Moss, Cruz Hit HRs to Lead Cardinals Past D-Backs 5-3  —  PHOENIX — Brandon Moss hit his first home run with St. Louis and Tony Cruz hit his first of the season, leading the Cardinals to a 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night to complete a four-game sweep.

Gallardo Wins 100th, Rangers End Toronto's 5-Game Win Streak  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Yovani Gallardo earned his 100th career victory, Delino DeShields had a part in all the Texas runs even without an RBI and the Rangers stopped the Toronto Blue Jays' five-game winning streak, 4-1 Thursday.

Cubs Acquire Fernando Rodney, Designate Brian Schlitter  —  The Mariners announced that they've traded right-hander Fernando Rodney to the Cubs in exchange for cash considerations (Twitter link).  Lefty Zac Rosscup has been optioned to Triple-A, while righty Brian Schlitter has been designated …

Rookie Rodon continues to impress, leads White Sox past Mariners  —  It's “advantage hitters” facing the same team on consecutive starts, so give White Sox rookie Carlos Rodon credit.After holding the Mariners to one earned run over six innings in Seattle in his previous start …

Torres, Murphy put on a show as Mets win in 13th  —  Daniel Murphy's two-run double in the 13th inning Thursday helped the Mets break through against the Phillies bullpen as New York won 9-5 in Philadelphia to sweep the four-game series.  —  Mets reliever Carlos Torres got the win …

Yordano Ventura Overpowering as Royals Beat Orioles 5-3  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Yordano Ventura struck out a career-high 11 in just six innings, Paulo Orlando homered and the Kansas City Royals hung on to beat the struggling Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Thursday.

Game 127: Mets at Phillies, 7:05 p.m. on SNY  —  Jon Niese (8-9, 3.80 ERA) gets the start as the Mets (70-56) oppose Aaron Harang (5-14, 4.67 ERA) and the Phillies (50-77) at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. on SNY in the finale of a four-game series.  —  Mets  —  Phillies

Werth, Zimmerman Homer as Nationals Defeat Padres 4-2  —  WASHINGTON — Jayson Werth and Ryan Zimmerman homered, and starter Joe Ross allowed only a bunt single in six innings as the Washington Nationals beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Thursday night.  —  Zimmerman went 2 for 4 with two RBIs.

Tigers' Shane Greene to undergo season-ending surgery  —  The surgery will repair the circumflex artery; Greene will be cleared to begin athletic activity two weeks after  —  First, Shane Greene had mild ulnar neuritis.  Then, a pseudoaneurysm.  Now, Greene faces something that rolls …

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Reds' Castellini frustrated, but says Price's job is safe  —  Reds owner Bob Castellini is frustrated.  —  “Absolutely,” he said.  “What did we lose nine in a row?  That's about as bad as it gets.  I can't think of any worse time in the 10 years we've owned the club.”

Rays call up Arencibia to replace injured Casali  —  ST. PETERSBURG — C J.P. Arencibia knows plenty about the Rays, having faced them often during his three full seasons with the Blue Jays after his two-homer, four-hit 2010 debut.  —  But now Arencibia has to get really familiar with the Rays' pitchers quite quickly.