Cardinals Acquire Lackey; Kelly, Craig To Boston  —  In their second blockbuster trade of the day, the Red Sox sent veteran starting pitcher John Lackey to the Cardinals along with minor leaguer Corey Littrell and about $1.75MM in cash in exchange for young starter Joe Kelly and outfielder/first baseman Allen Craig.

Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda homer in Mets' rout of Phillies … By the end of Wednesday's's 11-2 pummeling of the Phillies, the non-waiver trade deadline was just 24 hours away.  And like every other team in the major leagues, the potential for change lingered over the Mets.

Giants part ways with Uggla, Colvin  —  Struggling second baseman hitless in four games; outfielder batted .223  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Clearing roster room for what could be multiple player moves before Thursday's Trade Deadline, the Giants released second baseman Dan Uggla and outfielder Tyler Colvin …

The Royals, Giants, Mariners and to a lesser degree the Reds and Indians are in on Rangers outfielder Alex Rios, one of the better hitters on the market.  —  The Yankees do not seem to be heavily involved at this point.  —  Rios is perhaps the best all-around outfielder on the market, though his power is down a bit.

Kluber outpitches Hernandez as Indians blank Mariners  —  CLEVELAND — Corey Kluber had three-hitter to outpitch Felix Hernandez for his first career shutout, Yan Gomes had a two-run double and the Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0 on Wednesday night.

Astros Fielding Interest In Cosart, Not Shopping Keuchel  —  12:03pm: The Marlins and Rangers are two teams that are checking in on Cosart, Rosenthal reports (Twitter links).  —  9:59am: The Astros are “very busy” taking calls on righty Jarred Cosart, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.

Struggles deepen for Cubs' Jackson  —  While Chicago Cubs backup catcher John Baker was fist-pumping his way back to the dugout after recording the first - and likely only - victory of his major league pitching career, starter Edwin Jackson was sitting back in the clubhouse amazed that he let his club get into this mess.

Gyorko, Venable Back Hahn in Padres' 12-1 Laugher  —  SAN DIEGO — Rookie Jesse Hahn held St. Louis to one run and four hits in seven innings and Jedd Gyorko and Will Venable each homered and drove in four runs to lead the San Diego Padres to a 12-1 victory Wednesday night.