Jacob deGrom tosses eight scoreless innings as Mets snap seven-game streak with 2-0 win over Brewers  —  METS 2, BREWERS 0  —  MILWAUKEE — Get ready to meet the Matz.  —  As Jacob deGrom was pitching a brilliant game to stop the Mets' seven-game losing streak with a 2- win over the Brewers …

Tigers are frustrating, but we can't look away  —  By now, it's easy to see the Tigers are not the team that started 11-2.  But they also aren't the team that lost eight straight this month.  —  They are worse.  —  If you care about them anyway — because .500 baseball gets you nothing but frustration.

Reds outlast Pirates in 13 innings on Phillips' homer  —  PITTSBURGH — An X-ray on Wednesday let Brandon Phillips know his left thumb was OK.  His performance in the Reds' 5-4 victory over the Pirates on Thursday night and Friday morning showed everyone else.

Keuchel Strikes Out 12 to Lead Astros Past Yankees, 4-0  —  HOUSTON — Dallas Keuchel pitched a six-hitter and struck out a career-high 12 in his second shutout in less than a month to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-0 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday night.

Pats shouldn't be Super Bowl champs  —  KUSA—It took a kid to pry the most honest reaction, yet, to #Deflategate.  —  Denver Broncos' receiver Emmanuel Sanders told a group of young football campers Thursday that he doesn't think the New England Patriots should be Super Bowl champions because they cheated.

Holliday better, but not yet ready  —  MIAMI  • Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday won't be ready to come off the disabled list when the team returns to Busch Stadium on Friday to begin a home stand, but he has been able to increase his activities while the team has been away.

Fister Pitches 4-Hit Ball as Nationals Beat Braves 7-0  —  WASHINGTON — Doug Fister allowed four hits over seven innings in another superb outing by a Washington starter, and the Nationals defeated the Atlanta Braves 7-0 on Thursday for their sixth straight win.

Lynn Helps Cardinals Complete Sweep by Beating Marlins 5-1  —  MIAMI — Lance Lynn came off the disabled list to pitch six shutout innings in his first outing since June 7, and the St. Louis Cardinals completed a three-game sweep Thursday by beating Miami 5-1.

Joe Maddon: Deficiency in replay ‘screams for independent group’  —  5h - MLB CHRIS DENORFIA CHICAGO CUBS LOS ANGELES DODGERS + more  —  The Dodgers top the Cubs 5-2 to pick up their 40th victory of the season.

Notes: Nationals have decisions to make by trade deadline  —  FOX Sports  —  The activity at the 2014 non-waiver deadline was so frenetic that certain details went largely unnoticed.  —  Here's one: The low-revenue Indians agreed to pay all of infielder Asdrubal Cabrera's remaining $3.3 million …