D'Backs Agree To Extension With Miguel Montero  —  The Diamondbacks and catcher Miguel Montero have agreed to a five-year, $60MM contract extension, reports Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports (Twitter link).  The deal is the richest in Arizona club history and is expected to be announced at a press conference tomorrow.

Orioles Breeze Past Royals 8-2  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — Jason Hammel pitched six shutout innings, Chris Davis homered and drove in three runs, and the Baltimore Orioles cruised past the Kansas City Royals 8-2 on Friday night.  —  Adam Jones and J.J. Hardy had two RBIs apiece for the Orioles, now 28-1 when hitting a home run.

O'Dowd has faith Rockies will improve as team  —  General manager understands frustration with growing club  —  COLORADO SPRINGS — A Rockies roster that's mismatched — an experienced lineup, paired with starting pitching that has three members who haven't made as many as 23 Major League starts …

Coghlan's HR Off Lincecum Helps Miami Beat SF 7-6  —  MIAMI (AP) — Chris Coghlan snapped out of a season-long slump with a tiebreaking three-run homer off Tim Lincecum in the sixth inning Friday night, and the Miami Marlins rallied past the San Francisco Giants 7-6.

Aroldis Chapman: Starter or closer?  —  Reds' fireballing left-hander a closer for now, but could be a starter next season … It's become the coolest scene in the grand panorama of Cincinnati sports.  Possibly even cooler than fans who catch two home-run balls in the space of about a minute and a half.

Cubs' Losing Streak Hits 10 in 1-0 Loss to Pirates  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A.J. Burnett and four relievers worked out of trouble all game and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Chicago Cubs to their 10th straight loss with a 1-0 victory on Friday night.  —  Burnett (3-2) gave up six hits …

Dillon Gee fans career-high 9 as Mets topple Padres … NEW YORK — Dillon Gee struck out a career-high nine, won consecutive starts for the first time in nearly a year, and doubled and scored the go-ahead run Friday night to lead the New York Mets over the San Diego Padres 6-1.

Tonight's pitching matchup at Citi Field (Gee/Bass)  —  Dillon Gee (3-3, 5.44 ERA) will start for the Mets.  After two poor starts against the Phillies and Brewers, Gee rebounded to allow three runs in 6 2/3 innings to the Blue Jays last Sunday to earn his third victory of the season.

Wainwright has a grip on a new pitch  —  TOWER GROVE  • Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright knows catcher Yadier Molina wasn't expecting it and it's possible Molina didn't think Wainwright had it anymore, but there it was on the fourth pitch to Yonder Alonso earlier this week.  —  It arrived at 92 mph.

Rockies place Hernandez on DL, Nieves called up  —  CINCINNATI — Ramon Hernandez had no issue playing through the tendinitis in his left hand.  Pain is one thing.  The lack of performance is another.  Hernandez could not help the team offensively.  —  “It wasn't fair to them or me.

Sources: Jones near megadeal with O's  —  The Orioles, building on their early season momentum, are close to signing center fielder Adam Jones to a club-record contract extension, major-league sources say.  —  The deal, according to one source, will be “well north” of the two largest deals in team history …

Quentin slated to see game action in Minors  —  NEW YORK — Outfielder Carlos Quentin is headed out on a Minor League rehabilitation assignment — again.  —  Quentin, who earlier this month had a setback in his recovery from March surgery on his right knee, will play for Class A Lake Elsinore on Friday, Padres manager Bud Black said.