Helton HRs, Rockies End Reds' Streak With 6-3 Win  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — Todd Helton homered and drove in three runs Friday night, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 6-3 victory that ended the Cincinnati Reds' longest winning streak of the season at six games.

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.

Cishek Earns 1st Save as Marlins Edge Giants, 7-6  —  MIAMI (AP) — Steve Cishek turned ninth-inning jeers to cheers, and all he had to do was strike out major league hits leader Melky Cabrera to end the game.  —  Cishek earned his first save of the year after struggling …

Matt Joyce's slam carries Rays past Red Sox, 7-4  —  BOSTON - Matt Joyce hit his second grand slam in six games and Elliot Johnson had a two-run shot to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to their third straight win, 7-4 over the Boston Red Sox [team stats] on Friday night in a game that saw the benches empty in the ninth inning.

Wang Takes Win in Relief as Nats Beat Braves, 7-4  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Rick Ankiel hit a two-run triple in Washington's four-run first inning, Ryan Zimmerman padded the lead with a three-run double in the seventh and the first-place Nationals beat the slumping Atlanta Braves 7-4 Friday night.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.