Kershaw Wins 10th Straight Decision, 3-2 Over Nats  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw won his 10th straight decision, Andre Ethier hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the National League.

Jeter Scores on Passed Ball, Yanks Beat Tigers 7-6  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter scored on a passed ball with one out in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees rallied to hand the Tigers their fifth straight loss, 7-6 on Friday night, hours after Detroit left fielder Delmon Young was arraigned on a hate crime harassment charge.

MLB Notebook: Miggy ahead of curve  —  On a Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia on April 27, 1926, in the top of the seventh inning, Mel Ott emerged in his Giants uniform for his first Major League plate appearance.  —  Ott was 17 years and 56 days old for that pinch-hitting appearance, which resulted in a strikeout.

Cardinals score 8 in 3rd in 13-1 win over Brewers  —  ST. LOUIS—Jake Westbrook gave up one run over seven innings and St. Louis exploded for eight runs in the third inning in a 13-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.  —  St. Louis, which set a season high both for runs …

Rockies' Moscoso starting in place of Guthrie on Saturday; Pomeranz ‘wait and see’ on possible DL  —  Guillermo Moscoso will start Saturday after Jeremy Guthrie sprained his right shoulder in a bicycle accident today.  An MRI showed no structural damage, but the right-hander will land on the disabled list.

Final Score: Rockies 18 Mets 9  —  The Mets (11-9) were blown out by the Rockies (10-9) by the score of 18-9 at Coors Field tonight.  —  For a full recap and box score, check out SNY.TV.  —  The Least You Should Know:  — Chris Schwinden started for the Mets and he was awful …

Why 10 runs equals 1 win  —  It's a rule of thumb that in baseball, every additional 10 runs you score turns one loss into a win.  When I first heard that, it seemed like 10 was a lot ... but I managed to convince myself that it made sense.  Here's how I explained it to myself.

Longoria's 4 RBIs propel Rays past Rangers … ARLINGTON, Texas — Evan Longoria homered and drove in four runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays extend their winning streak to six games with an 8-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.  —  Longoria hit a three-run homer in the first inning …

Castro returns to lineup after collision  —  CINCINNATI — Astros catcher Jason Castro was back in the lineup Friday after missing two games with a sore neck resulting from a violent collision at the plate with the Brewers' Mat Gamel on Monday night.  It was a scary moment for Castro …

Red Sox hot in cold  —  New-look club wins 5th in row  —  CHICAGO — As he jogged out to right field in 39-degree cold last night, Cody Ross donned a navy blue ski mask that hid half his face, making him appear like a cross between a bank robber and an Iditarod racer.

Hundley Has 4 Hits as Padres Beat Giants 5-3  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nick Hundley matched his career high with four hits and drove in a run to help the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 Friday night.  —  Chase Headley, Orlando Hudson and Cameron Maybin also drove in runs for the Padres …

A's beat O's, win third straight behind McCarthy … BALTIMORE — The Oakland Athletics had only five hits Friday night.  Thanks to Brandon McCarthy's solid pitching, that was enough.  —  As a result, the Athletics are a game over .500 for the first time since May 18, 2011.

Skowron, longtime Yankees slugger, dead at 81  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Moose Skowron, a five-time World Series champion and one of only two players to hit three home runs in Game 7s, died Friday of congestive heart failure at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill. He was 81.