Beachy Throws Shutout, Braves Beat Marlins 7-0  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Brandon Beachy improved his major-league best ERA with a couple of career milestones and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 7-0 Thursday night.  —  Beachy (5-1) threw a five-hit shutout, the first of his career, in the first complete game of his career.

Wieters earns break after marathon duty  —  KANSAS CITY — Orioles manager Buck Showalter had a preliminary plan to pencil in Matt Wieters as his starting catcher on Thursday.  But the plan changed after Wieters worked 15 innings in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Wednesday night.

Blue Jays demote Adam Lind  —  The Toronto Blue Jays have sent struggling first baseman Adam Lind to the minors.  —  The Jays demoted Lind to triple-A Las Vegas and promoted catcher Yan Gomes.  —  Lind is batting just .186 with six doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI in 34 games.

Red Sox stumble a bit vs. Rays as win streak ends  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine sent relief pitcher Andrew Miller out to try and perform what he termed a “Houdini act” in the sixth inning Wednesday night.  —  The Rays had runners on first and third with no outs …

Upton's 2-run homer lifts D-backs to 9-7 win  —  DENVER—Justin Upton hit a two-out, two-run homer off closer Rafael Betancourt in the ninth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 9-7 on Thursday in a game that was briefly delayed by a swarm of bees.

Santana Has Hit in 11th, Leads Indians to Win  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Santana hit a game-ending single with one out and the bases loaded in the 11th inning, capping a two-run rally and lifting the Cleveland Indians to a 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday.

Giants capitalize on poor fielding by Cardinals  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Crawford hit a two-run single for his first RBIs since April and the San Francisco Giants capitalized on shoddy fielding by St. Louis to give Matt Cain support on a rare shaky day as the Giants beat the Cardinals 7-5 on Thursday.

Wright Delivers Again, Mets Rally Past Reds  —  NEW YORK (AP) — David Wright lined his second double of the game, a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning that raised his major league-leading average to .411 and sent the New York Mets past the Cincinnati Reds 9-4 Thursday.

A's overcome disputed call to beat Rangers 5-4  —  ARLINGTON, Texas—Kila Ka'aihue had a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning, and the Oakland A's bounced back from a disputed call on squeeze play that cost them the lead to beat the Texas Rangers 5-4 Thursday.

McDonald: Big Papi's advice for Pujols  —  Career advice from a (formerly slumping) slugger to another still mired in one … BOSTON — Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz always pays attention to Albert Pujols — they're friends and fellow Dominican Republic natives, after all.

More sliders, more success for Logan  —  The recent injuries to Mariano Rivera and David Robertson have caused something of a stir at the back end of the Yankees bullpen.  Rafael Soriano, once the nominal “seventh-inning guy,” has taken hold of the closer's role, meaning that the Yankees …

LaRoche, Gonzalez Lead Nationals Past Pirates 7-4  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam LaRoche broke open a tight game with a three-run double for his 1,000th career hit after homering for No. 999, and Gio Gonzalez took over the NL strikeout lead from teammate Stephen Strasburg by fanning 10 …