Halladay, Kratz Lead Phils Over Diamondbacks 3-0  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roy Halladay gave up three hits over seven innings and Erik Kratz homered and drove in a pair, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night.

Chen throws seven scoreless innings, Orioles beat Rays  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Wei-Yin Chen allowed five hits in seven innings, Chris Davis had two RBIs, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 on Saturday.  —  Chen (10-6) struck out four and walked one, improving to 4-1 in his past six road starts.

Astros snap 4-game skid with win vs. Braves  —  ATLANTA — Justin Maxwell had a career-high four hits, including two homers, rookie Lucas Harrell won his first career start at Turner Field, and the Houston Astros snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.

Costly throwing error by A's gives Jays extra innings win  —  Costly throwing error by A's gives Jays extra innings win  —  David Cooper hit a tying homer in the ninth inning and Edwin Encarnacion scored on catcher George Kottaras' throwing error in the 11th, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays over the Oakland Athletics 3-1 Saturday.

Felix Hernandez blanks Yankees again as Mariners win 1-0  —  NEW YORK - Felix Hernandez dominated the Yankees in their own ballpark again, pitching his third shutout of the season to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 1-0 win on a sunny, sticky Saturday afternoon.

Giants, Nady agree to minor league contract  —  DENVER — The Giants and 11-year veteran Xavier Nady have agreed to a minor league contract, club officials confirmed.  —  Nady, 33, is taking batting practice with Triple-A Fresno on Saturday and could be on the Grizzlies' active roster as soon as Sunday …

Friedrich's season ends with back injury  —  DENVER — Rockies rookie left-handed pitcher Christian Friedrich said Friday he will miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture on the right side of his lower spine.  —  Friedrich (5-8, 6.17 ERA in 84 2/3 innings) becomes …

Phillies' Ruiz sidelined with foot injury  —  Injury could keep All-Star catcher out for majority of season  —  PHILADELPHIA — Just another blow for the Phillies in a season full of misfortune.  —  They announced Saturday morning Carlos Ruiz, who is the team's MVP if the season ended today …

Pirates seeing what they had hoped for in Ludwick  —  CINCINNATI — After being one of the Pirates' big additions at the 2011 Trade Deadline, Ryan Ludwick's two homers and 11 RBIs in 38 games did little to break the club's free-fall out of contention.  —  In his last 14 games alone for the Reds …

Zack Wheeler now one step away  —  A year after being traded for an All-Star, he's on the verge of the bigs  —  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — A couple hours before Carlos Beltran would play right field and bat cleanup in St. Louis, another game in a big league career long on accomplishment, Zack Wheeler kept running and touching cones.

Bonifacio likely done for year with thumb injury  —  Similar ailment had already cost second baseman two months this season  —  WASHINGTON — The Marlins won the game, and lost the glue to their team in the process.  —  Tempering an otherwise joyous Game 2 on Friday night is the likelihood …