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.

Tigers land David Price in 3-way deal  —  The Detroit Tigers have added another Cy Young Award winner to their star-studded rotation, acquiring David Price in a blockbuster three-team trade with the Tampa Bay Rays and Seattle Mariners.  —  Price acknowledged the deal Thursday …

Brewers Acquire Gerardo Parra  —  The Brewers officially acquired two-time Gold Glove winner Gerardo Parra from the Diamondbacks today for minor leaguers Mitch Haniger and Anthony Banda.  —  Parra, 27, is hitting .259/.305/.362 in 440 plate appearances this year, playing mostly right field for Arizona.

Marlins Acquire Jarred Cosart, Enrique Hernandez For Colin Moran, Jake Marisnick, Comp Pick  —  The Marlins have announced a multi-player trade with the Astros that will bring starter Jarred Cosart, shortstop Enrique Hernandez, and outfielder Austin Wates to Miami in exchange for third baseman Colin Moran …

Marte, Hill Lift Diamondbacks Past Pirates, 7-4  —  PHOENIX — Andy Marte hit a two-run home run and Aaron Hill added a solo shot in the sixth inning to power the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday night.  —  Nick Ahmed hit the Diamondbacks' third home run …

Nationals Acquire Asdrubal Cabrera  —  2:32pm: The Indians are paying the entirety of the $3.33MM remaining on Cabrera's deal, tweets MLB.com's Jordan Bastian, who says that Cleveland is very high on Walters.  —  2:21pm: The Nationals have officially announced the acquisition …

Dodgers Beat Braves 2-1 on Kershaw's 9-Hitter  —  LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw scattered nine hits and struck out nine while tying his career-best winning streak of 10 games, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 2-1 Thursday night to complete the three-game sweep.

Cubs ship Bonifacio, Russell to Braves  —  The Chicago Cubs have traded utility player Emilio Bonifacio and left-handed reliever James Russell and cash considerations to the Atlanta Braves for Class-A catcher Victor Caratini.  —  The deal was completed during the sixth inning of the Cubs' game with Colorado at Wrigley Field.

Pujols' RBI in 13th Lifts Angels Over Orioles 1-0  —  BALTIMORE — Albert Pujols hit an RBI single in the 13th inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 Thursday night to avert a three-game series sweep.  —  Tyler Skaggs and six relievers combined on a five-hitter …

Orioles Acquire Andrew Miller  —  The Orioles have issued an announcement of the 1-for-1 swap of lefties.  Baltimore will acquire Red Sox reliever Andrew Miller, as Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com first reported (via Twitter).  —  In return, Boston has picked up left-handed pitching prospect Eduardo Rodriguez …

Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda power Mets in 11-2 blowout over Phillies  —  With a three-run home run from Murphy, a two-run shot from Duda and a five-run seventh inning, the Mets clinched their second straight series against the Phillies and gave the win to Zack Wheeler, who is 3-0 with a 1.63 ERA over his last six starts.