Bogaerts On Red Sox' Offensive Struggles: We Definitely Miss David Ortiz  —  BOSTON — To say the Red Sox offense is struggling to score runs is an understatement.  —  Boston was shut out of the third time in their last seven games on Thursday night, falling 3- to the New York Yankees despite …

Blue Jays Designate Jarrod Saltalamacchia  —  2:51pm: Toronto has announced that Saltalamacchia was designated for assignment to make way for Maile.  —  2:38pm: The Blue Jays have decided to make a move to swap out reserve backstops, according to Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca.

Mariners end trip with weekend series in Cleveland  —  CLEVELAND — The wounded, road-weary Seattle Mariners will be in Cleveland Friday night to begin a three-game series against the defending American League champion Indians.  —  For Seattle, the series will be the last leg of a 10-game …

Clayton Kershaw pitches Los Angeles Dodgers to win over San Francisco Giants  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Having lost six consecutive games at AT&T Park to the rival San Francisco Giants, the Los Angeles Dodgers treated the Tuesday matchup with much more importance than that average April duel between two sub-.500 teams.

Browns brass: U-M's Jabrill Peppers will play offense also  —  One of the knocks on Jabrill Peppers through the predraft process was that Michigan made him do too much.  —  He didn't have a home position.  —  That doesn't seem to be a concern with his new team, the Cleveland Browns …

Lewis on trade: ‘Nobody was interested’  —  Even Marvin Lewis admits surprise to how the first eight picks came off the board during the wild first-round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night.  —  Upon going on the clock, the Bengals had options.  —  There was the Alabama duo of tight end O.J. Howard …

Christian Bethancourt to continue pitching in Triple-A  —  San Diego Padres relief pitcher Christian Bethancourt reacts after giving up a run in the eighth inning of a game against the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park.  (Jason Getz / USA Today Sports)  —  In a phone call with General Manager …

Reds activate former All-Star catcher Devin Mesoraco from DL  —  The Cincinnati Reds activated former All-Star catcher Devin Mesoraco from the 10-day disabled list Thursday.  —  The Reds demoted reliever Barrett Astin to Triple-A Louisville in a corresponding move, reducing the team's bullpen to seven pitchers.

Rangers aim to finish homestand strong against Angels  —  ARLINGTON  —  The Rangers open a three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night at Globe Life Park, the final set of the homestand before heading to Houston for a four-game series with the Astros on Monday.

Road blues: Royals fall 5-2 to the White Sox, losing streak hits seven  —  CHICAGO  —  His nose scraped and bloodied, his baseball team adrift, Eric Hosmer stood near his locker and forced a smile.  He was standing inside the visitors clubhouse at Guaranteed Rate Field on Wednesday afternoon …

Browns might still pursue Jimmy Garoppolo; 'we won't rest until we solidify the position' says Sashi Brown  —  BEREA, Ohio — The Browns didn't land Mitch Trubisky or Jimmy Garoppolo on the first day of the draft, but it's not over yet for the latter.  —  Browns head of football operations …

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there are still two groups bidding for Marlins  —  Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses the latest team sale reports and trying to stay focused on baseball while they swirl.  —  Staff and wire reports  —  Privacy Policy