Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton has facial fractures after he's hit [Video]  —  Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton has multiple facial fractures, dental damage and a cut that required stitches after he was hit by an 88-mph pitch from the Brewers' Mike Fiers in the fifth inning of a 4-2 loss to Milwaukee.

Happ, Blue Jays commence series with Rays in Toronto  —  The Sports Network  —  J.A. Happ wants to be like his teammates.  —  The left-hander gets a chance to prolong a stretch of recently solid starting pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night, when they host the Tampa Bay Rays …

Paredes's two-run double in 11th leads Orioles over Yankees  —  BALTIMORE — Jimmy Paredes hit a two-run double with two outs in the 11th inning to rally the Baltimore Orioles past the New York Yankees 2-1 Friday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.  —  After Chris Young homered …

Yankees' VP of baseball operations Mark Newman retiring: sources  —  BALTIMORE — According to voices inside and outside the Yankees' organization, the minor league development program will have a new leader next year, The Post has learned.  —  Mark Newman, a senior vice president …

Chris Davis Suspended 25 Games For Adderall Use  —  12:30pm: Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports that Davis did not have a TUE for Adderall in 2013 (Twitter links).  His previous TUE came earlier in his career than last year's breakout.  As Passan notes, this opens the possibility that Davis …

Source: Don't count on Red Sox going after 2 high-priced pitchers  —  Jon Lester and James Shields?  Don't count on it.  —  According to a major league source, the Red Sox' offseason plan doesn't include going after two high-priced free agent pitchers.  There will be, however …

Bartolo Colon ejected after plunking two batters in loss to Nationals … Though Bartolo Colon had plunked only three batters all season, few blinked Thursday night when the Mets righthander hit the Nationals' Ian Desmond.  Even though it came after a two-run homer by Adam LaRoche …

Matt Harvey promises to be ready for Opening Day, Mets ace predicts win over Nationals on April 6  —  Harvey said that his elbow feels good and confirmed that he will end his season soon with a bullpen session, never facing batters and not throwing at 100%, as The New reported Sept. 4.

ROCKIES MANAGER WALT WEISS WON'T LET HIS PLAYERS GO ON CRUISE CONTROL  —  Rockies manager Walt Weiss occupies the dugout during a game against the Washington Nationals at Coors Field.  (The Associated Press)  —  NEW YORK — The Rockies, mercifully, were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention this week.

Aybar Leads Surging Angels Beat Rangers, 7-3  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Erick Aybar hit a two-run home run early and eight Angels pitchers combined for a 7-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Thursday night, giving Los Angeles its eighth straight win.  —  Los Angeles won for the 14th …