Realmuto's RBI double in 9th helps Marlins beat Mets 3-2 … MIAMI — Two bleeding fingernails cut short Noah Syndergaard's start Friday night, and the New York Mets' weary bullpen finally gave up a run to the Miami Marlins.  —  J.T. Realmuto hit a game-ending RBI double with two out in the ninth inning …

Martinez crazy wild, Yanks top Cards 3-2 for 6th win in row  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees hardly hit a ball square against Carlos Martinez and the St. Louis Cardinals.  —  The way he was pitching, they didn't need to.  —  Looking like both an All-Star ace and a wayward journeyman …

Revisiting Jackie Robinson's Major-League Début, Seventy Years Later  —  On April 15, 1947, Ed Silverman, a reporter for Sports-Week magazine, took the subway from his apartment, on West Twenty-fourth Street in Manhattan, to the Prospect Park stop, in Brooklyn, walked to Empire Boulevard, and crossed the street to Ebbets Field.

The Secret Life of Pitchers  —  the major league baseball commissioner, Rob Manfred, will never be mistaken for a rebel.  He's a 58-year-old Harvard Law School grad who clerked for a U.S. district judge appointed by Richard Nixon; became a partner at the lofty Philadelphia law firm Morgan …

Rays journal: Mallex Smith hits DL, Shane Peterson homers in debut  —  BOSTON — The Rays took a cautious approach in putting OF Mallex Smith on the 10-day disabled list due to tightness in his right hamstring, and they made what they believed was a safe move in replacing him with OF Shane Peterson …

McCutchen's 3-run homer 7th helps Pirates beat Cubs 8-7  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in a five-run seventh inning that led the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs 8-7 on Saturday.  —  Pittsburgh has won two straight against the Cubs after going 4-14 …

Rob Manfred praises Braves' new ballpark, surrounding development  —  ATLANTA — After touring SunTrust Park on Friday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the new venue can serve as a model for baseball.  —  Manfred spoke in the Atlanta Braves' dugout before they took on the San Diego Padres …

Jarrett Parker Suffers Broken Clavicle  —  Giants left fielder Jarrett Parker suffered a broken right clavicle during the team's 5-0 loss to Colorado on Saturday, reports Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter link).  The injury occurred when Parker crashed into the left field wall …

Braves top Padres 4-2 as Dickey pitches in 3rd Atlanta park  —  ATLANTA (AP) — After giving up a home run on his only curveball, R.A. Dickey went back to his knuckleball.  He knows that pitch is the reason he's still in the major leagues at age 42.  —  Winless at Turner Field …

Springer's 2-run homer completes Astros comeback vs A's  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — George Springer hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning after Nori Aoki put Houston ahead with one of his two RBIs, and the Astros rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Oakland Athletics 10-6 on Saturday.

Rangers Outright Tanner Scheppers  —  The Rangers have announced that they've activated righty Andrew Cashner (triceps) from the 10-day DL.  To clear roster space, they've optioned righty Nick Martinez to Triple-A Round Rock and outrighted righty Tanner Scheppers to Triple-A Round Rock, removing him from their 40-man roster.

Ex-NFL star drove truck that hit, killed daughter in Mesa  —  Todd Heap, a former NFL football player who also starred at Arizona State University, was behind the wheel of a truck that accidentally struck and killed his 3-year-old daughter at their home in Mesa on Friday, police have confirmed.