How much will Matt Harvey pitch?  Innings limit debate coming to a head  —  Mets star right-hander Matt Harvey may be getting close to his innings limit.  Or he may not be.  —  It's hard to know who's right here, but one thing's for sure: The Harvey innings situation is a budding controversy …

Brad Ausmus' job as Tigers manager in jeopardy  —  Manager Brad Ausmus' job appears to be in real jeopardy after the Tigers, who were predicted by most to win the AL Central recently fell into last place.  —  Ausmus is a brilliant and personable fellow, but it doesn't help that Tigers fans …

Rookie Severino Wins Again, Yankees Hit 3 HRs to Beat Rays  —  NEW YORK — Sizzling rookie Luis Severino won his third straight start and Alex Rodriguez hit his 681st career home run, sending the New York Yankees over the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Friday night for their sixth win in seven games.

Davis Homers Twice Again, Passes Cruz for ML Lead  —  TORONTO — Baltimore Orioles slugger Chris Davis has homered twice against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night and has five homers in his last eight at-bats to overtake Seattle's Nelson Cruz for the major league lead.  —  Davis now has 40 homers on the season.

Rizzo Slam Helps Power Cubs Past D-Backs 14-5  —  CHICAGO — Anthony Rizzo hit a grand slam in Chicago's eight-run fifth inning, and rookie Addison Russell homered twice in a game for the first time in his career to power the Cubs and Jon Lester to a 14-5 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday.

Inside Baseball: Managerial heat in NL East, especially in Washington  —  There may be more than a division title at stake as Terry Collins of the Mets and Matt Williams of the Nationals battle it out in the NL East with a month to go.  Two managerial jobs could possibly hang in the balance …

Cleveland Indians ace Corey Kluber scratched from Friday's start against Detroit  —  Indians right-hander Corey Kluber will miss Friday's start against Detroit with a strained right hamstring.  (Charles Krupa, Associated Press)  —  Paul Hoynes, Northeast Ohio Media Group By Paul Hoynes, Northeast Ohio Media Group

NFL owners to discuss changing Roger Goodell's role in disciplinary process  —  Owners of NFL teams plan to discuss the possibility of changing Commissioner Roger Goodell's role in the player disciplinary process, several people familiar with the situation said Friday.

Yankees Put Mark Teixeira on the Disabled List  —  Before this season, Mark Teixeira undertook a diet free of gluten, sugar and dairy to help prevent inflammation, which he felt aggravated his back and wrist injuries.  —  For the first four and a half months, Teixeira was a rejuvenated player, pounding 31 home runs.