Miguel Cabrera leaves after getting hit in chest at 1B  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera had to leave the game against Minnesota in the fifth inning Friday night after taking a hard-hit grounder off the chest at first base.  —  The ball off the bat of Robbie Grossman …

Judge nearly leaves yard in Yankees' 5-1 win over Mariners (Jul 21, 2017)  —  SEATTLE (AP) Aaron Judge hit a colossal three-run homer that nearly soared out of Safeco Field, and CC Sabathia won on his 37th birthday as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Friday night.

After rain delay, Urena pitches Marlins to 3-1 win over Reds  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — Jose Urena pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning, Christian Yelich drove in two runs and the struggling Miami Marlins opened a six-game road trip with a rain-delayed 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.

Sale blanks Angels for 6 innings in Boston's 6-2 win (Jul 21, 2017)  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Chris Sale pitched six scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox rode a five-run first inning to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.  —  Sale (12-4) allowed four hits and struck …

Braves beat Dodgers 12-3 after Wood unravels in 1st loss  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Garcia maintains a poker face most of the time.  But the Atlanta pitcher couldn't stop smiling after the biggest hit of his career.  —  Garcia launched a grand slam off previously unbeaten Alex Wood …

D-backs open with back-to-back-to-back HRs  —  PHOENIX (AP) David Peralta, A.J. Pollock and Jake Lamb hit back-to-back-to-back home runs for Arizona to start the first inning Friday night against Washington star Max Scherzer, the first time the Diamondbacks have started a game with three straight homers.

Astros end Orioles' 4-game winning streak with 8-7 victory  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Yuli Gurriel had a career-high four hits, including a home run, and the Houston Astros received a gritty pitching performance from Mike Fiers in an 8-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.

Brewers seek to halt 6-game slide at Phillies (Jul 22, 2017)  —  PHILADELPHIA — Looking to snap a season-worst six game losing streak, the Milwaukee Brewers will send left-hander Brent Suter to the mound against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.  —  Suter, who will make his fifth start …

Cubs look to rebound vs. Cardinals  —  Photos of Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The Chicago Cubs sent Jon Lester to the mound to face the St. Louis Cardinals in the second of a three-game Central Division series showdown Saturday at Wrigley Field.

Bell has 4 hits, McCutchen 3 as Pirates beat Rockies 13-5  —  DENVER (AP) — A rough first inning could have meant an early exit for Pittsburgh starter Trevor Williams.  The rookie settled down, though, and rode his offense to his first win in more than a month.

Encarnacion homers, drives in 4 as Indians pound Jays 13-3  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays know better than any team in baseball what happens when Edwin Encarnacion gets hot.  —  Encarnacion homered and drove in four runs against his former team as the Cleveland Indians routed Toronto 13-3 on Friday night.

Rangers hope momentum carries to Saturday's game vs. Rays (Jul 22, 2017)  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Entering Friday's opener against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Texas Rangers had lost five straight games, including a tough loss Thursday at Baltimore that saw them lose after leading by at least four runs …

Szczur's 4th hit sends Padres past Giants 12-9 in 11 innings (Jul 21, 2017)  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Matt Szczur blooped a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning, his fourth hit of the game after coming off the bench, and the San Diego Padres outlasted the San Francisco Giants 12-9 on Friday night.

Royals beat White Sox 7-6 on Merrifield's sac fly in 10th  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alcides Escobar keeps getting clutch hits after a sluggish start to the season.  —  Whit Merrifield's sacrifice fly in the 10th inning scored Escobar to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 7-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

Michael Conforto stays hot, hits two home runs to lead Mets over A's  —  The Mets may part with some offensive firepower before the trade deadline, but they will still have Michael Conforto, the All-Star who has played like one since the break.  —  Conforto hit two, two-run home runs Friday night …

LEADING OFF: Trout vs Price; JD in desert; Wrigley rivalry  —  A look at what's happening all around the majors Saturday:  —  ONE ON ONE  —  Angels star Mike Trout takes on Boston lefty David Price (5-2) and the first-place Red Sox.  Price is coming off an outstanding start Sunday night …

NL Trade Notes: Dodgers, Darvish, Cardinals, Kendrick  —  The Dodgers (and the Cubs, whose interest we've already noted) were among the teams scouting Rangers star Yu Darvish last night, the MLB Network's Jon Morosi tweets.  Darvish struck out 12 Rays batters over eight innings.