plouffe, Alex Colome and Blake Swihart—are already owned in many leagues, but they remain quality pickups if they're available.

The Oakland Athletics bolstered their bullpen Saturday with the addition of right-handed pitcher Edward Mujica via a trade with the Boston Red Sox. 

The Athletics official Twitter account noted that Oakland gave up cash considerations and a player to be named later to acquire Mujica.

Chicago Cubs phenom Kris Bryant has had a strong start to his MLB career, but it took him a while to hit his first major league home run.

Bryant was finally able to get that monkey off his back Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers. With two runners on in the third inning, Bryant crushed a shot to left-center field to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead.

Triple plays happen every now and then during the MLB season, but none have ever happened like this.

In the top of the second inning against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, the Pittsburgh Pirates were able to turn a triple play, thanks to some heads-up fielding from Neil Walker and Jung Ho Kang.

According to Bob Pompeani of KDKA TV, it was the first 4-5-4 triple play in MLB history:

The Atlanta Braves may want to stop pitching to Bryce Harper.     

The Washington Nationals outfielder won Saturday’s game with a walk-off home run. Nationals on MASN described the play that ended the 8-6 Washington victory:

Here is a look at the dramatic moment, per Major League Baseball:

I think it's safe to say that Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper is hitting his stride.

In the bottom of the ninth inning of Saturday's game against the Atlanta Braves, the 22-year-old crushed a walk-off home run to give his team the 8-6 win.

That was Harper's sixth home run in the last three games, and his teammates celebrated his latest one by dousing him in chocolate syrup.

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jered Weaver tossed his first complete-game shutout of the season Friday against the Houston Astros. After the game, Weaver's teammates attempted to douse him with the jugs from the dugout during his postgame interview.

But Weaver's teammates didn't stop there. One ended up hitting Weaver square in the chest with a water bottle, causing him to cast a death stare at the offender before quickly ending the interview.

From Gatorade baths and pies to the face to dunking on a teammate, MLB celebrations had seemingly run the gamut. Seattle Mariners outfielder Nelson Cruz managed to one-up everyone on Friday night, however. 

Each week of baseball's regular season brings any number of fascinating news, noteworthy developments and/or curious behavior.

The week that is about to conclude, Week 5, has been no different—and there's still part of the weekend left for something else to happen.

In the meantime, here are a handful of the biggest takeaways from the goings-on of the past seven days.

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