Giants host Padres in matchup of tired teams (Jul 23, 2017)  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Two tired ballclubs will complete a four-game series when the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants meet Sunday in the wake of back-to-back extra-inning affairs.  —  About 13 hours after a 12-9 Padres victory …

Lester perfect through five innings against Cardinals  —  St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright (50) wipes away sweat while throwing against the Chicago Cubs in the first inning at Wrigley Field Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, in Chicago.  The Cubs won 13-2.  (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Moustakas goes deep twice as Royals power past White Sox 7-2  —  Mike Moustakas flipped his bat to the ground and put his head down as another baseball soared through the sky, creating a parabola in the humid night air.  As it reached its destination in the right-field bullpen …

Lindor's home run in 10th inning lifts Indians past Toronto  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Francisco Lindor hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Saturday night.  —  Lindor hit a 2-2 pitch from Danny Barnes (2-3) …

Ian Kinsler to Brewers?  Tigers 2nd baseman unfazed by trade rumors  —  Counting down the top athletes playing on Detroit's four major professional sports teams right now!  Here are Nos. 20-11.  Video by Marlowe Alter/DFP Wochit  —  CONNECT  —  MINNEAPOLIS - Ian Kinsler sat in a chair …

Phillies' Aaron Altherr to return sooner than expected  —  The Phillies will try to trade away several players this week, but they will also welcome back their best hitter.  —  Aaron Altherr's strained right hamstring has improved more quickly than expected and there is a chance the outfielder …

Looking back on the Reds rebuild's most important year  —  Rebuilding in baseball has become synonymous with prolonged stretches of losing, and it's not an unfair association.  —  Before the Chicago Cubs rode a core of homegrown players and veteran additions to a World Series win last year …

Flores hits HR in 9th, Mets past A's 6-5 for 4th straight (Jul 22, 2017)  —  NEW YORK (AP) Wilmer Flores hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Mets rallied from an early five-run deficit to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

MLB: Milwaukee Brewers activate Eric Sogard, demote Keon Broxton  —  The Milwaukee Brewers activated infielder Eric Sogard from the 10-day disabled list and optioned slumping center fielder Keon Broxton to Triple-A Colorado Springs, the team announced on Saturday.

Yu Darvish on the Yankees' radar … SEATTLE — With Yu Darvish starting for the Rangers against the Rays on Friday night, the speculation at Tropicana Field was that with Yankees scout Brandon Duckworth on hand the Bombers were interested Darvish.  —  The Yankees' rotation could use help …

Orioles VP Dan Duquette quashes notion of trading away talent  —  BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles apparently have no intention of dealing away veteran talent before the non-waiver trade deadline.  —  At least for now.  —  Although the Orioles were 46-50 and in fourth place in the AL East …

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 …

Astros' Colin Moran fouls ball off face, exits game  —  Houston Astros third baseman Colin Moran left Saturday night's game against the Orioles in Baltimore after fouling a ball off his face.  —  Moran was injured in the sixth inning when he fouled an inside pitch from Orioles reliever Darren O'Day straight …

Blue Jays Place Aaron Sanchez On DL, Designate Jeff Beliveau  —  The Blue Jays have announced that they've activated righty Joe Smith (shoulder) from the DL and recalled righty Chris Smith.  To clear roster space, they've placed righty Aaron Sanchez on the DL with blister issues and designated lefty Jeff Beliveau for assignment.

Three up, three down: Pirates focus on winning now rather than later  —  Rather than trading away valued players such as starting pitcher Gerrit Cole, the Pirates are trying to win this season.  (Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press)  —  A look at the trending topics this week in MLB:  —  THREE UP

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.