Flowers, White Sox bullpen lift Chicago over Astros  —  CHICAGO — Slump-ridden Tyler Flowers drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning double, and four Chicago pitchers retired the final 22 batters to lift the White Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night.

Ellsbury, Phelps Lead Yankees to 4-3 Win Over Reds  —  NEW YORK — Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-run homer, and David Phelps pitched the Yankees to a fast start in the second half, leading New York to a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.  —  Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran …

Angels To Acquire Huston Street From Padres  —  10:26pm: Shortstop prospect Jose Rondon will also go from Los Angeles to San Diego as part of the package, Bowden tweets.  He was the club's 12th-rated prospect heading into the season.  —  10:24pm: The Angels have agreed to acquire …

Alderson wants to see more before deadline buy or Murphy sell  —  Mets GM Sandy Alderson (inset) wants to see the Mets play 10 more games before making a trade deadline call on second baseman Daniel Murphy and others.  —  SAN DIEGO — Despite the Mets' improved play heading into the All-Star break …

Arencibia says he used to be his own worst enemy  —  TORONTO — A reflective J.P. Arencibia says he has been his own worst enemy in the past.  —  “A lot of my struggles were from doubts and trying to do too many things,” the former Blue Jay told reporters Friday upon his return to Rogers Centre with the Texas Rangers.

Pirates start second half with 4-2 comeback win over Rockies  —  PITTSBURGH — Travis Snider's pinch-hit double in the eighth scored Neil Walker to spark the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.  —  Walker trotted home when Colorado right fielder Carlos Gonzalez …

Sandoval's Homer Helps Giants Beat Marlins 9-1  —  MIAMI — Pablo Sandoval hit a three-run homer off one of his favorite foils, and the San Francisco Giants beat the slumping Miami Marlins 9-1 Friday night.  —  All-Star Madison Bumgarner (11-7) allowed one run in six innings.

Heyward, Simmons Pace Braves Past Phillies  —  ATLANTA — Jason Heyward homered and drove in two runs, Andrelton Simmons had two RBIs, and the Atlanta Braves won their third straight game with a 6-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.  —  Returning from the All-Star break …

Braves Release Dan Uggla  —  2:05pm: The Braves announced that they have officially released Uggla (Twitter link).  —  1:40pm: The Braves will release embattled second baseman Dan Uggla, reports Joel Sherman of the New York Post (via Twitter).  —  The 34-year-old Uggla's tenure …

Cards notes: Wainwright will rest this weekend  —  • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285  —  The made-for-television duel between the National League's top two pitchers and the aces Cardinals manager Mike Matheny chose between for this past week's All-Star Game start won't happen.

NINE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE BEST CHANGEUP IN BASEBALL … If the baseball season ended today, an awful lot of people would be awfully confused, and the Seattle Mariners would qualify for the playoffs.  —  There's no bigger reason for the Mariners' success than Felix Hernandez …

Billy Butler doesn't want to be traded, hopes Royals pick up $12.5 million option for 2015  —  Billy Butler swung a pair of Mariucci bats inside the visitors' clubhouse at Fenway Park, rotating the lumber from hand to hand, pondering the factors behind his first-half torment.