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 …

Tigers' fielding, K-Rod, hitting not good enough in 2-1 loss to M's  —  Chris Nelsen, Special to the Detroit Free Press  —  Collins' gaffe in field led to M's run, but his three-hit day helped score another; K-Rod's ninth spoils solid pitching  —  At some point, the Jim Adducis and John Hicks …

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.

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.

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 …

4/27/17: Miami Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies game preview  —  TV: FOX Sports Florida  —  CAN'T GET TO A TV?  WATCH IT LIVE ON FOX SPORTS GO  —  More from FoxSports  —  PHILADELPHIA — Phillies third baseman Maikel Franco is taking the advice of Philadelphia hitting coach Matt Stairs …

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.

Jon Lester goes winless for month as Cubs come up short in loss to Pirates  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Despite tinkering in the Cubs rotation, ace Jon Lester will finish April without a victory for the second time in three seasons.  —  It's not a major cause for worry, considering Lester allowed two runs in his first three starts.

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 …

New York Mets' Yoenis Cespedes helped off field, exits vs. Atlanta Braves with hamstring injury  —  NEW YORK — New York Mets left fielder Yoenis Cespedes exited Thursday's game against the Atlanta Braves in the fourth inning after aggravating a left hamstring injury while rounding first base on a double.

Cardinals notes: Carpenter serves one-game suspension  —  Less than a month into the season, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny intended Tuesday to rewire the top of the lineup by shifting Matt Carpenter up to No. 2 in a bid to spark both Carpenter and leadoff hitter Dexter Fowler.  —  That will have to wait a day.