Brewers Won Claim For Yasiel Puig; Trade Talks Involved Ryan Braun  —  The Brewers were the team that won the claim for Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (Twitter links).  Milwaukee engaged in serious conversations about acquiring the 25-year-old …

Lester Takes No-Hitter Into 7th, Hot Cubs Top Giants 2-1  —  CHICAGO — Jon Lester pitched 7 2/3 innings of no-hit ball and settled for his second complete game of the season, helping the sizzling Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Friday to move a season-high 40 games over .500.

Cobb returns Friday for first Rays start since 2015 surgery  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Alex Cobb has done everything asked of him during the 15-plus months of recovery and rehab from Tommy John elbow surgery, but that ends tonight when he faces the Blue Jays in his eagerly awaited return.  —  1 Month Ago

Carrasco Strikes Out 11 as Indians Beat Marlins 6-2  —  CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco struck out 11 while pitching scoreless ball into the eighth inning, and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Miami Marlins 6-2 on Friday night.  —  Carrasco (10-7) posted the 10th double-digit strikeout game of his career, three this season.

Solarte's Homer Helps Last-Place Padres Edge Dodgers 4-2  —  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSEPT. 3, 2016, 1:57 A.M. E.D.T.  —  LOS ANGELES — Yangervis Solarte hit a tie-breaking home run leading off the eighth inning, helping the last-place San Diego Padres edge the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Friday night.

Yankees make win-now move with bullpen sleeper prospect  —  More On:  —  The Yankees have played well enough to not only stay in wild-card contention, but to force Brian Cashman to make his offseason life more difficult.  —  The Yankees began this week adamant that they would not promote …

Ortiz, Price Team Up to Power Red Sox Past Athletics 16-2  —  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSEPT. 3, 2016, 1:45 A.M. E.D.T.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — David Ortiz singled twice and drove in three runs, David Price won his fifth consecutive start and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 16-2 on Friday night.

Cabrera Homers, Drives in 4 Runs as Tigers Top Roy  —  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSEPT. 3, 2016, 1:12 A.M. E.D.T.  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Miguel Cabrera continues to torment the Kansas City Royals.  —  Cabrera homered and had a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 7-6 victory over Royals on Friday night.

Rangers head down home stretch with all-time win mark in reach  —  Down the stretch they come.  And the Texas Rangers are picking up speed at just the right time.  —  September is finally here and the long march back to the postseason is 28 games away, including three against the second-place Houston Astros …

Series preview: Cardinals at Reds  —  SCOUTING REPORT  • The Cardinals have won three of the previous four series this year and hold a 7-5 edge with seven games remaining, including four in St. Louis the last week of the season. ...  Billy Hamilton bedeviled the Cardinals the last time the teams met in August.

Jacob deGrom Diagnosed With Elbow Inflammation  —  6:17pm: The club is officially labeling the issue forearm soreness, as MLB.com's Anthony DiComo tweets. deGrom underwent an MRI, which did not reveal any problems, but is nevertheless expected to miss at least one start.

A Met Who's Become the Met-Killer  —  When the Washington Nationals signed Daniel Murphy last December, for three years and $37.5 million, Max Scherzer thought he knew what they had gotten.  —  “The first thing I said was, 'Man, I think he's going to be a great doubles guy …